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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 1994
Filed:
May. 22, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Saburo Takasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiji Ohshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 85 ; 360 95 ;
Abstract
A cam arrangement for a cassette loading mechanism includes a sliding chassis, slidingly mounted on a fixed chassis. When the chassis slides in one direction a cam pin is moved along a cam surface of a fixed cam provided on the fixed chassis to a second cam surface provided on a movable cam mounted to the movable chassis. Proximate a return side of an end of the first cam surface a return cam is provided such that, should misalignment occur between the first and second cam surfaces during tape loading or unloading operation, the cam may be returned to an initial position automatically.