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Mode changing mechanisms for cassette tape recording and/or reproducing apparatus

CA 1251560 A · Owner: Sony Corporation · Inventors: Ida, Mitsuru

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In a cassette tape recording and/or reproducing apparatus having a tape drive with a rotatable idler which is bodily shiftable for changing the operating mode a mode, changing mechanism has first and second mode selecting slide members mounted on a chassis for independent movements along parallel paths between operative and inoperative positions a pivot arm carrying the idler and being swingable in opposite directions, for example, for establishing fastforward and rewind modes, respectively a coupling member, straddling the slide members and being engageable with the pivot arm and with actuating members which are provided on the slide members, respectively, and which engage the coupling …

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  • Granted March 21, 1989. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 21, 2006.
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FiledJuly 27, 1984
GrantedMarch 21, 1989
Term endedMarch 21, 2006
Patent numberCA 1251560 A
Classification (IPC)G11B15/10

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19851988199119941997200020032006Application filedJuly 27, 1984Patent grantedMarch 21, 1989Term endedMarch 21, 2006

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