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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 1985
Filed:
May. 25, 1982
Shigeru Nemoto, Tokyo, JP;
Sinichi Saitou, Tokyo, JP;
Goro Kitajima, Tokyo, JP;
Hazime Osada, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An operating lever device for a magnetic recording tape driving apparatus which comprises a first base plate, a second base plate disposed parallel to the first base plate, and an operating lever disposed between the base plates so as to be able to move along the base plates between first and second positions. A signal generator is caused to produce an electric signal when the operating lever is located in the second position, and when a tape cassette is set on the second base plate so that a magnetic recording tape is driven in accordance with the electric signal by a motor with the aid of a pair of reel shafts. The operating lever device features a moving member disposed between the base plates so as to be able to move slidably along the base plates between first and second positions, and having one end portion which is located outside the space between the base plates so as not to face the tape cassette when the moving member moves between the first and second positions thereof, and a coupling member located between one plane including the surface of the operating lever which faces the second base plate and the other plane including the surface of the second base plate which faces the tape cassette. The coupling member is coupled with the one end portion of the operating lever which is located outside the space between the base plates when the operating lever moves between the first and second positions, and the one end portion of the moving member so as to shift the moving member from the first position to the second position thereof as the operating lever moves from the first position to the second position thereof. The moving member shifts from the second position to the first position thereof as the operating lever moves from the second position to the first position thereof.