Indicator device for slot-in type cassette tape recorder
AssigneeAlps Motorola, Inc.
InventorShoji Suzuki
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Abstract
A slot-in type cassette tape recorder/player unit of the type in which a tape cassette is laterally inserted into the recorder/player unit through an opening provided on the front panel thereof includes a movable cassette holder shifted between first and second vertical positions so that the tape cassette can be brought into and released from operable engagement with the tape transport mechanism and magnetic heads of the device. An indicator plate is carried by the cassette holder and is moved into position to cover the opening for the cassette insertion when the tape cassette is brought into the operable position.
Claims6
A cassette tape player including a tape drive mechanism comprising in combination:
- a housing;
- a panel in said housing having a cassette cartridge receiving opening therein;
- a cassette holder located within said housing in a first position aligned with said cassette cartridge receiving opening and having a door pivotally mounted thereon to close said opening with no cassette therein, said door pivoted to permit entry of a cassette into said cassette holder, said holder being movable from said first position to a second position wherein a cassette in said holder engages the tape drive mechanism of said player;
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- an indicator means mounted for movement with said cassette holder so that when said cassette holder moves to said second position, said indicator means is aligned with said receiving opening in said panel to indicate the presence of a cassette in playing position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.