Cassette loading apparatus for cassette player which smoothly engages a reel and a driving table
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJae-su Lee, Byeong-sam Son
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Abstract
A cassette loading apparatus for a cassette player, the apparatus includes a guide protrusion which is rotatably connected with the holder so as to be moved up and down, and with which is capable of connecting a reel hub of the tape reel, and a connection driving body having a connection portion capable of connecting the reel driving table, wherein the connection driving body is connected with the reel driving table when the cassette is loaded, and at the same time is elevated, so that the connection driving body is connected with the reel hub of the tape reel. Thus, the apparatus can avoid the inferior loading of the cassette and minimize noises generated during cassette loading operations.
Claims9
A cassette loading apparatus for a cassette player in which a tape cassette having an internal tape reel is inserted into a movable holder and is moved and loaded together with the holder onto a reel driving table for driving the tape reel, said apparatus comprising:
- a connection driving body having a connection portion which is engageable with the reel driving table, said connection driving body being rotatably mounted to said holder and linearly movable, with respect to said holder, between a first position wherein said connection driving body is received in a reel hub of the tape reel and a second position wherein said connection driving body is withdrawn from the hub;
- a guide protrusion formed on said connection driving body, said guide protrusion being engageable with a reel hub of the tape reel when said connecting driving body is in said first position;
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- wherein said connection driving body is in said first position when the cassette is loaded onto said reel driving table.
A cassette loading apparatus for a cassette player including a cassette holder having a bottom plate and a reel driving table, the cassette holder loading a tape cassette having an internal tape reel and a reel hub onto the reel driving table for driving the internal tape reel, the apparatus including:
- a recess portion formed on the bottom plate of the cassette holder for loading the tape cassette onto the reel driving table so as to drive the internal tape reel;
- a connection driving body including a connection portion which is engageable with the reel driving table, said connection driving body being rotatably mounted to said holder in said recess portion and linearly movable, with respect to said holder, between a first position wherein said connection driving body is received in a reel hub of the tape reel and a second position wherein said connection driving body is withdrawn from the hub;
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- a guide protrusion formed on said connection driving body, said guide protrusion being engaged with the reel hub when in said first position wherein said connection driving body is received in the reel hub.
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