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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 1985
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1982
Toshikazu Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Osanai, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a cassette tape recorder, a base is of a rectangular shape having a transverse length substantially equal to the longitudinal length of a cassette to be inserted. A pair of side walls are attached to opposite longitudinal side edges of the base to face each other, a capstan is located at the transverse center of the base, and a flywheel has a diameter substantially equal to the transverse length of the base. A head lever and a pinch roller lever are elongate and are arranged on the base along the transverse direction thereof and near the capstan. A cassette holder is located between the side walls, on the capstan side of the head lever, so that a substantial part of the holder overlies the flywheel. A solenoid device is mounted on the base on the opposite side of the head lever to the capstan, so that a plunger of the solenoid device may move along the longitudinal direction of the base. A motor is arranged on the base, side by side with the solenoid device, and a shifting device is attached to one of the side walls along the longitudinal direction of the base to control movement of the cassette holder.