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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1992
Hiroshi Hamahata, Daito, JP;
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Daito, JP;
Abstract
A device for manipulating a shutter adapted to cover an opening through which a tape cassette or disc cassette is inserted in an electronic device or removed therefrom, which includes a chassis containing a tape or disc cassette deck. A front panel detachably secured to the front face of the chassis with a shutter is disposed at an opening which is formed at the front panel in order to put in or take out a tape or disc cassette from the cassette deck. The shutter is hinged to the inner side of the front panel so as to releaseably cover the opening, and means are provided for manipulating the shutter to the released condition under which the tape or disc cassette from the cassette deck can be taken out through the opening. The device comprising manipulating means in the form of a biased swinging lever having a base end pivotally supported at a side of the chassis and having a free end with a guide pin engageable with an extension or stump formed at one side of the shutter, and the stump has a deflector with a guide surface disposed at the rear side thereof, and the swinging lever is deflectable or flexible so as to cause the guide pin to be directed sideways away from the stump by the guide surface provided on the deflector.