JP3053328B2 - Cassette eject device for cassette tape player - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cassette ejecting apparatus for a cassette tape player for ejecting a cassette mounted at a reproducing position by driving a motor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional cassette tape player of this type, for example, as described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1-24757, a cassette is provided at the front of a cassette holder support plate rotatably provided on a chassis. The cassette holder is swingably connected, and the cassette holder supporting plate is rotated so that the cassette holder supporting plate is inclined based on the insertion of the cassette into the cassette holder. A structure is adopted in which the cassette inserted in the holder is mounted at the playback position.

As shown in FIG. 11, in the cassette tape player, an eject plate 2 slidably attached to a chassis 1 in a front-rear direction is urged forward (a cassette insertion port side) by an eject spring 3. When the eject operation button is pressed rearward (in the cassette insertion direction) during ejection, the eject plate 2 is moved rearward against the eject spring 3, and the eject force of the cassette is accumulated in the eject spring 3. It has become so.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 11, the cassette holder is supported on the eject plate 2 via a connecting rod 4 which is rotatably engaged with the eject plate 2 and reciprocates by the back and forth movement of the eject plate 2. Rotating lever 5 pivotally attached to plate 8
And a cassette catcher 9 attached to the cassette holder supporting plate 8 via a toggle spring 6 so as to be able to move forward and backward in the front-rear direction. It is connected to the club.

When the rotating lever 5 is rotated counterclockwise through the connecting rod 4 by retreating the eject plate 2, the toggle spring 6 is inverted and the cassette catcher 9 is moved forward. The cassette 10 held in the cassette holder 7 is ejected forward. When the pressing of the eject plate 2 is released in this state, the eject plate 3 is returned to the front by the eject spring 3.

A slide plate 11 is provided between the chassis 1 and the eject plate 2 so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction. The slide plate 11 is provided by a slide spring 12 stretched between the chassis 1 and the eject plate 2. It is biased forward.

[0007] Then, as shown in FIG.
When the cassette catcher 9 is not inserted, the slide plate 11 is held in a retracted state against the slide spring 12, and when the cassette catcher 9 is pressed backward by the insertion of the cassette 10, the lock of the slide plate 11 is released. Then, the slide plate 11 is moved forward by a slide spring 12, and as shown in FIG. 12, one end of the slide plate 11 is unlocked by a head moving plate (not shown) in which the head is retracted. The structure is set at the position.

[0008]

In the above-mentioned conventional cassette ejecting apparatus, the ejecting spring of the cassette ejecting spring receives a biasing force for holding the cassette at the reproducing position by the cassette holder supporting plate on which the cassette holder is mounted. That is, a force for expanding the eject spring is applied to the eject plate and a large operating force, for example,
2-3 kg of operating force were required.

In addition, the slide plate and the eject plate are provided with springs, respectively, so that the number of parts is large and the number of assembly steps is large.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a cassette ejecting apparatus for a cassette tape player which can reduce the operating force at the time of ejecting, reduce the number of springs, and simplify the assembly structure. .

[0011]

According to the present invention, there is provided a cassette ejecting apparatus for a cassette tape player.
A cassette holder which is, a cassette holder supporting plate for moving the cassette holder to an upper cassette insertion position and a cassette playing position of <br/> lower, reproduction position downward from the cassette insertion position of the upper insertion of the cassette When the cassette holder supporting plate actuates the hold to the playback position the inserted cassette to the cassette holder DOO
Lower the cassette holder support plate when ejecting the cassette.
Move from cassette playback position to cassette insertion position above
And retractably of the slide plate which causes the engagement locks to reciprocating the cassette inserted cassette holder, the cassette discharge
An eject plate that Ru was issued, the eject plate is stretched and the engaging piece engages the both ends and the locking piece portion of the slide plate, the coupling spring which is prestressed state when the cassette loading stand Lock the slide plate and insert the cassette
A rotation lock lever for releasing the lock by a drive plate for moving the eject plate forward and backward , a gear lock lever operated by the slide plate, a lock plate for opening and closing a motor start switch, and the gear lock lever. A cam gear whose rotation is regulated by the lock plate and moves the drive plate forward and backward to operate the lock plate, and a motor that continues driving by closing the electric motor start switch and rotates the cam gear via a reduction gear. The lock by the rotation lock lever is released by inserting the cassette.
The sliding plate moves due to the accumulated force of the connecting spring,
The cassette holder supporting plate is operated by the drive plate to hold the cassette inserted in the cassette holder at the reproducing position, and the gear lock lever is operated, and the cam gear is unlocked by the gear lock lever to enter a cassette discharge standby state. When the cassette is ejected, the cam gear is rotated by the drive of the motor to keep the motor start switch closed by the lock plate, and the drive plate is driven to integrate the eject plate with the slide plate connected to this eject plate by the connection spring. By moving the cassette holder operation plate to the cassette ejecting operation position, the locking piece that locks both ends of the connecting spring is moved, and the slide plate is used to move the cassette holder support plate from the lower cassette reproducing position to the upper cassette insertion position. the sliding plate is engaged with the rotation lock lever is waiting, the drive plate With the continued drive, the eject plate moves while accumulating in the connection spring, ejects the cassette inserted in the cassette holder, activates the lock plate by the cam gear, opens the electric motor start switch, and releases the gear lock lever. It is operated to lock the cam gear.

[0012]

The cassette eject device of the cassette tape player according to the present invention has a rotation lock lever by inserting a cassette.
The slide plate released from the lock by the actuating member activates the cassette holder supporting plate by the accumulated force of the connecting spring to hold the cassette inserted in the cassette holder at the reproducing position. Then, the gear lock lever is operated by the operation of holding the cassette of the slide plate at the reproduction position, the cam gear is unlocked by this gear lock lever, and the cam gear can be rotated. When the cassette is ejected, the cam gear is rotated by the drive of the motor, the lock plate holds the motor start switch closed, and the drive plate drives the eject plate and the slide plate connected to the eject plate by the connection spring. Move to the cassette discharge operation position. The slide plate connected to the eject plate by the connection spring is moved integrally toward the cassette mounting standby position, so that the connection spring is not charged and the load is reduced. Then, the cassette holder support plate is moved from the tape reproducing position of the cassette to the cassette insertion position by the slide plate, and the slide plate is locked by the rotation lock lever.
The eject plate is moved while accumulating energy in the connecting spring by the driving of the driving plate, the cassette inserted in the cassette holder is discharged, and the lock plate is operated by the cam gear to start the electric motor. Release the switch and operate the gear lock lever to lock the cam gear.

The connecting spring stores a spring force for operating the slide plate between the slide plate and the eject plate. For this reason, a spring for separately driving the slide plate and the eject plate is not required, and a single connection spring can be used.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The construction of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a cassette ejecting device of a cassette tape player, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the cassette ejecting device. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 20 denotes a chassis, and FIG. A slide plate 21 shown in FIG.
An eject plate 23 shown in FIG. 2 is provided slidably in the front-rear direction along the upper side of 21, and a drive plate 24 shown in FIG. 2 is provided slidably in the front-rear direction outside the eject plate 23. ing.

A rear end portion 26 of the eject plate 23 comes into contact with an engaging piece 25 cut and raised at an intermediate portion of the slide plate 21 so as to be able to freely contact and separate therefrom. Also, the locking piece 27 provided at the front end of the eject plate 23 and the slide plate 21
The two ends of the coil-shaped connecting spring 29 are locked between the locking piece 28 formed in the middle part of the slide plate, and the connecting spring 29 urges the slide plate 21 and the eject plate 23 in a direction approaching each other. Have been.

A guide projection 30 projecting from the outside of the ejection plate 23 is slidably engaged with a front-rear guide groove 32 formed in a vertical piece 31 of the drive plate 24. The driving plate 24 is formed with a driving plate portion 33 bent from the lower edge of the vertical piece portion 31, and a cam hole 34 is formed in the driving plate portion 33.

As shown in FIG. 3, the cam hole 34 has a front guide portion 34b inclined from the concave cassette eject standby portion 34a of the drive plate 24 toward the rear side, and a linear rear guide portion toward the rear side. An inner part 34c, a cassette discharge start part 34d which is directed from the rear guide part 34c to the side in the vertical direction, an arcuate cassette discharge part 34e which is directed forward, and a return part 34f which is inclined toward the cassette eject standby part 34a are continuously formed. It has a formed cam edge. A shaft support protrusion 35a protruding from the side of the lock plate 35 is rotatably supported on the chassis 20. The lock plate 35 has a locking piece of the eject plate 23.
An engagement piece 36 engaged with 27 is formed to protrude. Further, the through-hole portion 42 at the center of the lock plate 35 has a pressed piece portion.
An operating piece 39 for operating an electric motor start switch 38 is formed on the lock plate 35, and the lock plate 35 has a spring 40 that engages with the engaging piece 36 on the eject plate.
It is urged in the illustrated clockwise direction locked by the locking pieces 27 of the 23.

A shaft support 41a of a gear lock lever 41 is rotatably supported on the chassis 20. The gear lock lever 41 has a projection projecting upward from a through hole 42 of the lock plate 35. The gear lock lever 41 is provided with a projection 46 which is pressed by the front end of the slide plate 21 against a spring 44 so as to be rotated in the counterclockwise direction in the figure.

Further, the locking piece 27 of the eject plate 23
Both ends of a coil-shaped safety spring 47 are locked to the drive plate 24 and the rear end thereof.

Next, a cam gear 54 meshing with the drive gear 51 of the electric motor 50 via a reduction gear mechanism 52 is rotatably supported by the chassis 20 so as to be rotatable around the chassis 20. A toothless portion 56 is formed at a part of the tooth portion 55 that meshes with the final reduction gear 53 formed on the surface. As shown in FIG. 4, the cam gear 54 has two-stage cam portions 70 and 71 formed on the back surface thereof. The first-stage cam portion 70 engages with the pressed piece 37 of the lock plate 35. A projection 43 formed on the gear lock lever 41 and projecting upward from the through-hole 42 of the lock plate 35 is engaged with the second-stage cam 71, and the projection 71 is engaged with the cam 71. An engagement recess 72 to which the piece 43 is locked is formed.

A projection 57 which engages with the cam hole 34 of the driving plate 24 is provided at an eccentric position on the surface of the cam gear 54,
A dash spring 58 attached to the drive plate 24 is
And the urging force of the dash spring 58 is applied to the projection 57.

A turning lever 61 is connected to a reciprocating connecting rod 60 rotatably engaged with a rear portion of the eject plate 23, and one end of a toggle spring 62 can be turned on the turning lever 61. The other end of the toggle spring 62 is rotatably engaged with the cassette catcher 63. This cassette catcher 63
Is slidably engaged with a front-rear direction engaging groove 65 formed in a cassette holder supporting plate 64 on which the rotating lever 61 is rotatably mounted. At the front end of the cassette holder support plate 64, a cassette holder 66 is pivotally mounted.

As shown in FIG. 5, a rotation lock lever 67 is rotatably supported on the cassette holder support plate 64, and one end of the rotation lock lever 67 has the slide plate 21 attached thereto. Locking part which is engaged and disengaged with locking hole 21a formed in
A contact portion which is formed by pressing a cassette inserted into the cassette holder 66 is formed at the other end of the cassette holder 66a.
The rotation lock lever 67 is formed by a spring 67c so that the locking portion 67a is locked by the locking hole 21a of the slide plate 21.
It is urged to be locked to.

An engaging pin (not shown) projecting from the cassette holder support plate 64 is provided with an engaging groove 68 shown in FIG. Is engaged.

Further, a head moving plate (not shown) slidably provided on the chassis 20 is pivotally mounted, and a head 77 provided on the head moving plate is mounted on the head moving plate based on the operation of the slide plate 21 so that the tape of the cassette mounted is mounted. And the pinch roller separates from the capstan.

The safety spring 47 has a higher tension than the connection spring 29, and the connection spring 29 and the safety spring 47
The tension is set to be larger than the operating force for operating the cassette holder support plate 64 and the like.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

When the cassette is not mounted, the cassette holder supporting plate 64 is held in a floating state, and the cassette holder 66 pivotally attached to the front end of the cassette holder supporting plate 64 is also in a horizontal state in the floating state. Is held. When the cassette is inserted in this state,
The cassette is engaged with the cassette catcher 63, and the cassette catcher 63 is pressed. The cassette catcher 63 is pressed rearward by the inverting action of the toggle spring 62, and the cassette is retracted rearward. When the cassette is retracted rearward, the rotation lock lever 67 shown in FIG.
The engagement between the engagement portion 67a of the slide plate 21 and the engagement hole 21a of the slide plate 21 is released, and the slide plate 21 is moved forward by the urging force accumulated in the connection spring 29, and the engagement groove 68 of the slide plate 21 is moved. The cassette holder supporting plate 64 engaged with the cassette holder 66 is pushed downward, the cassette holder supporting plate 64 becomes horizontal with the front side inclined downward, and the inserted cassette is held at the reproduction position.

A head provided on a head moving plate (not shown) comes into contact with the tape based on the forward movement of the slide plate 21, and a pinch roller (not shown) presses the tape with a capstan to form a tape. Can be played.

In this state, the front end of the slide plate 21 pushes the projection 46 of the gear lock lever 41 against the spring 44 by the forward movement of the slide plate 21, and the gear lock lever 41 is moved. As shown in FIG. 7, the protruding piece 43 of the gear lock lever 41 is moved from the state shown in FIG. 6 to the second-stage cam portion provided on the cam gear 54, as shown in FIG. The cam gear is disengaged from the engaging recess 72 formed in the cam gear 71.
54 becomes rotatable, and the urging force of the dash spring 58 is acting on the projection 57 of the cam gear 54.
The cam gear 54 is rotated (counterclockwise direction in FIG. 2), and is brought into a state of meshing with the tooth portion 55 from the toothless portion 56 facing the tooth portion 55 of the final reduction gear 53, and the cam gear 54 becomes rotatable. The projection 57 of the cam gear 54 is engaged with the cassette ejection standby portion 34a of the cam hole 34 of the drive plate 24 shown in FIG.

Next, when a certain pulse is applied to the electric motor 50 by operating an unillustrated eject switch, the electric motor 50 is driven, the final reduction gear 53 is rotated via the reduction gear mechanism 52, and the teeth of the cam gear 54 are rotated. Since the gear 55 meshes with the final stage gear 53, the cam gear 54 rotates (counterclockwise in FIG. 2), and the rotation of the cam gear 54 causes the first-stage cam portion 70 to lock the lock plate 35.
Is pressed, the lock plate 35 is rotated against the spring 40, and the motor start switch 38 is closed. Also,
As shown in FIG. 8, the engagement piece 36 of the lock plate 35 is disengaged from the engagement piece 27 of the eject plate 23.

When the motor start switch 38 is closed, the motor
The drive of the reduction gear 50 is continued, and the final reduction gear 53 engaged with the electric motor 50 via the reduction gear mechanism 52 rotates.
With the rotation of 53, the cam gear 54 also continues to rotate.

The rotation of the cam gear 54 causes a projection 57 provided at an eccentric position of the cam gear 54 to move by engaging with the cam hole 34 of the driving plate 24, and the projection 57 is moved forward from the cassette ejection standby portion 34 a of the cam hole 34. The drive plate 24 is moved rearward by engaging with the cassette discharge start portion 34d via the interior 34b and the rear guide portion 34c. The eject plate 23 connected to the drive plate 24 by the safety spring 47 and the slide plate 21 connected to the eject plate 23 by the connection spring 29 are integrally moved rearward, and the connection spring 29 is not extended. The load is reduced.

Then, the engaging pins projecting from the cassette holder supporting plate 64 are engaged and guided by the engaging grooves 68 of the slide plate 21, and the cassette holder supporting plate 64 is turned upward to become horizontal. The cassette holder 66 rises from the playback position.

At the time of an eject operation for lifting the cassette from the reproduction position, the eject plate 23 and the slide plate
21 is integrally moved toward the rear in a state of being connected by a connecting spring 29, and the locking piece 27 that locks one end of the connecting spring 29 by retreating the eject plate 23 is also integrally formed. Since the connecting spring 29 is retracted, the connecting spring 29 is not extended and the eject plate 23 and the sliding plate 21 are not loaded by the connecting spring 29, so that the driving plate 24, the eject plate 23 and the sliding plate 21 are retracted with a low load. Is done.

When the cam gear 54 continues to rotate from the state in which the cassette holder 66 is lifted up from the reproducing position, the projection 57 causes the cassette discharge start portion 34d of the cam hole 34 of the drive plate 24 to move from the cassette discharge start portion 34d to the cassette eject standby portion 34a. And the drive plate 24 is moved forward. This drive plate
The forward movement of 24 moves the eject plate 23 forward, and the movement of the eject plate 23 also moves the slide plate 21 forward.

The pivot lever 61 is rotated clockwise in the drawing by the forward movement of the eject plate 23, the toggle spring 62 is inverted, and the cassette catcher 63 is moved forward, and is held by the cassette holder 66. The cassette is ejected forward. When the cassette is moved forward, the rotation lock lever 67 pressed by the cassette is released, the rotation lock lever 67 is rotated by a spring 67c (clockwise in FIG. 5), and the slide plate 21 is moved. Rotation lock lever 67
Further, the drive plate 24 moves the eject plate 23 forward against the connecting spring 29. At this time, the connecting spring 29
Is extended between the slide plate 21 and the eject plate 23 to accumulate a spring force for urging the slide plate 21 forward. Therefore, a spring for separately driving the slide plate 21 and the eject plate 23 is not required, and the single connection spring 29 can be shared.

When the cam gear 54 rotates, the gear lock lever 41, which has been engaged with the second-stage cam portion 71, is rotated by a spring 44, and is gear-locked to the engagement recess 72 of the second-stage cam portion 71. The cam gear 54 is locked by the engagement of the projecting piece 43 of the lever 41 and the lock plate engaged with the cam 70 of the first stage.
35 is rotated by a spring 40, and the electric motor start switch 38 is released by releasing the pressing by the operating piece 39.

When the lock plate 35 is rotated by the spring 40, the engaging piece 36 is locked by the locking piece 27 of the eject plate 23, and the lock plate 35 moves backward of the eject plate 23. Block. Further, at this time, the toothless portion 56 of the cam gear 54 is disengaged from the tooth portion 55 of the final-stage reduction gear 53 so as to face the toothed portion 55.

In this state, the eject plate located forward
The connecting spring 29 stretched between the slide plate 23 and the slide plate 21 held at the rear position is charged and prepared for insertion of the next cassette.

As shown in FIG. 9, the connecting spring 29 is in an extended energy storage state in which tension is applied during the cassette mounting standby time a and cassette discharge time c, and no tension is applied during reproduction b. In a structure in which the eject spring 3 and the slide spring 12 are provided on the eject plate 2 and the slide plate 11, respectively, as in the conventional apparatus shown in FIG. 11, as shown in FIG. At the time a, the eject spring 3 is in a contracted state in which no tension is applied, and the slide spring 12 is in an extended accumulating state in which a tension is applied. In the reproduction b, the slide spring 12 and the eject spring 3 are in a tensioned state. When the cassette is ejected, the slide spring 12 and the eject spring 3
Is in an extended accumulating state under tension, which also indicates that the eject plate 23 and the slide plate 21
Is connected by a connecting spring 29, the eject spring 3
And the slide spring 12 are not required, and one connecting spring 29 is sufficient, and the movement of the eject plate 23 can reduce the load during the cassette discharging operation.

Further, the slide plate 21 is provided with a gear lock lever.
The projection 46 of the 41 is pressed and rotated against the spring 44, and the projection 43 of the gear lock lever 41 is removed from the engagement recess 72 of the second-stage cam 71 provided on the cam gear 54. In order to be able to rotate and to engage with the tooth portion 55 from the toothless portion 56 facing the tooth portion 55 of the final reduction gear 53 by the urging force of the dash spring 58 on the projection 57 of the cam gear 53. , A mechanism for unlocking the cassette discharge mechanism such as a solenoid is not required, and the electric motor 50 for operating the cassette discharge mechanism is not required.
Unlocking of the cassette discharge mechanism and cassette discharge operation can be performed only by the cassette.

When the cassette is ejected, the cassette cannot be removed for some reason, the slide plate 21 and the eject plate 23 cannot eject the cassette. When the cassette is locked, only the drive plate 24 is retracted by the cam gear 54. Then, the safety spring 47 is extended, and the drive plate 24, the lock plate 35, the gear lock lever 41, and the motor start switch 38 are operated, so that the cam gear 54 can rotate one revolution of the cassette discharge by driving the motor 50. The mechanism can be protected by the extension of the safety spring 47 without stopping during the operation of discharging the cassette.

In the above embodiment, the eject plate 23 and the drive plate 24 are formed separately. However, in a device that does not require a safety device such as the safety spring 47, the eject plate 23 and the drive plate 24 are integrated. Can also be provided.

[0046]

According to the present invention, when the cassette is ejected, the ejecting plate and the slide plate connected to the ejecting plate by the connecting spring are integrally moved toward the cassette ejecting operation position, and the connecting spring is extended. Instead, the load is reduced. Then, the connecting spring is extended between the slide plate and the eject plate to accumulate a spring force for operating the slide plate. For this reason, a spring for separately driving the slide plate and the eject plate is not required, and one connection spring can be used for both, and the number of parts is small and the assembling property is good.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a cassette eject device of a cassette tape player showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the same driving plate.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the cam gear;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing engagement between the slide plate and a lock lever.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the driving plate unit.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a cam gear, a gear lock lever, and a slide plate of the same.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the same cam gear and lock plate.

FIG. 9 is an operation explanatory view of the above connection spring.

10 is an operation explanatory view of a slide spring and eject spring of the conventional apparatus.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a cassette eject device of a conventional cassette tape player before a cassette is mounted.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a cassette ejecting device of a conventional cassette tape player in a cassette mounted state.

[Explanation of symbols]

21 Slide plate 23 Eject plate 24 Drive plate 29 Connecting spring 35 Lock plate 38 Motor start switch 41 Gear lock lever 50 Motor 54 Cam gear 64 Cassette holder support plate 66 Cassette holder 67 Rotation lock lever

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A cassette holder into which a cassette is inserted.
Between the upper cassette insertion position and the lower cassette playback position.
Holding a cassette holder supporting plate for moving the cassette holder, the cassette inserted by the insertion of the cassette into the cassette holder is operated the cassette holder supporting plate to the playback position below the cassette insertion position of the upper to the playback position Together with the cassette holder when ejecting the cassette.
The cassette support plate from the lower cassette playback position to the upper cassette.
And retractably of the slide plate is moved to the bets insertion position, the engagement locks to reciprocating the cassette inserted cassette holder, the eject plate Ru was drained cassette, the slide plate and locking piece of the eject plate When the cassette is in standby mode,
The connecting spring, which is in a state of being charged, is engaged with the slide plate while the cassette is inserted.
A rotation lock lever for releasing the locking, a drive plate for moving the eject plate forward and backward , a gear lock lever operated by the slide plate, a lock plate for opening and closing a motor start switch, and the gear lock lever. A cam gear whose rotation is regulated by a lock plate and moves the drive plate forward and backward to operate the lock plate; and an electric motor that continues to drive by closing the electric motor start switch and rotates the cam gear via a reduction gear. Locking by the rotation lock lever by inserting the cassette
Is released by the spring force of the connecting spring ,
By operating the cassette holder support plate by the slide plate to hold the cassette inserted in the cassette holder at the reproduction position and operating the gear lock lever,
The gear lock lever unlocks the cam gear and puts the cassette in a standby state for ejecting the cassette. When the cassette is ejected, the cam gear is rotated by driving the motor to keep the motor start switch closed by the lock plate and the eject plate is driven by driving the drive plate. And a slide plate connected to this eject plate by a connection spring are integrally moved to a cassette discharging operation position, so that the locking pieces that lock both ends of the connection spring are moved, and the cassette holder is moved by the slide plate. Support plate from lower cassette playback position
Move the slide plate to the upper cassette insertion position,
The drive plate is stopped by being locked by the rotation lock lever, and the eject plate moves by accumulating energy in the connecting spring by the continued drive of the drive plate to discharge the cassette inserted in the cassette holder, and the lock plate is moved by the cam gear. Activating the electric motor start switch and operating the gear lock lever to lock the cam gear, whereby the cassette eject device of the cassette tape player is operated.