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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:
Mar. 01, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 09, 1992
Tsuyoshi Nagasawa, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A tape unit includes: a cassette mount section for detachably mounting a tape cassette therein, the cassette mount section having at least two reel bases for engagement respectively with two tape reels of the tape cassette mounted; a cover movably supported on a chassis, the cover being movable between an open position for opening the cassette mount section and a closed position for closing the cassette mount section; a cassette holder movably supported on the chassis, the cassette holder being movable between an ejection position for insertion and removal of the tape cassette and a cassette mounting position for mounting the tape cassette in the cassette mount section; a tape-loading device for drawing a portion of tape out of the tape cassette mounted in the cassette mount section and causing the tape portion to pass through a predetermined tape path; and a link device for linking the cassette holder and the tape-loading device to the cover, the linkage being such that during movement of the cover from the open position toward the closed position, a first forward movement of the cover from the open position toward the closed position moves the cassette holder to mount the tape cassette into the cassette mount section, and a further forward movement of the cover subsequent to the first movement operates the tape-loading device to perform tape loading.
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