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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 1981
Filed:
Jan. 18, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Giovanni Santoro, Rome, IT;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
226183 ; 226190 ; 242 76 ;
Abstract
A cassette tape recorder drive mechanism including a capstan and an associated pinch roller, a first tape guide means causing the tape to be partially wound on the capstan and a second tape guide means adjacent the first guide means mounted on the axis of the pinch roller for selective engagement with the capstan to vertically restrict movement of the tape in contact with the capstan regardless of the direction of tape movement.