Magnetic tape cassette apparatus for reversible playing of magnetic tape cassettes

A magnetic tape cassette apparatus for reversible playing of a magnetic tape cassette with two tape hubs, comprising:

• a) first and second rotatable spool hubs for receiving the tape hubs of the tape cassette;
• b) first transmission means for selectively transporting the tape at a play speed in (i) a forward tape transport direction and (ii) an opposite, reverse tape transport direction, said first transmission means including an adjustment member moveable between first and second positions corresponding to said forward and reverse tape transport directions, respectively;
• c) second transmission means selectively applicable (i) to said first spool hub for fast winding said first spool hub at a speed faster than said play speed in the forward tape transport direction and (ii) to said second spool hub for fast winding said second spool hub at a speed faster than said play speed in the reverse tape transport direction;
• d) a first selection rod translatable from an inactivated position to an activated position for selecting fast winding of said first spool hub in the forward tape transport direction and a second selection rod translatable from an inactivated position to an activated position for selecting fast winding of said second spool hub in the reverse tape transport direction;
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• e) a selection plate coupled to said adjustment member, said selection rods and said second transmission means, said selection plate occupying (i) a first position corresponding to the first tape transport direction when said adjustment member occupies said first adjustment member position and (ii) a second position corresponding to the second tape transport direction when said adjustment member occupies said second adjustment member position, and
• (f) means for coupling said selection rods to said selection plate, said adjustment member and said second transmission means, said means for coupling including
• said selection rods having respective slide portions which slide flat over each other and have respective guide slots, and
• said selection plate having a selection plate rod which enters said guide slots of said selection rods in dependence on the position of the selection plate and on the playing direction of said first transmission means, said guide slots being arranged to cooperate with said selection plate rod such that, irrespective of whether the next preceding tape transport direction by said first transmission means at the play speed was in the forward or reverse tape transport direction, (i) translation of said first selection rod to said activated position causes said second transmission means to fast wind said first spool hub in the forward tape transport direction and (ii) translation of said second selection rod to said activated position causes said second transmission means to fast wind said second spool hub in the reverse tape transport direction, said selection plate being taken along by one of the selection rods in dependence on the design of the guide slots during translation from the inactivated to activated position of said one selection rod by engagement of the selection plate rod with the guide slot of said one selection rod, whereas the guide slot in the slide portion of the other selection rod passes the selection plate rod by during the translation from the inactivate to activated position of said other selection rod.