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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1993
Kazunori Kono, Osaka, JP;
Tatsuto Mizukami, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Nakamori, Osaka, JP;
Koji Nakahara, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A cover apparatus of a cassette tape recorder comprising first and second covers rotatable to be openable and closable with respect to a body of the tape recorder, the first cover having a holder to encase a tape cassette so that the tape cassette encased in the cassette holder is rotatable in accordance with the rotation of the first cover. The first and second covers are coupled to each other through a slider engaged with the second cover and slidable along a side surface of the first cover. The first cover rotates to cover the entire tape cassette in cooperation with the second cover when the second cover is closed with respect to the tape recorder body. The second cover vertically moves by a predetermined height with respect to a surface of the first cover in accordance with a first sliding operation of the slider when the first cover is opened by a first predetermined angle with respect to the tape recorder body and horizontally moving a predetermined distance with respect to the surface of the first cover in accordance with a second sliding operation of the slider when said the cover is opened by a second predetermined angle greater than the first predetermined angle so that a portion of the tape cassette protrudes from a tip portion of the second cover. This arrangement allows the easily insertion and removal into and from the holder of the first cover.