Recording and/or reproducing apparatus comprising a chassis and apparatus parts arranged on said chassis

A dictating machine, comprising:

• a) a housing having an interior and an exterior;
• b) a chassis arrangeable in the interior of the housing in a first and a second, different orientation, said chassis being arranged in the interior of the housing in one of said first and second orientations, said chassis including a movable part arranged on the chassis so as to be movable, and a control device for controlling the movement of the moveable part, the control device being moveable between at least two control positions relative to said chassis;
• c) a control member movably mounted on said housing and accessible from the exterior of said housing, said control member being moveable between first and second control member positions relative to said housing;
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• d) coupling means, comprising first and second spaced coupling elements on said control device, for coupling said control member to said control device on said chassis, said spaced coupling elements being arranged on said control device such that:
• (i) said first coupling element is coupleable to said control member when said chassis is arranged in said first orientation and said second coupling element is coupleable to said control member when said chassis is arranged in said second orientation, and (ii) said control device is moved to the same respective control position for each control member position when said control member is coupled to said control device with the respective coupling element in either of said first and second orientations of said chassis in said housing.

A dictating machine chassis for use with first and second similar dictating machine housings having similarly situated control members, the control members being movably mounted on the housings and accessible from the exterior of the housings, each control member being moveable between first and second control member positions, said chassis comprising:

• a) a chassis base arrangeable in the interior of the first housing in a first orientation and in the second housing in a second, different orientation relative to the respective control member, said chassis base including a movable part arranged on the chassis base so as to be movable, and a control device for controlling the movement of the moveable part, the control device being moveable between at least two control positions on the chassis;
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• b) coupling means, comprising first and second spaced coupling elements on said control device, for coupling the respective control member of each housing to said control device on said chassis, said spaced coupling elements being arranged on said control device such that:
• (i) said first coupling element is coupleable to the control member of the first housing when said chassis is arranged in said first orientation in the first housing and said second coupling element is coupleable to the control member of the second housing when said chassis is arranged in the second orientation in the second housing, and (ii) said control device is moved to the same respective control position for each position of the respective control member when the respective control member is coupled to said control device with the respective coupling element in either of said first and second chassis orientations.