Apparatus for preventing damage to a tape player head
AssigneeFord Aerospace & Communications Corporation
InventorsDana T. Sims, Donald G. Senior, Alvin E. Thompson
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Abstract
A mechanism for preventing endless loop type cartridges from entering a cartridge type tape deck when the cartridge is in an orientation other than the single prescribed orientation. The embodiment is a lever mounted in the deck biased towards the insertion path of the cartridge to engage a notch in the side of the cartridge when the cartridge is inserted upside down.
Claims9
In a cartridge tape deck of the type which accepts a cartridge, having a tapered forward insertion comparatively squared corners on its rear end and a pronounced indentation on one side thereof, when said cartridge inserted along a path in a predetermined orientation with respect to said deck, an improvement comprising:
- means movably mounted adjacent to and extending transversely into the path of said inserted cartridge for engaging and preventing said cartridge from being accepted by said deck when said cartridge is inserted with an orientation other than said predetermined orientation.
In a cartridge tape deck of the type which accepts a cartridge, having a tapered forward insertion end, and a pronounced indentation on one side thereof, when said cartridge is inserted along a path in a predetermined orientation with respect to said deck, an improvement comprising:
- means movably mounted and extending transversely into the path of said inserted cartridge for engaging and preventing said cartridge from being accepted by said deck when said cartridge is inserted with an orientation other than said predetermined orientation.
In a cartridge tape deck of the type which accepts a cartridge, having a defined front portion with apertures exposing tape within said cartridge, enclosed sides extending from said front portion and an enclosed back portion extending between said sides, wherein one of said sides contains a pronounced indentation, when said cartridge is inserted in a predetermined orientation with respect to said deck, an improvement comprising:
- means movably mounted in said deck for engaging said pronounced indentation when said cartridge is inserted upside down with respect to said predetermined orientation and for preventing said cartridge from being accepted by said deck.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.