US 5,289,324 AGranted

Cassette holder with means for opening and closing the closure member of a cassette

AssigneeSony Corporation

InventorsTakashi Katoku, Masafumi Tamura

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Abstract

A cassette holder in a recording and/or reproducing apparatus for a magnetic tape cassette includes a pair of circular-arc shaped members which serves to deflect a front pivotal closure member of the magnetic tape cassette to its open position when the magnetic tape cassette is inserted into the cassette holder to be arranged at a fixed position, and a plate member which serves to deflect the front pivotal closure member to its closed position when the magnetic tape cassette arranged at the fixed position is taken out of the cassette holder. The cassette holder is formed by combining two sheet metal members with each other. One of the sheet metal members is integrally formed with the circular-arc shaped members, and the other sheet metal member is integrally formed with the plate member. When the magnetic tape cassette is arranged at the fixed position, the front pivotal closure member is received within a space between the circular-arc shaped member and the plate member.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A cassette holder in a recording and/or reproducing apparatus for a magnetic tape cassette which has a resilient front pivotal closure member movable between a closed position at which the front pivotal closure member covers a front opening of said magnetic tape cassette, and an open position at which the front pivotal closure member opens the front opening, said cassette holder comprising:

holding means for receiving and holding said magnetic tape cassette at a fixed position within a cassette receptacle defined therein, said holding means being movable between an ejected position at which said magnetic tape cassette is allowed to be inserted into and removed from said holding means, and a loaded position at which cassette loading is completed;
opening means for deflecting said front pivotal closure member to the open position depending upon movement of said magnetic tape cassette toward said fixed position while said opening means is in contact with said front pivotal closure member;
and
closing means for deflecting said front pivotal closure member to the closed position depending upon movement of said magnetic tape cassette in a direction away from said fixed position while said closing means is in contact with said front pivotal closure member,
wherein said resilient front pivotal closure member is slightly deformed while being pivotally opened to said open position whereby said front pivotal closure member remains in said open position without the use of any separate biasing means.

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