EP1277205A1 - Voice correspondence object - Google Patents

Voice correspondence object

Info

Publication number
EP1277205A1
EP1277205A1 EP01925654A EP01925654A EP1277205A1 EP 1277205 A1 EP1277205 A1 EP 1277205A1 EP 01925654 A EP01925654 A EP 01925654A EP 01925654 A EP01925654 A EP 01925654A EP 1277205 A1 EP1277205 A1 EP 1277205A1
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
wheel
recording
spring
magnetic tape
object according
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Withdrawn
Application number
EP01925654A
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
Inventor
Raoul Parienti
Michel Froelicher
Jean Guenot
Bernard Rognon
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Individual
Original Assignee
Individual
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Individual filed Critical Individual
Publication of EP1277205A1 publication Critical patent/EP1277205A1/en
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B25/00—Apparatus characterised by the shape of record carrier employed but not specific to the method of recording or reproducing, e.g. dictating apparatus; Combinations of such apparatus
    • G11B25/06—Apparatus characterised by the shape of record carrier employed but not specific to the method of recording or reproducing, e.g. dictating apparatus; Combinations of such apparatus using web-form record carriers, e.g. tape
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B15/00—Driving, starting or stopping record carriers of filamentary or web form; Driving both such record carriers and heads; Guiding such record carriers or containers therefor; Control thereof; Control of operating function
    • G11B15/18—Driving; Starting; Stopping; Arrangements for control or regulation thereof
    • G11B15/40—Driving record carriers otherwise than by electric motor
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B33/00—Constructional parts, details or accessories not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
    • G11B33/02—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon
    • G11B33/06—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon combined with other apparatus having a different main function

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to a voice correspondence object of the type consisting of a postcard provided with a sound recording and reproduction device integrated in a housing adapted to the card.
  • EP 0207258 This comprises a magnetic strip, a read / write head coupled to an electronic device capable of recording and reproducing sound as well as a mechanism for motorized drive and a current source for supplying electrical power to the assembly.
  • the magnetic tape is wound on a tape transport wheel which is driven by a mechanical system actuated by an electric motor or by a spiral or barrel spring motor.
  • the spring of the latter is fixed inside a drive drum and is reassembled by a winder or any other resetting device.
  • a read / write head in contact with the magnetic tape allows the recording and reproduction of sound.
  • the electrical energy is supplied by a battery encapsulated in the card.
  • the sender of the postcard can send a personalized voice message to his recipient who can listen to it again at will.
  • the device becomes unusable quickly enough except to replace the battery with another which requires an operation to disassemble the battery from its capsule. with a risk of damage to the card.
  • re-listening to the postcard after several months without having been used is generally not possible because in the meantime the battery has lost its capacity.
  • cards of the aforementioned type do not support storage well when these include electrolytic batteries because the electrolyte which they contain always ends up escaping and damaging the postcard. The use of mercury batteries is also undesirable because of the danger they pose to the environment.
  • the main object of the invention is to provide an object of vocal correspondence without battery allowing however a perfect recording and a perfect reproduction of sounds.
  • the main idea of the invention consists in using exclusively the mechanical energy supplied by a spring which goes up manually to drive on the one hand the drive mechanism of the magnetic strip and on the other hand the generator of electrical energy.
  • the invention therefore relates to a voice correspondence object comprising a sound recording medium such as a magnetic tape, a read / write head, an electronic device connected to the read / write head for recording the sound on the recording medium, a loudspeaker, a drive mechanism for the magnetic tape, and a spring intended to move the drive mechanism when it has been reassembled, but also a current generator to power the electronic device and a means generator driven by the spring when the latter is raised.
  • a sound recording medium such as a magnetic tape
  • a read / write head an electronic device connected to the read / write head for recording the sound on the recording medium
  • a loudspeaker a drive mechanism for the magnetic tape
  • a spring intended to move the drive mechanism when it has been reassembled, but also a current generator to power the electronic device and a means generator driven by the spring when the latter is raised.
  • the main advantage of using a current generator is that it can allow listening to correspondence recorded on the magnetic tape even after several years, which similar devices of the prior art powered by batteries cannot allow.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 are block diagrams respectively representing two embodiments of the circuits necessary for recording and playing sound in the voice correspondence object according to the invention.
  • the object of voice correspondence according to the invention which is represented in FIG. 1 is more particularly intended to be integrated on a support having the format of a postcard but nothing prevents it from being able to be integrated into other supports of different shapes.
  • rewinding wheel 4 This comprises, arranged inside a housing 1, a magnetic strip 2 moving in front of a read / write head 3 and wound from each of its ends respectively on two transport wheels hereinafter referred to as rewinding wheel 4 and recording / reading wheel 5.
  • the wheels 4 and 5 have substantially identical dimensions and are driven simultaneously and in opposite directions to each other by a cocking wheel 6.
  • the cocking wheel 6 is linked to a first end 7a of a spiral spring 7 which is wound around its axis of rotation 8.
  • the other end 7b of the spiral spring 7 is fixed to the housing 1.
  • the rewinding wheel 4 is serrated on its periphery and is locked in rotation in the opposite direction to that of the rewinding by a non-return pawl composed of a ratchet 9 and a spring 10.
  • the spring 10 presses the ratchet 9 between two teeth of the rewinding wheel 4 when the spring 1 is wound up.
  • the non-return pawl is disengaged by a push button 11 in order to allow, when the spring 7 has been wound, the rotation of the arming route 6 under the action of the spring 7 and the rotation drive of the wheels 4 and 5 causing the magnetic strip 2 to scroll in front of the read / write head 3.
  • the wheels 4 and 5 are coupled to the cocking wheel 6 by two reducers formed respectively by two toothed wheels 12 and 13 concentric with the wheels 4 and 5 which mesh on teeth 14 disposed at the periphery of the cocking wheel 6.
  • the teeth 14 are flush with the exterior surface of the housing 1 by one of its sides through a window 15 to allow, by manual drive of the cocking wheel 6, the winding of the spring 7 and the winding of the strip magnetic 2 on the rewinding wheel 4. It should be noted that unlike a purely manual drive as is the case in US patent 4,001,887, the manual energy of the user which is necessarily irregular, is transformed into a potential energy in the spring which is exerted in a regular and uniform way as everyone knows.
  • the recording / reading wheel 5 also includes drive teeth arranged on its periphery for driving the rotor of a current generator 18 in rotation by means of a bench of speed multiplier cogs 19a, 19b , 19c.
  • the generator is rotated by the recording / playback wheel 5, it goes without saying that the generator could be rotated directly by the cocking wheel 6 by means of the multiplier cogs of speed 19a, 19b, 19c which, in this case, would mesh on the cocking wheel 6 and not on the recording / reading wheel 5.
  • All or part of the devices which have just been described can be placed in front of a transparent window (not shown) arranged on the housing to reveal the movement of the wheels during the recording and reading operations.
  • the tension of the spring 7 and the ratios of the pinions are determined to obtain a continuous rotation of the generator 18 for 30 or 40 seconds with a speed of approximately 3000t / s, and a displacement magnetic tape 2 of about 5 cm / s over a length of about 235 cm, which corresponds to a rotation of about 15 turns of the wheels 4 and 5.
  • a viscous friction torque to the output shaft of the generator 18 by means of an eddy disc for example, not shown.
  • the generator 18 supplies the electrical energy necessary for supplying the sound recording and restoring circuits.
  • the generator must be able to deliver a power of around 120 mW, which can be obtained for example with a conventional asynchronous three-phase current generator.
  • the electronic circuits necessary for recording and reproducing the sound are arranged on a printed circuit represented with the reference 20 in FIG. 1.
  • the sound recording and restitution circuits essentially comprise an amplifier 21 coupled to an input to a microphone 22 via a switch 23 with two states “Write E” and “Play L “And coupled on its output on the one hand, to a loudspeaker 24 and on the other hand, to the read / write head 3 by means of a switch 25 with two states” Write E “and” Read L ".
  • the signal supplied by the microphone 22 is amplified by the amplifier 21 and is applied to the writing head 3 which records it on the magnetic tape 2.
  • the signal supplied by the recording head 3 is applied to the input of the amplifier 21 to be amplified and retransmitted in the form of a sound by the loudspeaker 24.
  • the switches 23 and 25 can be actuated by a single push button which is pressed to perform the recording and which returns the assembly to reading mode when it is released.
  • a frequency generator (not shown) applying a signal with a frequency greater than that of the sound on the read / write head 3 can be provided to possibly erase the magnetic tape before any new recording.
  • a device for detecting the end of travel 26 of the strip definitively inhibits the transmission of the signal from the microphone 22 to the recording / reading head 3.
  • the amplifier 21 is mounted as a differential amplifier and the limit switch 26 is placed in series between the switch 23 and the input marked “-” on amplifier 21 via an RI resistor.
  • a micro-contact 28 of the detector 26 places the end of the resistor RI not connected to the input "-" of the amplifier 21 to the ground potential of the circuit in an irreversible manner, so that the device is only able to operate in read mode.
  • the detector 26 can be produced by any known means, either by means of a cam driven in rotation by a reduction gear coupled to the rewinding wheel 4 and which pushes a retractable micro-contact 28 when the magnetic strip is at the end. stroke, or again using a magnet driven by a reducer which causes a blade of the microswitch 28 to ground to tip at the end of the stroke.
  • the reduction ratio of the reducer is determined so that the cam rotates by an angle less than 360 degrees for the duration of the movement of the magnetic strip 2.
  • the detector 26 can be produced using means electronic devices capable of memorizing, using a non-volatile memory, the end-of-travel state of the magnetic strip 2, this state then being signaled by the detection the presence of a marker, not shown, carried by the magnetic strip 2.
  • the assembly constituted by the electronic device 21, the magnetic strip 2, and the read head 3 by an electronic microcircuit such as a chip comprising means for encoding, storing and decoding sound.
  • the electric power generator 18 which feeds said micro-circuit is rotated directly by the cocking wheel as described above or by means of wheel 5 which, then, has only a role of drive wheel.
  • the cocking wheel is still driven by a spring similar to that shown in FIG. 1, but the rewinding wheel 4 no longer exists.
  • the non-return pawl composed of the ratchet 9 and the spring 10 must be placed on the drive wheel 5.

Landscapes

  • Recording Or Reproducing By Magnetic Means (AREA)
  • Connection Of Motors, Electrical Generators, Mechanical Devices, And The Like (AREA)
  • Toys (AREA)

Abstract

The invention concerns a voice correspondence object comprising a sound recording medium such as a magnetic tape (2), a read/write head (3), an electronic device (21, 25) connected to the read/write head for recording sound on the recording medium, a speaker (24), a driving mechanism (4, 5, 6) for the magnetic tape and a spring (7) for moving the driving mechanism when it has been wound, and a current generator (18) powering the electronic device and driving means (5, 6) for the generator driven by the spring when the latter is wound.

Description

Objet de correspondance vocale Voice correspondence object
Domaine de la techniqueTechnical area
La présente invention concerne un objet de correspondance vocale du type constitué par une carte postale pourvue d'un dispositif d'enregistrement et de restitution du son intègre dans un boîtier adapté à la carte.The present invention relates to a voice correspondence object of the type consisting of a postcard provided with a sound recording and reproduction device integrated in a housing adapted to the card.
Etat de la techniqueState of the art
Un objet de ce type est notamment connu de la demande de brevet européen EP 0207258. Celui ci comporte une bande magnétique, une tête de lecture/écriture couplée à un dispositif électronique capable d'enregistrer et de reproduire le son ainsi qu'un mécanisme d'entraînement motorise et une source de courant pour l'alimentation en énergie électrique de l'ensemble.An object of this type is known in particular from European patent application EP 0207258. This comprises a magnetic strip, a read / write head coupled to an electronic device capable of recording and reproducing sound as well as a mechanism for motorized drive and a current source for supplying electrical power to the assembly.
La bande magnétique est enroulée sur une roue de transport de bande qui est entraînée par un système mécanique actionné par un moteur électrique ou par un moteur à ressort spiral ou barillet. Le ressort de ce dernier est fixé à l'intérieur d'un tambour d'entraînement et est remonté par un remontoir ou tout autre dispositif de réarmage. Une tête de lecture/écriture en contact avec la bande magnétique permet l'enregistrement et la restitution du son. L'énergie électrique est fournie par une pile encapsulée dans la carte.The magnetic tape is wound on a tape transport wheel which is driven by a mechanical system actuated by an electric motor or by a spiral or barrel spring motor. The spring of the latter is fixed inside a drive drum and is reassembled by a winder or any other resetting device. A read / write head in contact with the magnetic tape allows the recording and reproduction of sound. The electrical energy is supplied by a battery encapsulated in the card.
Grâce à ce dispositif, l'expéditeur de la carte postale peut envoyer un message vocal personnalisé à son destinataire qui peut le réécouter à volonté. Cependant, comme chaque relecture est consommatrice d'énergie électrique, et que la pile se décharge progressivement a chaque relecture le dispositif devient assez rapidement inutilisable sauf à remplacer la pile par une autre ce qui nécessite une opération de démontage de la pile hors de sa capsule avec un risque de détérioration de la carte. Egalement une réécoute de la carte postale après plusieurs mois sans avoir été utilisée n' est généralement pas possible du fait qu'entre temps la pile a perdu sa capacité. Enfin les cartes du type précité supportent mal le stockage lorsque celles ci comportent des piles électrolytiques car 1' électrolyte qu'elles renferment finit toujours par s'échapper et détériorer la carte postale. L'utilisation de piles au mercure n' est pas non plus souhaitable pour le danger qu'elles représentent pour l'environnement. Enfin il existe des régions du globe où il est souvent difficile voir impossible d'être approvisionné en piles ce qui rend pratiquement caduc toute possibilité de remise en fonctionnement de la carte postale lorsque l'énergie de la pile qu'elle contient est épuisée.Thanks to this device, the sender of the postcard can send a personalized voice message to his recipient who can listen to it again at will. However, as each re-reading consumes electrical energy, and the battery gradually discharges with each re-reading, the device becomes unusable quickly enough except to replace the battery with another which requires an operation to disassemble the battery from its capsule. with a risk of damage to the card. Also re-listening to the postcard after several months without having been used is generally not possible because in the meantime the battery has lost its capacity. Finally, cards of the aforementioned type do not support storage well when these include electrolytic batteries because the electrolyte which they contain always ends up escaping and damaging the postcard. The use of mercury batteries is also undesirable because of the danger they pose to the environment. Finally, there are regions of the world where it is often difficult or even impossible to be supplied with batteries, which makes any possibility of putting the postcard back into operation when the energy of the battery it contains is exhausted.
Pour pallier l'inconvénient ci-dessus, on a dé à songé a intégrer une génératrice de courant capable de fournir l'énergie électrique nécessaire comme c'est le cas dans le brevet US. 4,001,881. Mais en l'occurrence, il s'agit simplement d' un magnétophone capable de restituer des sons enregistres préalablement en tournant manuellement une manivelle, la rotation de la manivelle entraînant également le fonctionnement du générateur électrique fournissant l'énergie nécessaire a un amplificateur de son. Il est clair que l'obtention d'une vitesse constante est difficile a obtenir par une rotation manuelle. Mais s'il est possible de réguler tant bien que mal la rotation lors de la restitution des sons, comme dans le cas du dispositif décrit, il serait hors de question de pouvoir enregistrer des sons sur une bande magnétique en mettant en œuvre un mécanisme manœuvre manuellement. Il ne serait donc pas possible de transposer une telle génératrice électrique dans le cadre du dispositif décrit dans le brevet EP 0.207.258. En outre, il serait difficile d'incorporer la manivelle utilisée dans le dispositif du brevet US. 4,001,887 dans un objet de correspondance qui, par définition, présente une très faible épaisseur .To overcome the above drawback, we thought of integrating a current generator capable of supplying the necessary electrical energy as is the case in the US patent. 4001881. But in this case, it is simply a tape recorder capable of reproducing previously recorded sounds by manually turning a crank, the rotation of the crank also causing the operation of the electric generator supplying the energy necessary for a sound amplifier. . It is clear that obtaining a constant speed is difficult to obtain by manual rotation. But if it is possible to regulate as best as possible the rotation during the restitution of the sounds, as in the case of the device described, it would be it is out of the question to be able to record sounds on a magnetic tape by implementing a manual operating mechanism. It would therefore not be possible to transpose such an electric generator within the framework of the device described in patent EP 0.207.258. In addition, it would be difficult to incorporate the crank used in the device of the US patent. 4,001,887 in a correspondence object which, by definition, is very thin.
Exposé de l'inventionStatement of the invention
C'est pourquoi le but principal de l'invention est de fournir un objet de correspondance vocale sans pile permettant cependant un parfait enregistrement et une parfaite restitution des sons.This is why the main object of the invention is to provide an object of vocal correspondence without battery allowing however a perfect recording and a perfect reproduction of sounds.
L'idée mère de l'invention consiste à utiliser exclusivement l'énergie mécanique fournie par un ressort remonte manuellement pour entraîner d'une part le mécanisme d'entraînement de la bande magnétique et d'autre part la génératrice d'énergie électrique.The main idea of the invention consists in using exclusively the mechanical energy supplied by a spring which goes up manually to drive on the one hand the drive mechanism of the magnetic strip and on the other hand the generator of electrical energy.
L'invention a donc trait a un objet de correspondance vocale comprenant un support d'enregistrement du son tel qu'une bande magnétique, une tête de lecture/écriture, un dispositif électronique connecté à la tête de lecture/écriture pour l'enregistrement du son sur le support d'enregistrement, un haut-parleur, un mécanisme d'entraînement de la bande magnétique, et un ressort destine a mouvoir le mécanisme d'entraînement lorsqu'il a été remonté, mais également une génératrice de courant pour alimenter le dispositif électronique et un moyen d'entraînement de la génératrice mû par le ressort lorsque ce dernier est remonté.The invention therefore relates to a voice correspondence object comprising a sound recording medium such as a magnetic tape, a read / write head, an electronic device connected to the read / write head for recording the sound on the recording medium, a loudspeaker, a drive mechanism for the magnetic tape, and a spring intended to move the drive mechanism when it has been reassembled, but also a current generator to power the electronic device and a means generator driven by the spring when the latter is raised.
L'utilisation d'une génératrice de courant a pour principal avantage qu'elle peut permettre une écoute de la correspondance enregistrée sur la bande magnétique même après plusieurs années, ce que ne peuvent permettre les dispositifs similaires de l'art antérieur alimentés par piles.The main advantage of using a current generator is that it can allow listening to correspondence recorded on the magnetic tape even after several years, which similar devices of the prior art powered by batteries cannot allow.
Brève description des dessinsBrief description of the drawings
D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention apparaîtront à l'aide de la description qui suit faite en regard des dessins annexés dans lesquels : - la figure 1 représente un exemple de mise en oeuvre d' un objet de correspondance vocal selon l'invention, et les figures 2 et 3 sont des bloc-diagrammes représentant respectivement deux modes de réalisation des circuits nécessaires à l'enregistrement et à la lecture du son dans l'objet de correspondance vocal selon l'invention.Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description given with reference to the appended drawings in which: - Figure 1 shows an example of implementation of a voice correspondence object according to the invention, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are block diagrams respectively representing two embodiments of the circuits necessary for recording and playing sound in the voice correspondence object according to the invention.
Description détaillé de l'inventionDetailed description of the invention
L'objet de correspondance vocale selon l'invention qui est représenté à la figure 1 est plus particulièrement destiné à être intégré sur un support ayant le format d'une carte postale mais rien ne s'oppose à ce qu'il puisse être intégré dans d'autres supports de formes différentes.The object of voice correspondence according to the invention which is represented in FIG. 1 is more particularly intended to be integrated on a support having the format of a postcard but nothing prevents it from being able to be integrated into other supports of different shapes.
Celui ci comporte, disposés à l'intérieur d'un boîtier 1, une bande magnétique 2 en déplacement devant une tête de lecture/écriture 3 et bobinée à partir de chacune de ses extrémités respectivement sur deux roues de transport dénommées ci-après roue de rembobinage 4 et roue d'enregistrement/lecture 5. Les roues 4 et 5 ont des dimensions sensiblement identiques et sont entraînées simultanément et en sens inverse l'une de l'autre par une roue d'armement 6. La roue d'armement 6 est liée à une première extrémité 7a d'un ressort spiral 7 qui est enroulé autour de son axe de rotation 8. L'autre extrémité 7b du ressort en spirale 7 est fixée au boîtier 1. La roue de rebobinage 4 est dentelée sur sa périphérie et est bloquée en rotation dans le sens inverse à celui du rebobinage par un cliquet anti-retour composé d'un rochet 9 et d'un ressort 10. Le ressort 10 plaque le rochet 9 entre deux dents de la roue de rebobinage 4 lorsque le ressort 1 est remonté. Le cliquet anti-retour est désengagé par un bouton poussoir 11 afin de permettre, lorsque le ressort 7 a été remonté, la rotation de la route d'armement 6 sous l'action du ressort 7 et l'entraînement en rotation des roues 4 et 5 provoquant le défilement de la bande magnétique 2 devant la tête de lecture/écriture 3.This comprises, arranged inside a housing 1, a magnetic strip 2 moving in front of a read / write head 3 and wound from each of its ends respectively on two transport wheels hereinafter referred to as rewinding wheel 4 and recording / reading wheel 5. The wheels 4 and 5 have substantially identical dimensions and are driven simultaneously and in opposite directions to each other by a cocking wheel 6. The cocking wheel 6 is linked to a first end 7a of a spiral spring 7 which is wound around its axis of rotation 8. The other end 7b of the spiral spring 7 is fixed to the housing 1. The rewinding wheel 4 is serrated on its periphery and is locked in rotation in the opposite direction to that of the rewinding by a non-return pawl composed of a ratchet 9 and a spring 10. The spring 10 presses the ratchet 9 between two teeth of the rewinding wheel 4 when the spring 1 is wound up. The non-return pawl is disengaged by a push button 11 in order to allow, when the spring 7 has been wound, the rotation of the arming route 6 under the action of the spring 7 and the rotation drive of the wheels 4 and 5 causing the magnetic strip 2 to scroll in front of the read / write head 3.
Les roues 4 et 5 sont couplées à la roue d' armement 6 par deux réducteurs formés respectivement par deux roues dentées 12 et 13 concentriques aux roues 4 et 5 qui s'engrènent sur des dents 14 disposée à la périphérie de la roue d'armement 6. Les dents 14 affleurent la surface extérieure du boîtier 1 par un de ses flancs au travers d'une fenêtre 15 pour permettre par un entraînement manuel de la roue d'armement 6, le remontage du ressort 7 et l'enroulement de la bande magnétique 2 sur la roue de rebobinage 4. On doit noter qu'à la différence d'un entraînement purement manuel comme c'est le cas dans le brevet US .4 , 001 , 887 , l'énergie manuelle de l'utilisateur qui est forcément irrégulière, est transformée en une énergie potentielle dans le ressort qui s'exerce de façon régulière et uniforme comme chacun sait. La roue d'enregistrement/lecture 5 comporte également des dents d'entraînement disposées sur sa périphérie pour l'entraînement en rotation du rotor d'une génératrice de courant 18 par l'intermédiaire d'un banc de rouages multiplicateurs de vitesse 19a, 19b, 19c. Bien que dans le mode de réalisation préféré la génératrice soit entraînée en rotation par la roue d'enregistrement/lecture 5, il va de soi que la génératrice pourrait être entraînée en rotation directement par la roue d'armement 6 au moyen des rouages multiplicateurs de vitesse 19a, 19b, 19c qui, dans ce cas, s'engrèneraient sur la roue d'armement 6 et non pas sur la roue d'enregistrement/lecture 5.The wheels 4 and 5 are coupled to the cocking wheel 6 by two reducers formed respectively by two toothed wheels 12 and 13 concentric with the wheels 4 and 5 which mesh on teeth 14 disposed at the periphery of the cocking wheel 6. The teeth 14 are flush with the exterior surface of the housing 1 by one of its sides through a window 15 to allow, by manual drive of the cocking wheel 6, the winding of the spring 7 and the winding of the strip magnetic 2 on the rewinding wheel 4. It should be noted that unlike a purely manual drive as is the case in US patent 4,001,887, the manual energy of the user which is necessarily irregular, is transformed into a potential energy in the spring which is exerted in a regular and uniform way as everyone knows. The recording / reading wheel 5 also includes drive teeth arranged on its periphery for driving the rotor of a current generator 18 in rotation by means of a bench of speed multiplier cogs 19a, 19b , 19c. Although in the preferred embodiment the generator is rotated by the recording / playback wheel 5, it goes without saying that the generator could be rotated directly by the cocking wheel 6 by means of the multiplier cogs of speed 19a, 19b, 19c which, in this case, would mesh on the cocking wheel 6 and not on the recording / reading wheel 5.
Tout ou partie des dispositifs qui viennent d'être décrits peuvent être placés devant une fenêtre transparente non représentée aménagée sur le boîtier pour laisser apparaître le mouvement des roues lors des opérations d'enregistrement et de lecture.All or part of the devices which have just been described can be placed in front of a transparent window (not shown) arranged on the housing to reveal the movement of the wheels during the recording and reading operations.
Suivant un mode préféré de réalisation de l'invention la tension du ressort 7 et les rapports des pignons sont déterminés pour obtenir une rotation en continu de la génératrice 18 pendant 30 ou 40 secondes avec une vitesse d'environ 3000t/s, et un déplacement de la bande magnétique 2 d'environ 5 cm/s sur une longueur d'environ 235 cm, ce qui correspond à une rotation d'environ 15 tours des roues 4 et 5. Pour obtenir une bonne régularité d'enregistrement et de lecture de la bande magnétique (2) il est possible d'adjoindre un couple de frottement visqueux sur l'arbre de sortie de la génératrice 18 au moyen d'un disque de Foucault par exemple, non représenté. La génératrice 18 fournit l'énergie électrique nécessaire à l'alimentation des circuits d'enregistrement et de restitution du son. Dans le cadre de mise en œuvre de l'invention la génératrice doit pouvoir délivrer une puissance d'environ 120 mW, ce qui peut être obtenu par exemple avec une génératrice classique asynchrone de courant triphasé. Les circuits électroniques nécessaires à l'enregistrement et à la restitution du son, sont disposés sur un circuit imprimé représenté avec la référence 20 sur la figure 1.According to a preferred embodiment of the invention the tension of the spring 7 and the ratios of the pinions are determined to obtain a continuous rotation of the generator 18 for 30 or 40 seconds with a speed of approximately 3000t / s, and a displacement magnetic tape 2 of about 5 cm / s over a length of about 235 cm, which corresponds to a rotation of about 15 turns of the wheels 4 and 5. To obtain good regularity recording and reading of the magnetic strip (2) it is possible to add a viscous friction torque to the output shaft of the generator 18 by means of an eddy disc for example, not shown. The generator 18 supplies the electrical energy necessary for supplying the sound recording and restoring circuits. As part of implementation of the invention the generator must be able to deliver a power of around 120 mW, which can be obtained for example with a conventional asynchronous three-phase current generator. The electronic circuits necessary for recording and reproducing the sound, are arranged on a printed circuit represented with the reference 20 in FIG. 1.
Comme le montre la figure 2, les circuits d'enregistrement et de restitution du son comprennent essentiellement un amplificateur 21 couplé sur une entrée à un microphone 22 par l'intermédiaire d'un commutateur 23 à deux états « Ecriture E » et « Lecture L » et couplé sur sa sortie d'une part, à un haut-parleur 24 et d'autre part, à la tête de lecture/écriture 3 par l'intermédiaire d'un commutateur 25 à deux états « Ecriture E » et « Lecture L ».As shown in FIG. 2, the sound recording and restitution circuits essentially comprise an amplifier 21 coupled to an input to a microphone 22 via a switch 23 with two states "Write E" and "Play L "And coupled on its output on the one hand, to a loudspeaker 24 and on the other hand, to the read / write head 3 by means of a switch 25 with two states" Write E "and" Read L ".
En écriture, le signal fourni par le microphone 22 est amplifié par l'amplificateur 21 et est appliqué sur la tête d'écriture 3 qui l'enregistre sur la bande magnétique 2.In writing, the signal supplied by the microphone 22 is amplified by the amplifier 21 and is applied to the writing head 3 which records it on the magnetic tape 2.
En lecture, le signal fourni par la tête d'enregistrement 3 est appliqué sur l'entrée de l'amplificateur 21 pour être amplifié et retransmis sous la forme d'un son par le haut- parleur 24. Dans ce mode de réalisation les commutateurs 23 et 25 peuvent être actionnés par un seul et même bouton poussoir qui est enfoncé pour effectuer l'enregistrement et qui replace l'ensemble en mode lecture lorsqu'il est relâché. Accessoirement il peut être prévu un générateur de fréquence non représenté appliquant un signal de fréquence supérieure à celle du son sur la tête de lecture/écriture 3 pour éventuellement effacer la bande magnétique avant tout nouvel enregistrement . Selon une caractéristique essentielle de l'invention, il est possible comme le montre la figure 3, d'empêcher tout nouvel enregistrement lorsqu'un premier enregistrement a déjà ete effectué sur la bande magnétique. A cette fin, un dispositif de détection de fin de course 26 de la bande inhibe de façon définitive la transmission du signal provenant du microphone 22 vers la tête d'enregistrement /lecture 3.In reading, the signal supplied by the recording head 3 is applied to the input of the amplifier 21 to be amplified and retransmitted in the form of a sound by the loudspeaker 24. In this embodiment the switches 23 and 25 can be actuated by a single push button which is pressed to perform the recording and which returns the assembly to reading mode when it is released. Incidentally, a frequency generator (not shown) applying a signal with a frequency greater than that of the sound on the read / write head 3 can be provided to possibly erase the magnetic tape before any new recording. According to an essential characteristic of the invention, it is possible as shown in FIG. 3, to prevent any new recording when a first recording has already been made on the magnetic tape. To this end, a device for detecting the end of travel 26 of the strip definitively inhibits the transmission of the signal from the microphone 22 to the recording / reading head 3.
Comme le montre la figure 3 où les éléments homologues a ceux de la figure 1 portent les mêmes références, l'amplificateur 21 est monté en amplificateur différentiel et le détecteur de fin de course 26 est placé en série entre le commutateur 23 et l'entrée marquée « - » de l'amplificateur 21 par l'intermédiaire d'une résistance RI. En fin de course de la bande magnétique un micro-contact 28 du détecteur 26 place l'extrémité de la résistance RI non reliée à l'entrée «-« de l'amplificateur 21 au potentiel de masse du circuit de façon irréversible, si bien que le dispositif n'est apte à fonctionner qu'en mode lecture.As shown in Figure 3 where the elements homologous to those of Figure 1 have the same references, the amplifier 21 is mounted as a differential amplifier and the limit switch 26 is placed in series between the switch 23 and the input marked “-” on amplifier 21 via an RI resistor. At the end of the travel of the magnetic strip a micro-contact 28 of the detector 26 places the end of the resistor RI not connected to the input "-" of the amplifier 21 to the ground potential of the circuit in an irreversible manner, so that the device is only able to operate in read mode.
Le détecteur 26 peut être réalisé par tous moyens connus, soit à l'aide d'une came entraînée en rotation par un réducteur couplé à la roue de rebobinage 4 et qui vient pousser un micro-contact escamotable 28 lorsque la bande magnétique est en fin de course, soit encore à l'aide d'un aimant entraîné par un réducteur qui fait basculer en fin de course une lame du micro-contact 28 à la masse. Dans ces modes de réalisation le rapport de réduction du réducteur est détermine pour que la came tourne d'un angle inférieur a 360 degrés pendant la durée du déplacement de la bande magnétique 2. Eventuellement le détecteur 26 peut être réalisé à l'aide de moyens électroniques capables de mémoriser à l'aide d'une mémoire non volatile, l'état de fin de course de la bande magnétique 2, cet état étant alors signale par la détection de la présence d'un marqueur, non représente, porte par la bande magnétique 2.The detector 26 can be produced by any known means, either by means of a cam driven in rotation by a reduction gear coupled to the rewinding wheel 4 and which pushes a retractable micro-contact 28 when the magnetic strip is at the end. stroke, or again using a magnet driven by a reducer which causes a blade of the microswitch 28 to ground to tip at the end of the stroke. In these embodiments, the reduction ratio of the reducer is determined so that the cam rotates by an angle less than 360 degrees for the duration of the movement of the magnetic strip 2. Optionally, the detector 26 can be produced using means electronic devices capable of memorizing, using a non-volatile memory, the end-of-travel state of the magnetic strip 2, this state then being signaled by the detection the presence of a marker, not shown, carried by the magnetic strip 2.
Selon une variante de mise en œuvre de l'invention il peut également être envisagé de remplacer l'ensemble constitué par le dispositif électronique 21, la bande magnétique 2, et la tête de lecture 3 par un microcircuit électronique tel qu'une puce comportant des moyens de codage, de mémorisation et de décodage du son. Dans ce cas, la génératrice d'énergie électrique 18 qui aliment ledit micro-circuit est entraînée en rotation directement par la roue d'armement comme décrit précédemment ou par l'intermédiaire de la roue 5 qui, alors, n'a plus qu'un rôle de roue d'entraînement. La roue d'armement est toujours mue par un ressort similaire à celui représenté à la figure 1, mais la roue de rembobmage 4 n'existe plus. Dans ce cas, le cliquet anti-retour composé du rochet 9 et du ressort 10, doit être placé sur la roue d'entraînement 5. According to a variant implementation of the invention, it can also be envisaged to replace the assembly constituted by the electronic device 21, the magnetic strip 2, and the read head 3 by an electronic microcircuit such as a chip comprising means for encoding, storing and decoding sound. In this case, the electric power generator 18 which feeds said micro-circuit is rotated directly by the cocking wheel as described above or by means of wheel 5 which, then, has only a role of drive wheel. The cocking wheel is still driven by a spring similar to that shown in FIG. 1, but the rewinding wheel 4 no longer exists. In this case, the non-return pawl composed of the ratchet 9 and the spring 10, must be placed on the drive wheel 5.

Claims

Revendications claims
1. Objet de correspondance vocale comprenant un support d'enregistrement du son tel qu'une bande magnétique (2), une tête de lecture/écriture (3), un dispositif électronique (21, 25) connecte a la tête de lecture/écriture pour l'enregistrement du son sur ledit support d'enregistrement, un haut-parleur (24), un mécanisme d'entraînement (4, 5, 6) de ladite bande magnétique et un ressort (7) destiné à mouvoir ledit mécanisme d' entraînement lorsqu' il a été remonté ; ledit objet étant caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend en outre une génératrice de courant (18) alimentant ledit dispositif électronique en énergie électrique et un moyen d'entraînement (5, 6) de ladite génératrice, ledit moyen d'entraînement étant mû par ledit ressort lorsque ce dernier est remonté.1. Voice correspondence object comprising a sound recording medium such as a magnetic tape (2), a read / write head (3), an electronic device (21, 25) connected to the read / write head for recording sound on said recording medium, a loudspeaker (24), a drive mechanism (4, 5, 6) for said magnetic strip and a spring (7) intended to move said mechanism training when it was reassembled; said object being characterized in that it further comprises a current generator (18) supplying said electronic device with electrical energy and a drive means (5, 6) of said generator, said drive means being driven by said comes out when the latter is raised.
2. Objet selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ledit mécanisme d'entraînement comprend une roue d'enregistrement/lecture2. The object of claim 1, wherein said drive mechanism comprises a recording / reading wheel.
(5) de ladite bande magnétique (2) et une roue de rembobmage (4) de ladite bande magnétique, lesdites roues étant mues en rotation dans le même sens sous l'action dudit ressort (7) .(5) of said magnetic strip (2) and a rewinding wheel (4) of said magnetic strip, said wheels being rotated in the same direction under the action of said spring (7).
3. Objet selon la revendication 2 dans lequel ledit mécanisme d'entraînement comprend en outre une roue d'armement (6) solidaire d'une extrémité (7a) dudit ressort (7), ladite roue d'armement étant actionnée manuellement par l'utilisateur pour remonter ledit ressort de manière à ce que ladite roue d'armement soit mue en rotation sous l'action dudit ressort libérant l'énergie potentielle accumulée et entraîne lesdites roues d'enregistrement/ lecture (5) et de rembobmage (4). 3. Object according to claim 2 wherein said drive mechanism further comprises a cocking wheel (6) integral with one end (7a) of said spring (7), said cocking wheel being actuated manually by the user to wind said spring so that said cocking wheel is rotated under the action of said spring releasing the potential energy accumulated and drives said recording / reading wheels (5) and rewinding (4).
4. Objet selon la revendication 3, dans lequel le moyen d'entraînement de ladite génératrice (18) comprend principalement ladite roue d'armement (6) entraînant ladite génératrice de courant (18) soit directement, soit par l'intermédiaire de ladite roue d'enregistrement/lecture (5) .4. Object according to claim 3, wherein the drive means of said generator (18) mainly comprises said cocking wheel (6) driving said current generator (18) either directly or via said wheel recording / playback (5).
5. Objet selon l'une des revendications 2 a 4, dans lequel ladite roue de rembobmage (4) est empêchée d'être mue en rotation dans le sens inverse à celui du rebobinage au moyen d'un cliquet anti-retour (9, 10).5. Object according to one of claims 2 to 4, wherein said rewinding wheel (4) is prevented from being rotated in the opposite direction to that of rewinding by means of a non-return pawl (9, 10).
6. Objet selon la revendication 5 comprenant en outre un bouton poussoir 11 pour désengager le cliquet anti-retour (9,10) de ladite roue de rembobmage (4) et commander l'action dudit ressort (7) pour permettre le défilement de la bande magnétique (2) devant la tête de lecture/écriture (3) .6. Object according to claim 5 further comprising a push button 11 for disengaging the non-return pawl (9,10) of said rewinding wheel (4) and controlling the action of said spring (7) to allow the scrolling of the magnetic strip (2) in front of the read / write head (3).
7. Objet selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, dans lequel ledit dispositif électronique comprend un amplificateur (21) couplé entre un microphone (22) et un haut-parleur (24) par l'intermédiaire de commutateurs7. Object according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein said electronic device comprises an amplifier (21) coupled between a microphone (22) and a loudspeaker (24) via switches
(23,25) actionnés par un seul et même bouton poussoir permettant lorsqu'il est enfoncé l'enregistrement du signal sur la bande magnétique (2) et lorsqu'il est relâché la relecture du signal enregistré sur la bande magnétique (2).(23,25) actuated by a single push button allowing when it is pressed the recording of the signal on the magnetic tape (2) and when it is released the replay of the signal recorded on the magnetic tape (2).
8. Objet selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, comprenant en outre un dispositif de détection (26) de fin de course de la bande magnétique (2) qui inhibe de façon définitive tout nouvel enregistrement sur la bande magnétique (2) lorsqu'un premier enregistrement a déjà été effectué . 8. Object according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising a device for detecting (26) the end of travel of the magnetic tape (2) which definitively inhibits any new recording on the magnetic tape (2) when a first registration has already been made.
9. Objet selon la revendication 8, dans lequel ledit dispositif de détection (26) comporte un micro-contact escamotable actionné par une came (27) entraînée par un réducteur couple à la roue de rembobmage (4).9. The object of claim 8, wherein said detection device (26) comprises a retractable microswitch actuated by a cam (27) driven by a torque reducer to the rewinding wheel (4).
10. Objet selon la revendication 8, dans lequel ledit dispositif de détection (26) comporte une mémoire non volatile pour mémoriser l'état de fin de course de la bande magnétique (2), cet état étant signalé par la détection de la présence d'un marqueur dispose sur la bande magnétique (2) .10. Object according to claim 8, wherein said detection device (26) comprises a non-volatile memory for storing the end-of-travel state of the magnetic strip (2), this state being indicated by the detection of the presence of 'a marker placed on the magnetic strip (2).
11. Objet selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ledit support d'enregistrement du son et ledit dispositif électronique sont intègres dans un microcircuit électronique tel qu'une puce comportant des moyens de codage, de mémorisation et de décodage du son. 11. The object of claim 1, wherein said sound recording medium and said electronic device are integrated in an electronic microcircuit such as a chip comprising means for encoding, storing and decoding sound.
EP01925654A 2000-04-13 2001-04-13 Voice correspondence object Withdrawn EP1277205A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
FR0004769A FR2807865B1 (en) 2000-04-13 2000-04-13 OBJECT OF VOICE CORRESPONDENCE
FR0004769 2000-04-13
PCT/FR2001/001156 WO2001080231A1 (en) 2000-04-13 2001-04-13 Voice correspondence object

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP1277205A1 true EP1277205A1 (en) 2003-01-22

Family

ID=8849229

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP01925654A Withdrawn EP1277205A1 (en) 2000-04-13 2001-04-13 Voice correspondence object

Country Status (6)

Country Link
US (1) US20030151843A1 (en)
EP (1) EP1277205A1 (en)
JP (1) JP2003535421A (en)
AU (1) AU2001252342A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2807865B1 (en)
WO (1) WO2001080231A1 (en)

Families Citing this family (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2847066B1 (en) * 2002-11-13 2005-06-24 Mayerhoeffer Alain DEVICE FOR READING AND RECORDING A SOUND MESSAGE
FI128100B (en) * 2018-09-13 2019-09-30 Zoy Oy Item of jewellery

Family Cites Families (12)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3285613A (en) * 1965-09-15 1966-11-15 Audio Slide Company Recording and playback apparatus
US4017905A (en) * 1972-04-12 1977-04-12 General Mills Fun Group, Inc. Toy recorder and playback apparatus
US4001887A (en) * 1975-06-06 1977-01-04 Stephen A. Platt Manual tape apparatus with generator for providing electrical power
GB2043320B (en) * 1978-11-15 1983-01-26 Sharp Kk Nonprogramme section detection mechanism in a cassette tape player
JPS61242360A (en) * 1985-04-18 1986-10-28 Ozen Corp Simple acoustic recording and reproducing device
DE3516592A1 (en) * 1985-05-08 1986-11-13 Robert Dipl.-Ing. 8021 Neuried Weigl GREETING CARD WITH INTEGRATED SOUND CARRIER
US6269158B1 (en) * 1998-09-09 2001-07-31 Hyun D. Kim Method and combination for providing telephone calling and postal communications
JP2000260083A (en) * 1999-03-05 2000-09-22 Sony Corp Tape running mechanism
JP4464491B2 (en) * 1999-08-17 2010-05-19 富士通株式会社 Magnetic tape unit
US6580578B1 (en) * 2000-01-12 2003-06-17 Storage Technology Corporation Method and apparatus for presenting both sides of a media to a read/write head in a storage device
JP3655532B2 (en) * 2000-05-19 2005-06-02 オリオン電機株式会社 Tape feed stop processing device
US6674871B1 (en) * 2002-12-07 2004-01-06 Yen-Chen Chan Positioning device for diaphragm for speakers

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
See references of WO0180231A1 *

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
FR2807865A1 (en) 2001-10-19
JP2003535421A (en) 2003-11-25
AU2001252342A1 (en) 2001-10-30
FR2807865B1 (en) 2002-12-13
WO2001080231A1 (en) 2001-10-25
US20030151843A1 (en) 2003-08-14

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
FR2579002A1 (en) Device for insertion and automatic ejection of discs
FR2507371A1 (en) MAGNETIC DISK ASSEMBLY, CASSETTE FOR THE SAME, AND RECORDING AND / OR REPRODUCING DEVICE FOR USE WITH THE SAME
FR2541030A1 (en) COMPACT REPRODUCING APPARATUS WITH MAGNETIC TAPE CASSETTE
FR2524682A1 (en) OPERATING MODE CHANGE DEVICE FOR A MAGNETIC TAPE RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS SUCH AS A MAGNETOPHONE
FR2717589A1 (en) Pre-winding camera with film locking.
EP1437260A1 (en) Rear-view vehicle mirror pivotable on two axes
EP1277205A1 (en) Voice correspondence object
EP0102897B1 (en) Automatic read head cleaning device for a cassette recorder apparatus
FR2464533A1 (en) TAPE RIBBON RECORDING APPARATUS
FR2514928A1 (en) OPERATING MODE CHANGING DEVICE FOR MAGNETIC TAPE RECORDER
WO2000021090A1 (en) Method and device for manually controlling the direction and speed for data reading with a control disc
BE1001875A5 (en) Improvements to sound recording and / or reading magnetic tapes.
FR2539547A1 (en) REPRODUCING APPARATUS FOR ROTATING RECORDING MEDIA
EP0424443A1 (en) Device for making time-independent a tape recording device and a tape reading device.
FR2552255A1 (en) AUTOMATIC DRIVE INVERSION MECHANISM FOR RECORDING AND RECORDING DEVICE ON CASSETTE WEB
BE1010187A3 (en) Protection device for ways to play and / or recording.
WO2004047110A1 (en) Device for reading and recording an audio message
BE1010887A3 (en) Gripping device, transfer cases, cartridge, tapes.
FR3124291A1 (en) A book provided with means for reproducing sound content and with means for adjusting the sound.
FR2488432A1 (en) DEVICE FOR READING SIGNALS IN A ROTARY RECORDING MEDIUM APPARATUS
FR2713384A1 (en) Correspondence object.
FR2700990A1 (en) Portable article in the form of a card for transmitting voice messages
CH313801A (en) Electric pulse counter
BE562583A (en)
WO1991005445A1 (en) Hand-carried auditory assistance apparatus

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PUAI Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012

17P Request for examination filed

Effective date: 20021107

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A1

Designated state(s): AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

AX Request for extension of the european patent

Free format text: AL;LT;LV;MK;RO;SI

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN

18D Application deemed to be withdrawn

Effective date: 20041103