Tape cartridge loading mechanism with cartridge held by the reel drive
AssigneeNakamichi Corporation
InventorYoshihisa Inoue
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Abstract
An apparatus for loading a tape cartridge for a magnetic instrument comprising a lever to move the tape cartridge from a loading/unloading position to an operative position by displacing relative to a chassis holder in which the tape cartridge is held and a reel drive partly contained in the tape cartridge to drive a reel therein, the reel drive including an engagement portion protrusively disposed in the holder to engage an engaged portion of the reel in the loading/unloading position whereby the tape cartridge is positioned in the holder by inserting the tape cartridge into the holder until the engaged portion of the reel engages the engagement portion of the reel drive.
Claims4
An apparatus for loading a tape cartridge for a magnetic instrument comprising:
- a chassis;
- means to move said tape cartridge between an operative position and a loading/unloading position by displacing relative to said chassis a holder in which said tape cartridge is held;
- reel drive means to rotatively drive a reel contained in said tape cartridge;
- and said reel drive means including an engagement portion protrusively disposed in said holder to engage an engaged portion of said reel in said loading/unloading position whereby said tape cartridge is positioned in said holder by inserting said tape cartridge into said holder while said engaged portion of said reel engages said engagement portion of said reel drive means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.