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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. 15, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 92 ; 360 966 ; 360 965 ;
Abstract
An automatic cassette tape recording and reproducing apparatus having a plurality of cassettes mounted wherein any tape cassette for a reproducing or recording operation may be selected. The apparatus includes a swinging base with a revolving turntable having cassette holders, a turntable revolving mechanism for revolving the turntable when a cassette is selected, and a position detecting mechanism for positioning and identifying the cassette selected by the turntable revolving mechanism. The apparatus also includes a deck on which the selected cassette is mounted when the swinging base comes to a position for playing.