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US 4,400,744 AGranted
Cassette tape player
AssigneePioneer Electronic Corporation
InventorsTeturo Kamimura, Masahiro Komatsubara, Shizuo Ando, Takuzi Inanaga, Akira Takahashi
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Abstract
A new tape player capable of playing a normal magnetic tape and a chrome tape. A selector lever is pivotally provided in the chassis. The lever has, at its one end, a bent probe portion. This bent probe portion is urged to come into engagement with a chrome tape indicating aperture to ensure that an electric circuit for a chrome tape is turned on.
Claims4
A cassette tape player comprising:
- a chassis;
- a head base adapted to take a retracted position and an advanced position relative to a loaded cassette;
- probe means for detecting a chrome tape indicating aperture formed in said loaded cassette, said probe means being normally urged into engagement with said aperture;
- control means coupling said head base and said probe means for holding said probe means out of engagement with said aperture while said head base takes the retracted position;
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- switch means for turning on an electric circuit for a chrome tape by the probe means being urged into engagement with the chrome tape indicating aperture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.