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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:
Nov. 07, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1988
Satoru Koizumi, HigashiHiroshima, JP;
Daisuke Teshima, HigashiHiroshima, JP;
Yoshio Katayama, HigashiHiroshima, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A tape recorder includes: a cassette tape compartment in which a plurality of cassette tapes are detachably mounted; a capstan for coaxially mounting the plurality of cassette tapes housed in the cassette tape compartment; a roller provided for each of the cassette tapes and which can be pressed against the capstan; a playback and/or recording head provided for each of the cassette tapes; a selector for selecting the cassette tape to be driven and a separate selector for selecting one of a plurality of cassette tape drive modes; a mode position selector to be retained in the position corresponding to the mode selected by the mode selector; a controller for controlling the position of the roller provided for each of the cassette tapes according to the position of the mode position selector; and a device for electrically enabling the playback and/or recording head to operate for playback of at least one of the cassette tapes or for recording on at least one of the cassette tapes.
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