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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:
May. 15, 1984
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazumi Miyazi, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Osanai, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Optical Company Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242201 ; 74209 ;
Abstract
A tape transport mechanism includes a supply reel base and a take-up reel base each having a rotary gear and arranged at a given distance apart, a rotatable lever arranged between the reel bases, a rotating gear rotatably supported by the rotatable lever and having its shaft arranged at a position deviated from a line connecting the centers of both reel bases, the rotating gear being slightly meshed with the rotary gear of each reel base under the condition of positioning the rotatable lever at the center of both reel bases, and a drive source for driving the rotating gear in forward and reverse directions.