# US 5,706,147 A · Cassette loading device for tape recorder

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- Number: US 5,706,147 A
- Document ID: US5706147A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/758,002
- Filed: 1996-11-27
- Granted: 1998-01-06
- Earliest claimed: 1995-12-27
- Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Jae-soo Lee
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5706147A

## CPC

- G11B 15/67549: {with servo control}
- G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R)

## Abstract

A cassette loading device having a simple structure is provided to perform the operation of a motor and the opening of a tape shield of a video tape cassette. In the cassette loading device, an opener for opening the tape shield is interlocked with a slide member for interlocking a holder, and the opener opens and closes a light passing hole.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A cassette loading device for a tape recorder, comprising:
a deck including two reel driving tables on which tape reels of a tape cassette with a tape shield are seated;
a motor, disposed on said deck, which generates a driving force;
a master gear member which is rotated by said motor;
a holder for receiving said tape cassette;
first and second guide brackets mounted to opposite sides of said deck, respectively, combined with said holder, and having guide slots for guiding said holder along a predetermined path;
a slide member slidably installed proximate to one of said first and second guide brackets, having a first rack gear portion and a second rack gear portion, said first rack gear portion being connected to said master gear member, and which is moved by the rotation of said master gear member;
an arm gear member having a cam gear portion connected to said second rack gear portion of said slide member and an arm portion connected to said holder, and which is rotated to move said holder by the movement of said slide member;
a tape shield opener which opens said tape shield as said holder moves in a vertical direction, said tape shield opener being rotatably installed on one of said first and second guide brackets, said tape shield opener including a shutter member;
a power applying device having a light emitting device installed in the center of said deck, for emitting light, and light receiving devices installed at each side of said deck, for receiving said emitted light, wherein a light passing hole is formed in each of said first and second guide brackets, and said light receiving devices receive said emitted light according to the opening and closing of said light passing hole by said shutter member of said tape shield opener, thereby operating said motor; and
an interlocking mechanism which interlocks said power applying device and said tape shield opener with said slide member so that said power applying device and said tape shield opener operate together.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The cassette loading device for a tape recorder as claimed in claim 1, wherein said interlocking mechanism comprises first and second protrusions stepped with respect to each other and sequentially formed on an upper surface of said slide member, and said tape shield opener further includes an interlocking protrusion which interlocks with said first and second protrusions at one end thereof, an opener portion for opening said tape shield at another end thereof, and a through-hole in said shutter member for opening and closing said light passing hole.