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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1993
Ichiro Sakuma, Toda, JP;
Chang-Jong Oh, Oomiya, JP;
Ken Yakame, Tamaho, JP;
Takao Higuchi, Kawaguchi, JP;
Tokyo Pigeon Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A mode switching transmitting mechanism for a tape player according to the present invention, in which a play mode and a fast forward/fast rewinding mode is switched by sliding a transmitting gear engaged with a driving gear in a direction of an axial line, makes it possible to construct a small and thin switching mechanism. According to the present invention a first gear having a greater diameter on the driving side and a first gear having a smaller diameter have a common shaft. A second gear having a greater diameter on the driven side and a second gear having a smaller diameter are supported slidably on a shaft on a pivoting arm side and held, energized towards one direction of an axial line by a spring. In order to realize the play mode, a lever is pushed. Then an operating lever is forwarded and a wedge portion thereof is engaged with a conical plateau portion formed in a wedge portion of the gear having a greater diameter. In this way the second gear having a greater diameter and the second gear having a smaller diameter are slid against a force of a spring to form a transmission path to the reel gear.