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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1994
Masato Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A braking mechanism for use with a tape recorder and reproducer machine including a first chassis having a rotatable head drum provided thereon, and a second chassis connected to the first chassis for sliding movement with respect to the first chassis between first and second positions. The second chassis has a cassette chamber including spool tables for receipt of a tape cassette at the first position of the second chassis. The head drum carries a plurality of heads operable at the second position of the second chassis for recording a signal onto a cassette-type magnetic tape and reproducing a signal from a cassette-type magnetic tape. The brake mechanism comprises a rotary member drivingly associated with one of the spool tables. The rotary member has a brake drum secured thereon. A resilient brake arm is fixed at its one end on the first chassis and provided at the other end thereof with a brake shoe. The brake drum comes into resilient contact with the brake shoe to apply braking to the one spool table with movement of the second chassis to the second position.