Two step cassette return mechanism for cassette tape decks
CA 1185366 A · Owner: Staar S.A. · Inventors: Schatteman, Etienne A.M.
Overview
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A mechanism for controlling the return movement of cassettes in slide-in type tape decks by utilizing a movable frame to return the cassettes and momentarily interrupt the return movement of the movable frame at a point in its travel where at least one of the drive members penetrating the cassettes in the operative position is still engaged in the cassettes.
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- Granted April 9, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 9, 2002.
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