Cassette housing assembly having an x-lever with a locking member connected thereto and a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus having the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJae-kab Seo, Jun-young Kim, Jeong-hyeob Oh
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Abstract
A cassette housing assembly for a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus includes a cassette housing adapted to receive a cassette tape and having a locking lever. An X-lever supports vertical movement of the cassette housing with respect to a deck chassis. A locking member fixes the locking lever to retain the cassette housing is in a down position. The locking member is made of substantially the same material as the X-lever, such that abrasion of the locking member and the locking lever is substantially prevented. The locking member may be integrally formed with the X-lever, such as a drawing boss or a burring boss.
Claims20
A cassette housing assembly for a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus, comprising:
- a cassette housing adapted to receive a cassette tape;
- a locking lever connected to the cassette housing;
- an X-lever supporting vertical movement of the cassette housing with respect to a deck chassis of the magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus;
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- a locking member connected to the X-lever to engage the locking lever to retain the cassette housing in a down position.
A cassette housing assembly for a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus, comprising:
- a cassette housing adapted to receive a cassette tape;
- an X-lever supporting vertical movement of the cassette housing with respect to a deck chassis of the magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus;
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- a locking unit to retain the cassette housing in a down position, the locking unit including
- a locking lever disposed on the cassette housing and having a hook, and
- a locking member disposed on the X-lever and adapted to be engaged with the hook of the locking lever when the cassette housing is in the down position.
A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus, comprising:
- a deck chassis made of steel electrolytic commercial cold (SECC) and including a pair of reel tables for engagement with tape reels of a cassette tape, a plurality of rollers constituting a tape running system, and a head drum assembly;
- a cassette housing adapted to receive the cassette tape;
- an X-lever to connect the cassette housing to the deck chassis so that the cassette housing is vertically movable to receive or remove the cassette tape, the X-lever being made of steel use stainless (SUS);
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- a locking unit to fix the cassette housing in a down position to retain the cassette tape in the deck chassis, the locking unit including
- a locking lever disposed on the cassette housing and having a hook, the locking lever being made of SUS, and
- a locking member integrally formed on the X-lever and adapted to engage the hook of the locking lever.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.