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US 4,291,345 AGranted
Cassette type tape recorder
AssigneeVictor Company of Japan, Ltd.
InventorTsunehisa Ohira
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AssigneeVictor Company of Japan, Ltd.
InventorTsunehisa Ohira
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A cassette type tape recorder provided with a manually operated control member for operating a record circuit when the tape recorder is to be set in the record mode, and a main control member to be switched over and set in play, stop, and rewind positions, further comprising a lock mechanism for locking the record control member in the operative position, a mechanism for setting said main control member in a specific position between play position and rewind position, a mechanism for releasing said lock mechanism when said main control member is manually operated to a position set by said setting mechanism, and a rewind mechanism which operates when said main control member passes the position set by said setting mechanism and is set in rewind position. In accordance with this structural organization, it becomes possible to release the locked record control member without any accidental rewinding of tape.
In a cassette type tape recorder provided with a record control member manually operated for operating a record circuit when the tape recorder is to be set in the record mode, and a single main control member to be switched over and set in play, stop, and rewind positions, which are arranged in named order the improvement comprising:
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