US 5,706,353 A · Recording and/or reproducing apparatus

Abstract

A recording and/or reproducing apparatus, such as a tape recorder, includes a recording and/or reproducing unit housed within a main body portion, an electro-acoustic transducing section, an actuating input unit, first and second connection cord assemblies and first and second cord take-up units. The recording and/or reproducing unit records and/or reproduces the information on or from a recording medium, such as a magnetic tape. An electro-magnetic transducer is fed with information signals reproduced by the recording and/or reproducing unit. An actuating input unit, removably mounted on the main body portion, sets or switches the recording or reproducing state of the recording and/or reproducing unit. The first connection cord assembly interconnects the actuating input unit and the recording and/or reproducing unit for exchanging information signals, and the second connection cord assembly interconnects the electro-acoustic transducing unit and the actuating input unit. The first take-up unit is provided in the main body portion for taking up the first connection cord assembly and the second take-up unit is provided in the actuating input unit for taking up the second connection cord assembly.

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A recording and/or reproducing apparatus comprising:

recording and/or reproducing means for recording and/or reproducing information signals on or from a recording medium;
a main body for housing said recording and/or reproducing means;
electro-acoustic transducing means receiving information signals reproduced by said recording and/or reproducing means;
connection means for interconnecting said electro-acoustic transducing means and said recording and/or reproducing means;
first take-up means provided in said main body for taking up said connection means;
second take-up means provided partway along a length of said connection means also for taking up said connection means, said second connection means adapted for being mounted on and dismounted from said main body, wherein said second take-up means is arranged in an actuating input controller connected to said recording and/or reproducing means by said connection means and being actuatable by a user of the recording and/or reproducing apparatus for selecting the recording or reproducing operation of said recording and/or reproducing means;
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actuating means for causing said first take-up means and said second take-up means to take-up said connection means.

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A recording and/or reproducing apparatus comprising:

recording and/or reproducing means for recording and/or reproducing information signals on or from a recording medium;
a main body for housing said recording and/or reproducing means;
electro-acoustic transducing means receiving information signals reproduced by said recording and/or reproducing means;
actuating input means for setting and switching operating states of said recording and/or reproducing means, said actuating input means being adapted to be mounted on and dismounted from said main body;
first connection means for interconnecting said actuating input means and said recording and/or reproducing means and for exchanging information signals between the actuating input means and said recording and/or reproducing means;
second connection means interconnecting said electro-acoustic transducing means and said actuating input means;
first take-up means provided in said main body for taking up said first connection means;
second take-up means provided in said actuating input means for taking up said second connection means;
input/output means for exchanging information signals between the main body and the actuating input/output means when said acutating input means is mounted on said main body;
and
actuating means for causing said first take-up means and the second take-up means to take up said connection means.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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