Cassette loading apparatus with improved side plates
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakashi Ando, Yoshihiro Makino
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Abstract
In a cassette loading apparatus used for carrying a tape cassette from an unloading position to a loading position, cutouts are made in side plates to be continuous to L-shaped guide slots made therein so that the cassette holder unit having outwardly projecting pins can be inserted from the top when assembling the same with the side plates. After the cassette holder unit is assembled, a top plate having projecting plates may be attached to the side plates so that the cutouts are filled with the projecting plates. The projecting plates have rounded corners for smooth movement of the projecting pins along the L-shaped guide slots.
Claims7
A cassette loading apparatus, comprising:
- (a) a pair of side plates fixed to a stationary member, said side plates being substantially parallel to each other, L-shaped guide slots and cutouts being formed in each of said side plates such that each L-shaped guide slot is continuous with an associated cut-out;
- (b) a cassette holder unit for holding a tape cassette therein and movable between first and second positions, said cassette eholder unit having a plurality of pins projecting in a direction substantially normal to said side plates such that said pins are respectively received by said L-shaped guide slots, said cutouts having an open end so that said pins can be inserted therethrough to be engaged with said L-shaped guide slots when assembling said loading apparatus;
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- (c) drive means for moving said cassette holder unit between said first and second positions by applying a driving force thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.