CA2056615A1 - Gear-wheel drive for a cleaning cassette for use in cassette tape recorders - Google Patents

Gear-wheel drive for a cleaning cassette for use in cassette tape recorders

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CA2056615A1
CA2056615A1 CA002056615A CA2056615A CA2056615A1 CA 2056615 A1 CA2056615 A1 CA 2056615A1 CA 002056615 A CA002056615 A CA 002056615A CA 2056615 A CA2056615 A CA 2056615A CA 2056615 A1 CA2056615 A1 CA 2056615A1
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Prior art keywords
cassette
cleaning
engagement
drive shaft
driven gear
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French (fr)
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Anders Moesgaard
Helge Moller
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Am Kemi AS
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G11INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11BINFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B5/00Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B5/41Cleaning of heads
    • GPHYSICS
    • G11INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11BINFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B23/00Record carriers not specific to the method of recording or reproducing; Accessories, e.g. containers, specially adapted for co-operation with the recording or reproducing apparatus ; Intermediate mediums; Apparatus or processes specially adapted for their manufacture
    • G11B23/02Containers; Storing means both adapted to cooperate with the recording or reproducing means
    • G11B23/04Magazines; Cassettes for webs or filaments
    • G11B23/049Cassettes for special applications not otherwise provided for

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  • Accessory Devices And Overall Control Thereof (AREA)
  • Impression-Transfer Materials And Handling Thereof (AREA)
  • Detergent Compositions (AREA)
  • Transmission Devices (AREA)
  • Automatic Tape Cassette Changers (AREA)
  • Replacement Of Web Rolls (AREA)

Abstract

A cleaning cassette for cassette tape recorders comprises a cleaning member which upon placing the cassette in the tape recorder is brought into engagement with its recording/reproducing head and which through a transmission device is connected with an effective coil drive shaft in the tape recorder so as to impart to the cleaning member by the rotation of the coil drive shaft a reciprocating sweeping movement across the sound head. The transmission device includes two mutually engaging driven gear-wheels (14, 16), one of which carries the eccentric head (8) which by means of a pivot arm (5) imparts to the cleaning member (1) the reciprocating cleaning movement. Said driven gear-wheels (14, 16) are arranged so as to be applicable in a one-way coupling connection with a first and a second pinion (12, 13), resp., individually mounted axially displaceable on a threaded hub means (10, 11) in engagement with a coil drive shaft, thereby allowing displacement between positions in wich the pinion (12, 13) is in engagement and out of engagement, resp., with the actual driven gear-wheel.
Irrespective of which of the hub means (10, 11) is connected with the effective main drive shaft a correct cleaning function is obtained without establishing through the cleaning cassette any drive connection to the second hub means.

Description

'0 90~16(~ '-"~ PCI~DIC90/00150 ~ 2~i5515 ,-~ ,.5,' ;

A gear-wheel drive for a cleaning cassette for u6e ln cassette tape recorders.

~ he present invention relates to a cleanlng cassette for cassette tape recorders comprislng a cleanlng memher whlch upon placlng the cassette ln th~
tape recorder ls brought into e~gagement wlth lts r2cordlng/reproducln~ h~ad iand whlch 1~ ~ub~ected to a reciprocatlng cl~anlng movement across the recordlng head by means o~ a plvot arm, one end of whlch 15 pivotal about a statlonary axis whlle the other end ls connected wlth the cleaning member, said pivot arm havin~ a ~lot en~aging an ~ccentrlc head connQcted throut~h a tran~ml~nlon ~evlco with hub maan~ for ~n~a-gement wlth r~poctlvQ ono~ o~ ~ha ooll driva oha~t~ o~
thc tapa rocar~r ln ~uch a mann~r tha~ tha clo~nin~
m~mbar by ro~atlon o~ ~n arbltrnry on~ o~ tho coll drlv~ ~ha~t~ oP tha tapa racord~ ub~cted ~o ~ald cleanlng movemant, the transml~lon device comprlslng two mutually engaging driven gear-wheels one o~ which carrles the eccentr~c head.
From DK patent No. lSl,656 such a cleanlng cassette is known in which the cleaniny member is con-nected to both coll drives of the cassette by means of a gear-wheel arrangement including pinions communicat-ing with respective coil drives and engaging an idle ; wheel connected with an eccentric cam device actuating a pivot arm with which the cleaning member is con-- nected.
US patent No. 4 ~16 485 deals with a gear-wheel coupling wi~h two driven gear-wheels, providlng a rota-tional directlon for the gear-wheel that i9 in engage-ment with the pivot arm, lrre~pectlve o~ whlch o~ ~hecoil drivc sha~s 15 oporable ~urin~ th~ playl~ ~unc-tion in a cassette tape recorder.

w~/1~ PCT/DK~00150 The above deslgns provlde ~or obtalning a correct cleanlng functlon irrespective of the orien-tation of the cleaning cassette when positioned ln the tape recorder, but the transmlsslon devlces suffer from the drawback that they establl6h a direct drlving`con-nection from the first hub means to the second hub means of the caa~ette, thereby cau~ln~ the motor o~ the tape record~r to per~orm, throu~h the actlv~ coil drive sha~t, not only th~ necos~ary motlve power ~or the cleanlng cas~ette but also a suf~iclent motlve power for the lndispensable co-rotatlon o~ the seconcl coil drlve shaPt of the tape recorder and the transml6sion devices connected therewlth.
~n a dovlcc discloo~d ln ~P patant No. 0,1~4,364 thls drawback ha~ boen ellmln~d ln tha~ tha rac.lproc~
atln~ movemont o~ ~he cl~anln~ ~ombor l~ provld~d by m~an~ Or ~ ~prln~bla~d plvot arm actllatad by a ea~
d~vlce conn~ctad wl~h on~ o~ th~ hub m~an~, whll~
second plvot ~rm 1~ po~ltlo~ed b~twQon a holder for the cleanin~ member and a cam devlce connected with the second hub means in ~uch a manner that the second pivot arm whlch ls not directly connected with the holder of the cleanlng member by engagement between the second hub means and the effective coil drive shaft of the 25 tape recorder may impart a forward rovement to the ~.
cleaning member against the spring bias force exerted on the first pivot arm, whi~e the return movement is solely effected by the spring bias force.
Thereby a direct drive connection f rom the f irst to the second hub means of the cassette i~ avoided, but the design of the transmission device with two separate pivot arms in connection wlth the respective coil dri-ves and a sprlng bias force acting solely on one o~ the pivot arms involves a comparativ~ly wark con~umin~
mountin~ and ~hu~ alao increacQ~ the produc~ion price of the cleaning cassette.

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WO 90/16064 PCTtDl~90/OOl~SO

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DK patent applicatlon No. 3820~88 likewlse deals wlth a cleaning cassette ellminatlng the co-rotatlon o~
the second coll drlve shaft. Th~s i8 obtalned ln that a first and a second plnion communicating with a respect-S ive one of sa~d hub means are connected dlrectly orthrough an idle wheel, resp., with a respectlve one o~
two transfer gear-wheels independently rotatable about a common axl~ and which via a respective one-way coupllng devlc~ wlth the ~amo coupllng direction are 1~ connected with thc same cha~t pin rotatable about the common axls and carrying the eccentric head.
The mechanical ~ountlng o~ this cassette is also comparatively work-consuming, because gear-wheels, one~
way couplings and plvot arm being superpQ~od on three l~v~13.
The obJeet o~ the lnvontl~n i~ to pro~id~ a cl~anlng eaci~t~ o~ ~ho t~po eonc~rned ln whieh tho ~unetional ad~anta~ o~ tha lattor o~ ~h~ OVQ mon~
tion~d known de~l~n~ i~ m31ntalnad con~urr~ntly wlth obtalnlng a ~impl~r mounting and a more sturdy deslgn o~ the transmi3sion device, thereby further compens-ating more easily ~or productional toleranc~s.
This is obtained according to the inventlon in that the driven gear-wheels are arranged so as to be used in a one-way coupling connection with a first and a second pinion, resp., said one-way coupling being provided in that the pinions are i~dividually mounted axially displaceable on a threaded hub ~eans in engage-ment with a coil drive shaft, thereby allowing displa-cement between positions in which the pinion is inengagement and out of engagement, resp., with the actual driven gear-wheel.
The invention will now be explained in more detall with re~erence to ~he accompanying schematical drawings, in which ~ ig. 1 15 a plane viow o~ a eleaning member wlth an associated transmission device in an embodiment o~
the cleaning cassette accordin~ to the invention, Wo ~/1~K~PCT/DK~J~t~

Fig. 2 ~5 a ~ectlonal vlew along the lines II~
in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 16 a threaded h~a means accordlng to the ~ -lnvention, ~;
Fig. 4 is a plane v~ew of a pinion in Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view o~ the plnion along the llne V-V ln Fig. 4.
In the lllu~trat~d embodlm2nt a claaniny member 1 is mounted ln a holder 2 which ln a manner not shown, e.g. by guide tracks ln the cassette walls is controlled to effect reciprocatlng movement ln the cleaning cass~tte ln the dlrectlon shown by arrows 3.
~his movcment cau~e~ th~ cl~aning memb~r, e.~. Pormed as a ~elt pad moi~tened with cl~anln~ liquid, to a~oct a sweeplng mov~mon~ acro~s ~ho rocordln~/raproducin~
head not ~hown o~ th~ ta~o racord~r ~nd o~ which thQ
cleanin~ m~mber i~ k~pt ~but~ln~ by a pr~ur~ ~prln~
4.
Holder 2 i~ connec~ed with the free end o~ a pivot arm, 5 the oppo~i~e end o~ whlch 1~ plvotally ~ournalled on a pivot pin 6 secured on the ca~se~to.
The pivot arm 5 is provided with a slot 7 engaging an eccentric head 8 supported on a driven gear-wheel 14 that is in firm engagement with the second driven gear-wheel l6.
For the purpose of engagement with the coil drive shafts, not shown, of the tape recorder the cassette is provided with two huib means 10 and 11 ~0 corresponding to the coil drive shafts ln a general tape cassette. Each o~ the hub means 10 and 11 is pro~ided with an external thread ~or engagement wlth pins located lnternally o~ the pinions 12 and 13 ~or axial dlsplacemen~ ~hereoe on hub mean~ 10 and 11, between position~ ln whlch pinions 12 and 13 engage or disengage, resp., the driven gear-wheels 14 and 16.

Wo ~/I~K~ PCT/DK~/~150 S~
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When a hub means 10 or 11 upon plac~ng the cassette in the tape recorder ls made to communicate wlth the effective coil drive shaft thereof, the rota-tion of hub means 10 or 11 in the usual dlrection of rotation, shown by arrow 18 or 19, will dis`place plnion 12 or 13 axially to engage the driven gear-wheel 14 or 16, thereby also making eccentric head 8 to rotate so that pivot arm 5 i~ made to e~fect a reciprocatlng pivoting mov~ment abou pi~ot pin 6, thereby actuating cleaning member holder 2 to perform the reciprocating sweeping movement illustrated by arrows 3. The ot~er hub ~eans 11 or 10 is con-nected to the non-e~fectlve coil drive ~haft of the tapo recorder ln ~uch a manner that hub means ll or stands ~tlll. As th~ corrc3pond~n~ pinion 13 or 12 by the drivon gaar-who~l 15 or 14 1~ rotat~d ln th~ d~r~ctlon o~ ~rrow 1~ o~ ald plnlon 12 or 13 l~ dl~plac~d ~xlally ou~ oP ~n~ ent wlth thQ
associated driven g~ar wheal 1~ or 14 until lt gets '20 stopped by abutting on th~ ca~ette wall or, in the illustrated embodiment, on cam 20 protruding down-wards there~rom.
~ his provides for obtaining that solely the hub means which is in engagement with an effective coil drive shaft in the tape recorder is made to rotate without causing any co-rotation of the hub means that is not connected to an effective coil drive shaft. In fact, no driving connection is established between the hub means through the cleaning cassette.

Claims

P A T E N T C L A I M S
1. A cleaning cassette for cassette tape recor-ders comprising a cleaning member (1) which upon placing the cassette in the tape recorder is brought into engagement with its recording/reproducing head and which is subjected to a reciprocating cleaning movement across the recording head by means of a pivot arm (5) one end of which is pivotal about a stationary axis (6) while the other end is connected with the cleaning member (1), said pivot arm (5) having a slot (7) engaging an eccentric head (8) connected through a transmission device with hub means (10, 11) for engage-ment with respective ones of the coil drive shafts of the tape recorder in such a manner that the cleaning member (1) by rotation of an arbitrary one of the coil drive shaft of the tape recorder is subjected to said cleaning movement, the transmission device including two mutually engaging drive gear-wheels (14, 16) one of which carries the eccentric head (8), characterized in that the driven gear-wheels (14, 16) are arranged so as to be used in a one-way coupling connection with a first and a second pinion (12, 13), resp., said one way coupling being provided in that the pinions (12, 13) are individually mounted axially displaceable on a threaded hub means (10, 11) in engagement with a coil drive shaft, thereby allowing displacement between positions in which the pinion (12, 13) is in engagement and out of engagement, resp., with the actual driven gear-wheel (14, 16).
CA002056615A 1989-06-15 1990-06-14 Gear-wheel drive for a cleaning cassette for use in cassette tape recorders Abandoned CA2056615A1 (en)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DK2947/89 1989-06-15
DK294789A DK163462C (en) 1989-06-15 1989-06-15 GEAR WHEELS FOR CLEANING CASSETTE FOR CASSETTE TAPE RECORDERS
PCT/DK1990/000150 WO1990016064A1 (en) 1989-06-15 1990-06-14 A gear-wheel drive for a cleaning cassette for use in cassette tape recorders

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JP (1) JPH04506128A (en)
KR (1) KR920702788A (en)
AU (1) AU635548B2 (en)
CA (1) CA2056615A1 (en)
DE (1) DE9090075U1 (en)
DK (1) DK163462C (en)
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US4716485A (en) * 1985-03-29 1987-12-29 Recoton Corporation Cartridge-shaped cleaning device with a rotable cleaning assembly
CH679814A5 (en) * 1987-09-21 1992-04-15 Manfred Baumann
DK162665C (en) * 1988-07-08 1992-04-13 Am Kemi As CLEANING CASSETTE FOR TAPE RECORDERS

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KR920702788A (en) 1992-10-06
EP0477292A1 (en) 1992-04-01
DK294789D0 (en) 1989-06-15
AU635548B2 (en) 1993-03-25
FI915898A0 (en) 1991-12-13
DK163462C (en) 1992-07-20
JPH04506128A (en) 1992-10-22

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