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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:
Sep. 26, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1987
John W Hoover, Huntington, CT (US);
Richard G Rutkowski, Milford, CT (US);
Paul G Dulaff, Norwalk, CT (US);
Dictaphone Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Abstract
A tape drive system for a dictating machine, particularly a portable dictating machine of a size suitable to be held in one hand. The dictating machine has a compartment which receives a tape cassette having a pair of reels, and a pair of driving spindles engage with the tape reels for driving the latter. A tape drive capstan and back-up roller are located adjacent the tape cassette compartment. A motor is located at the opposite end of the dictating machine from the tape cassette compartment, and a multi-stage speed reduction belt and pulley drive system is located between the motor and the drive capstan for simultaneously driving the drive capstan and the tape reel driving spindles at a uniform rate of speed.