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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:
Jul. 09, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 965 ; 360 93 ;
Abstract
A cassette loading apparatus for a tape deck having a magnetic head includes a tray having a cassette casing for receiving a tape cassette, a movable rack for moving the tray between first and second positions, a mover for moving the cassette casing in a downward direction with respect to the tray, a clamper for pressing down on an upper surface of a cassette contained on the cassette casing when the cassette casing is moved to a downward position, and a cassette pusher for pushing a cassette contained on the cassette casing towards the magnetic head after the cassette casing is moved to the downward position.