Device for transferring magnetic recording tape from one hub to another in a tape cassette
AssigneeBib Hi-Fi Accessories Limited
InventorPhilip Brian Arbib
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Abstract
A hand-operated device for transferring magnetic recording tape from one hub to the other in a cassette of such tape comprises a housing containing parts of transmission means between an operating handle and a projection, both outside the housing. The projection is designed to extend into a hole through the cassette and co-operate with the inwardly directed teeth on one hub to drive it. The projection rotates at a greater speed than does the operating handle. Preferably another projection simultaneously extends into another hole through the cassette but does not interfere with the rotation of the other hub.
Claims9
A device for transferring magnetic recording tape from one hub in a cassette of the type defined to the other hub in the cassette, the device comprising a housing on the outside of which are a rotatable operating handle and a rotatable first projection and including a transmission means coupling the operating handle to the first projection such that the first projection rotates at a greater speed than does the operating handle, the first projection being such as to extend into one of the holes through a cassette of the type defined and engage the inwardly directed teeth of one hub so as to drive the hub and cause tape to be transferred to it from the other hub, said device further comprising a second projection which extends from the housing and can project into the other hole through the cassette simultaneously with the first projection extending into said one of the holes but the second projection remains out of contact with the inwardly directed teeth of the hub associated with the hole into which the second projection extends.
A device for transferring magnetic recording tape from one hub in a cassette of the type defined to the other hub in the cassette, the device comprising a housing on the outside of which are a rotatable operating handle and a rotatable projection and including a transmission means coupling the operating handle to the projection such that the projection rotates at a greater speed than does the operating handle, the projection being such as to extend into one of the holes through a cassette of the type defined and engage the inwardly directed teeth of one hub so as to drive the hub and cause tape to be transferred to it from the other hub, said device having on the outside of the housing a pivotally mounted arm which can be swung, when said projection is in one of the holes through the cassette, into a position in which it lies across and adjacent one face of the cassette and holds the cassette to said device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.