Damper for a cassette holder
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorJin-Soo Lee
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Abstract
A cassette holder damper, for providing a constant opening force of a cassette holder regardless of ambient temperature by utilizing a simple structure, includes a chassis on which an opening having an arc-shaped edge is formed and a damper mechanism comprising a casing member connected to one side of the holder and a roller member which rotates in contact with the arc-shaped edge of the chassis while being rotatably connected to the interior of the casing member. The cassette holder is smoothly opened by a frictional contact between the roller member and the arc-shaped edge of the chassis.
Claims2
A rotary cassette loading device comprising a chassis;
- a cassette holder for receiving a cassette and which is rotatably connected to said chassis;
- a spring disposed between said chassis and said cassette holder and for normally biasing said cassette holder in an open position;
- and a damping liquid-free damper for reducing an opening force of said spring acting on said cassette holder,
- wherein said chassis is formed with an opening having an arc-shaped edge, and said damping liquid-free damper comprises a casing member connected to one side of said cassette holder, said casing member defining an interior having a fixed supporting shaft extending therefrom, and a synthetic resin roller member which elastically deforms and which rotates in frictional contact with said arc-shaped edge of said opening while being rotatably supported on said fixed supporting shaft within the interior of said casing member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.