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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2000
Takaichi Shimbo, Iruma, JP;
Masayuki Goto, Fussa, JP;
MEC Co. Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A mechanism for retaining one tape deck (,), of a double cassette tape player (,), into a temporal inoperative position, which comprises a trigger arm (,) rotatable about a first pivot (,) on a chassis (,) of the tape deck; a first spring (,) for biasing the trigger arm to rotate in a predetermined direction; a pause lever (,) slideable on the chassis of the tape deck; a second spring (,) for urging the pause lever to move in a predetermined direction; and actuating structure or a push lever (,) that is made operative in response to rotation of the motor to urge the trigger arm to rotate in an opposite direction against the first spring. The pause lever is allowed to be slid in the predetermined direction by the second spring when the trigger arm is caused by the push lever to rotate in the opposite direction. The mechanism further comprises a lock structure (,) provided at a tip end of the pause lever for engagement with an axis pin (,) of the rotation transmission gear (,), when the pause lever is slid in the opposite direction, thereby locking the rotation transmission gear in a lock position just before a position where it meshes with a reel drive gear (,). Accordingly, the rotation transmission gear idles in the lock position while it is kept driven by a motor (,).