Cassette mounting device having cassette removal facility additional to customary insertion/ejection aperture part
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsOsamu Nagatsuka, Kiyoshi Kumagai
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Abstract
In a cassette mounting device arranged to cause a cassette which contains a tape-shaped recording medium therein to move between its mounting position and a position in which information is recorded or reproduced on or from the recording medium, a holder for holding the cassette is provided with a hatch part and an aperture part which is arranged to be formed by removing the hatch part from the holder, the aperture part being arranged such that the cassette can be taken out, if necessary, from the holder through the aperture part without damaging the recording medium.
Claims13
A cassette mounting device comprising:
- a) a holder capable of moving, while holding a cassette in which a recording medium is contained, between a first position where the cassette can be inserted and ejected and a second position where information can be recorded or reproduced on or from the recording medium, said holder including
- a first member defining a first aperture part therein where the cassette can be inserted into and ejected from the holder in the first position and defining a second aperture part therein different from said first aperture part, a cassette inserted into said holder being removable from said holder through said second aperture part, and
- a second member removably secured to said first member and arranged to close said second aperture part when secured to said first member;
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- b) a moving mechanism arranged to move said holder between the first position and the second position.
An apparatus for recording or reproducing information on or from a recording medium contained in a cassette, comprising:
- a) a rotary drum having a head arranged to record or reproduce information on or from the recording medium;
- b) a cassette holder capable of moving, while holding a cassette in which a recording medium is contained, between a first position where the cassette can be inserted and ejected and a second position where information can be recorded or reproduced on or from the recording medium, said cassette holder including
- a first member defining a first aperture part therein where the cassette can be inserted into and ejected from the holder in the first position and defining a second aperture part therein different from said first aperture part, a cassette inserted into said cassette holder being removable from said holder through said second aperture part, and
- a second member removably secured to said first member and arranged to close said second aperture part when secured to said first member;
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- c) a moving mechanism arranged to move said holder between the first position and the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.