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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 1986
Filed:
May. 27, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takamasa Kurafuzi, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 963 ; 360 90 ; 360 961 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a tape recorder having 'soft-touch' control buttons. Upon operation of first operating members for driving a tape at a normal speed, and/or second operating members for driving the tape at a high speed, a normal-speed drive mechanism and/or a high-speed drive mechanism is driven using the rotational force of a motor. When the tape is driven at high speed and the play operating member is operated so as to perform cuing or reviewing, a control mechanism holds the high-speed drive mechanism in a nonoperating state while the normal-speed drive mechanism changes from the nonoperating state to the operating state.