JPH08235678A - Structure for attaching control lever of recording and reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To obtain a small-sized portable tape recorder which is constituted to surely prevent the breakage, etc., of a shaft even when shocks are given to a control lever. CONSTITUTION: A shaft 99 made of a synthetic resin is protruded from a chassis 11 made of a metal. The shaft 99 supports a mode switching control lever 90 in a swingable state. A bent section 11n is formed by bending the front end section of the chassis 11 on the operating section 91 side of the lever 90 and a recessed section 92 for receiving the bent section 11n of the chassis 11 is integrally formed with the operating section 91 of the lever 90. Therefore, even when a strong impact force P acts on the operating section 91 of the lever 90 when a tape recorder is dropped by mistake, the breakage of the shaft 99 can be prevented, because the force P can be surely absorbed by the recessed section 92 of the operating section 91 and the bent section 11n of the chassis 11.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an operating lever mounting structure for a recording / reproducing apparatus such as an audio auto-reverse type tape recorder.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in a portable and small-sized tape recorder which can enjoy stereo music with headphones, various operation levers are provided outside the cabinet. This will be briefly described with reference to FIGS. 39 and 40. In the figure, reference numeral 200 is a metal chassis arranged in a cabinet (not shown), and a shaft 201 made of synthetic resin is projectingly provided on the front end side of the chassis 200. I am doing it. For example, the tape forward path (A
A mode switching operation lever 202 made of synthetic resin, which is used when only one side of the surface) or the return path (B side) is reproduced or when both sides are reproduced, is swingably supported. The operation portion 202a of the mode switching operation lever 202 projects outside the cabinet.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional portable small tape recorder, when the user accidentally drops the tape recorder, the operation portion 202a of the mode switching operation lever 202 is provided with an arrow in the figure. When a strong impact force indicated by P is applied, this impact force is directly transmitted from the mode switching operation lever 202 to the synthetic resin shaft 201. As a result, the synthetic resin shaft 201 may be broken.

Therefore, the present invention provides an operation lever mounting structure for a recording / reproducing apparatus, which can surely receive an impact force such as a drop on the chassis side to prevent the shaft supporting the operation lever from being broken. To do.

[0005]

In an operation lever mounting structure of a recording / reproducing apparatus in which an operation lever is swingably supported by a chassis via a shaft, a bending portion is provided at an end of the chassis on the operation portion side of the operation lever. Is formed, and a concave portion into which the bent portion is inserted is formed in the operation portion of the operation lever facing the bent portion.

[0006]

Operation Even if a strong impact force is applied to the operation portion of the operation lever when it is dropped, this impact force can be reliably received by the bending portion of the chassis via the concave portion of the operation portion of the operation lever.
As a result, it is possible to surely prevent the shaft from being broken due to the impact force on the operation lever without changing the components of the chassis and the operation lever, and to improve the strength without increasing the cost of the parts.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

In FIGS. 1, 2 and 35, reference numeral 1 is an audio auto-reverse type tape recorder (reverse type recording / reproducing apparatus). This tape recorder 1 is a cabinet type cabinet 2 made of synthetic resin (hereinafter referred to as resin).
It is a portable, small-sized, and light-weight portable terminal equipped with a stereo headphone connection terminal (not shown) on the right side surface of the cabinet 2. The resin also serves as a cassette holder in the opening 2a that is slightly larger than the tape cassette 100 on the upper surface side of the cabinet 2. A lid 3 made of metal is provided so that it can be opened and closed manually.

In the cabinet 2, a mechanism for playing (FWD) running, reversing playing (RVS) running, stopping (STOP) the magnetic tape 103 whose both ends are wound around a pair of reels 101 and 102 of the tape cassette 100. The unit (mechanical deck unit) 10 is incorporated. Further, on the front surface of the cabinet 2, a play button 4 to be pressed when the tape 103 is reproduced and reversely reproduced, a fast-forward button 5 to be fast-forwarded (FF) to the tape 103, and the tape 103.
Rewind button 6 that is pressed to rewind (REW), stop button 7 that is pressed to stop the reproduction and reverse rotation reproduction of the tape 103, and a direction switching operation lever that switches the running direction of the tape 103 between the FWD direction and the RVS direction ( Second switching means) 80 and the outward path of the tape 103 (A
Side) and return path (B side) both sides continuous playback mode or tape 10
A mode switching operation lever (fourth switching means) 90 for switching to either the single-sided single reproduction mode of the A side or the B side of 3 is provided. The buttons 4 to 7 and the operation levers 80 and 90 are made of resin.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, the mechanism portion 10 has a substantially rectangular plate-shaped metal chassis 11. As shown in FIG. 7, a pair of left and right recessed portions 11a, 1 which are hollowed in a cylindrical shape on the lower surface side are provided on both sides of the rear of the chassis 11 as shown in FIG.
1b is press-molded. These recesses 11a and 11b
The peripheral wall is cut into four, and the respective support shafts 12L, 1 made of resin are formed on the bottom of each of them by so-called outsert molding (a method of molding by embedding plastic in a metal part).
The 2Rs are formed integrally with each other. The one supply shaft 12L is provided with a resin supply reel base 13 and the other support shaft 1 is provided.
A resin take-up reel stand 14 is rotatably supported on each of the 2Rs. Large-diameter gears 13a and 14a are integrally formed in the lower portions of the reel bases 13 and 14 in the shape of a disc flange.

As shown in FIG. 3, a pair of outsert-molded resin-made cylindrical bearing portions 15L, 1 are provided at positions facing the respective reel stands 13, 14 on the front side of the chassis 11.
A pair of left and right capstans 16 and 17 are rotatably supported via 5R or the like. This pair of capstans 16,
The lower part of 17 projects downward from the lower surface of the chassis 11, and as shown in FIG. 6, the driven pulleys 18L and 18R are fixed thereto. This pair of driven pulleys 18L, 1
8R and a drive pulley 20 fixed to a drive shaft 19a of a motor 19 as a drive source mounted so as to project to the lower surface side of the chassis 11, as shown in FIG. Is installed. Also, FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 2, small-diameter tooth portions 18a and 18a are integrally formed at the centers of the upper surfaces of the pair of driven pulleys 18L and 18R so as to project integrally.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, throttle portions 11c and 11d, which form a shaft portion, are integrally formed on the front and rear of the center of the chassis 11 so as to integrally project. This pair of throttle parts 11c, 1
A metal-made substantially cruciform plate-shaped reproduction operation lever (reproduction operation means) 22 as a slide lever is slidably supported in the front-rear direction on the chassis 11 via 1d. The reproduction button 4 is fitted to the front piece 22a of the reproduction operation lever 22. Further, the pair of elongated holes 22c and 22d formed in the center and the rear portion of the reproduction operation lever 22 are inserted into the pair of narrowed portions 11c and 11d so that each elongated hole 2 is formed.
The playback operation lever 22 is slid on the chassis 11 by being slidably supported in the front-rear direction by the length of 2c and 22d, and by burring (expanding holes) the ends of the throttles 11c and 11d to the outside. It is locked freely.

As shown in FIGS. 3, 5 and 7, bending pieces 22e, 22f and 22g are formed by bending downward on the front piece portion 22a, the center and the rear end of the reproduction operation lever 22, respectively. Yes, each of these bent pieces 22e, 22f, 2
2g is a hole 1 formed so as to face the chassis 11.
It is adapted to project to the lower surface side of the chassis 11 from 1e, 11f, 11g. As shown in FIG. 7, one end of a torsion spring 23 as an elastic member provided on the protruding portion 11h of the chassis 11 is engaged with the central bending piece 22f. Due to the elastic biasing force, the front piece portion 22a of the reproduction operation lever 22 always projects forward. Further, a substantially rectangular square hole portion 22h is formed on the right side of the center of the reproduction operation lever 22, and the pair of long hole portions 22c, 2 on the front side of the lever 22 are formed.
A pair of throttle portions 22 forming a shaft portion in the direction orthogonal to 2d.
i, 22i and a pair of protrusions 22j, 22j are integrally formed by protrusion.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the regeneration control lever 22
Above the normal reproduction (NORMAL P) via the pair of throttle portions 22i, 22i and the pair of protrusions 22j, 22j.
A metal-made substantially rectangular plate-shaped pinch roller switching lever (third switching means) 24 for switching between LAY) and reverse playback (RVS PLAY) is slidably supported in the left-right direction, and the pair of protrusions are provided. A head substrate 26 to which a reproducing head 25 is attached is fastened and fixed to 22j and 22j by a pair of screws 27 and 27. On the right side of the center of the front edge of the pinch roller switching lever 24, a tongue-shaped front piece 24a which has a narrowed portion 24b and slides on the front piece 22a of the reproduction operation lever 22 is integrally formed. On the right side of the center of the rear edge of the lever 24, a U-shaped rear piece 24c that is inserted into the square hole 22h of the reproduction operation lever 22 and slides on the chassis 11 is integrally formed. The diaphragm 22b of the front piece 22a of the operation reproduction lever 22 and the front piece 24 of the pinch roller switching lever 24.
A torsion spring 29 as an elastic member is interposed between the narrowed portion 24b of a and the elastic biasing force of the torsion spring 28 causes the pinch roller switching lever 24 to slide in either the left or right direction. It is designed to be held in one of the positions. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the chassis 1
A pair of resin-made cassette positioning pins 2 for positioning the tape cassette 100 mounted in the cabinet 2 between the pair of capstans 16 and 17 on the top 1.
9, 29 are integrally formed by outsert molding.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a pair of elongated holes 24 are provided on both sides and the center of the pinch roller switching lever 24.
d, 24d and 24e, 24e are formed respectively, and a pair of substantially trapezoidal engagement holes 24f, 24g which taper toward the outside are formed at both ends thereof. Further, a bent piece 24h is bent downward at the left end edge of the pinch roller switching lever 24. The pair of long hole portions 24d of the pinch roller switching lever 24,
24d is a pair of diaphragm portions 22 of the reproduction operation lever 22.
i, 22i and slidably supported in the left-right direction by the length of each long hole portion 24d, and the pinch roller is swaged at the tip of each narrowed portion 22i to the outside by pinching the pinch roller. The switching lever 24 is slidably locked on the reproduction operation lever 22.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the pair of left and right capstans 16 and 17 are alternately contacted above the pair of engagement holes 24f and 24g of the pinch roller switching lever 24, respectively.
A pair of left and right pinch rollers 30 and 31 which are separated from each other are provided. The pair of pinch rollers 30 and 31 are rotatably supported via the shafts 33 on the respective semi-cylindrical end portions 32a of the pair of left and right roller support arms 32L and 32R. Further, the base end portions 32b of the pair of roller support arms 32L and 32R are swingable on a pair of left and right support shafts 34L and 34R integrally formed by outsert molding on both front corners of the chassis 11. While supporting it,
The pair of left and right claw portions 35L, 35R formed integrally with the support shafts 34L, 34R to prevent them from coming off. Further, the torsion springs 36L and 36R are wound around the base end portions 32b of the pair of roller support arms 32L and 32R.
One end portions 36a, 36 of the torsion springs 36L, 36R, respectively.
a is locked to the tip portions 32a and 32a, and the other end portions 36b and 36b of the torsion springs 36L and 36R are paired with the pair of engagement holes 24f and 2 of the pinch roller switching lever 24.
It is inserted and engaged in 4g.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a bent piece 24h at the left end edge of the pinch roller switching lever 24 is formed between a pair of pin portions 85 and 85 integrally formed on the upper surface of a direction switching operation lever 80 which will be described later. Has been inserted into. As a result, when the direction switching operation lever 80 is rocked to the right, the pinch roller switching lever 24 slides to the left as shown in FIGS. 5 and 23, and the capstan on the right side during playback (FWD). When the pinch roller 31 on the right side comes into contact with 17 and the direction switching operation lever 80 is swung to the left side, as shown in FIG. 17, the pinch roller switching lever 24 slides to the right during reverse playback (during RVS). The left side pinch roller 30 contacts the left side capstan 16 and is switched.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, on the front side of the lower surface of the chassis 11, large-diameter and small-diameter two-stage narrowed portions 37 forming the shaft portion are formed.
A pair of left and right are integrally formed by press working or the like, and at the center of the lower surface of the chassis 11, a pair of small-diameter squeezing portions 38 that form a shaft are formed by left and right integrally. As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the large-diameter throttle portions 37a, 37a of the pair of throttle portions 37, 37 are
A metal lock lever (lock means) 40 as a slide lever and a metal switch lever (switch means) 41 as a slide lever are laminated so as to be slidable in the left and right directions, respectively, and the pair of throttle portions are provided. Three
7, 37, a small-diameter throttle portion 37b on the right side and a small-diameter throttle portion 38 on the right side are provided with a metal fast-forward operation lever (fast-forward operation means) 42 as a slide lever, a left-hand small-diameter throttle portion 37b and a left-hand small-diameter throttle portion Reference numeral 38 denotes a metal rewind operation lever (rewind operation means) as a slide lever.
43 are laminated so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, at the right front corner of the lower surface of the chassis 11, a pair of small-diameter squeezing portions 39 forming a shaft portion are formed so as to integrally project forward and backward. A metal stop operating lever (stop operating means) as a slide lever is provided on the pair of small-diameter throttle portions 39, 39.
44 is slidably supported in the front-rear direction. Further, the tips of the throttle portions 37, 38, 39 are formed by burring caulking on the outside, and the caulking portions 37c, 38c, 39c are used to slide the slide levers 4 respectively.
0, 41, 42, 43 and 44 are slidably locked.

As shown in FIGS. 7, 8 and 18, the lock lever 40 is formed in a substantially rectangular plate shape having a concave and convex shape on the front edge side, and a pair of long hole portions 40 are formed on the right side and the center thereof.
a and 40a are formed. The lock lever 40 slides in the left-right direction by inserting the long hole portions 40a into the large-diameter throttle portions 37a of the chassis 11. Further, as shown in FIG. 18, a taper portion 40b for stop operation is formed at the right end of the lock lever 40, and a taper portion 40c and a hook portion 40d for fast-forward operation are formed on the front edge side from right to left. A taper portion 40e and a hook portion 40f for reproducing operation, a taper portion 40g and a hook portion 40h for rewinding operation, and a taper portion 40i and a hook portion 40j for recording operation, respectively. In addition, the hook 40c and the hook 4 of the lock lever 40
A link claw 40k is formed by bending downward between 0e and 0e. Further, as shown in FIG.
An inverted L-shaped bent piece 40m is formed at the right end of the above, and a rectangular bent piece (one end) 40n is formed at the left end thereof by bending downward, and the torsion spring 4 is formed at the right end bent piece 40m.
5, one end portion 45a is locked. The torsion spring 45 is wound around a resin shaft portion 46 integrally formed on the lower surface of the chassis 11 by outsert molding so that the lock lever 40 is always pulled and urged toward the stop operation lever 44. There is.

As shown in FIGS. 7, 8 and 18, the switch lever 41 is formed in a substantially rectangular plate shape shorter than the lock lever 40, and a pair of long hole portions 41a, 41a are provided on both sides thereof.
Has been formed. Each of the long hole portions 41a corresponds to the chassis 1
The switch lever 41 slides in the left-right direction by being inserted into each of the large-diameter throttle portions 37a of 0. In addition, as shown in FIG. 18, the switch lever 4
1, a taper portion 41 for fast-forward operation is provided in the center portion on the front edge side.
c and a concave portion 41d, a taper portion 41e and a concave portion 41f for a reproducing operation, and a taper portion 41g and a concave portion 41h for a rewinding operation are formed, respectively. Further, a rectangular hole 41k is formed at a position of the switch lever 41 facing the link claw 40k, and a rewinding recess 41 is formed.
The h 41m is a bent piece 41m that comes into contact with and separates from the operating portion 47a of the power switch 47 to turn on / off the power switch 47.
Is integrally formed so as to project downward. The power switch 47 is
While the operating portion 47a having a built-in return spring (not shown) is pushed by the bending piece 41m of the switch lever 41 and is retracting, the power is turned on, and the bending piece 41m is turned on.
When the operating portion 47a returns to the original state by the return spring away from a, the power is turned off. The elastic biasing force of the return spring of the operating portion 47 also causes the switch lever 41 to return to its original state.

Then, the reproduction operation lever 22 is set to the torsion spring 2
The taper portion 40e and the hook portion 40f for the regenerating operation of the lock lever 40 by pressing against the urging force of the lock lever 40, and the taper portion 41e and the concave portion 41 for the regenerating operation of the switch lever 41.
When the bent piece 22e of the reproduction operation lever 22 is locked to f, the switch lever 41 is slid to the left side (the rewind operation lever 43 side) by the link claw 40k of the lock lever 40 and the power is supplied by the bent piece 41m. The switch 47 is turned on. This power-on state is held by the hooked portion 40f of the lock lever 40 locking the bent piece 22e of the reproduction operation lever 22, and the stop operation lever 44 described later releases the locked state of the reproduction operation lever 22. It is supposed to be held up to. Similarly to the case of the reproduction operation lever 22, the lock lever 40 and the switch lever 41 are slid to the left side to turn on the power switch 47 and stop even if the fast-forward operation lever 42 and the rewind operation lever 43 are pressed. The power switch 47 is turned off by the operation lever 44.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the fast-forwarding operation lever 42 has a fast-forwarding button 5 fitted to a front portion 42a, and a pair of long hole portions 42b before and after forming a step with the center as a boundary. , 42c are formed. This front long hole 42
b is a small-diameter throttle portion 37b on the right side of the chassis 11, and a rear long hole 42c is a small-diameter throttle portion 38 on the left side of the chassis 11.
To the fast-forward operation lever 4
2 is slidable in the front-back direction. Further, a rectangular bending piece 42d is upwardly provided on the left edge front side of the fast-forwarding operation lever 42, and a U-shaped bending piece 42e is downwardly provided at the center.
On the rear side, downward bent V-shaped bent pieces 42f are formed. The hook portion 4 of the lock lever 40 is attached to the bent piece 42d on the front side of the fast-forward operation lever 42.
0d can be engaged and disengaged, and the central bending piece 4
One end 48a of the torsion spring 48 is locked to 2e. The torsion spring 48 is wound around a resin shaft portion 49 integrally formed on the lower surface of the chassis 11 by outsert molding so that the fast-forwarding operation lever 42 is always biased forward.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the rewinding operation lever 43 has a front portion 43a fitted with a rewinding button 6 and a pair of elongated holes formed in front and behind a step at the center. The parts 43b and 43c are formed. This front long hole 43
b is a small-diameter throttle portion 37b in the center of the chassis 11, and a rear long hole 43c is a small-diameter throttle portion 38 in the center of the chassis 11.
To the rewind operation lever 4
3 is slidable in the front-back direction. Further, a rectangular bending piece 43d is provided on the front side on the right edge side of the rewinding operation lever 43, and a U-shaped bending piece 43e is provided on the lower side in the center.
On the rear side, downwardly-folded bent pieces 43f are formed. The hooked portion 4 of the lock lever 40 is attached to the bent piece 43d on the front side of the rewind operation lever 43.
0h can be engaged and disengaged, and the central bending piece 4
The other end 48b of the torsion spring 48 is locked to 3e. The rewinding operation lever 43 is always biased forward by the biasing force of the torsion spring 48.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the stop operating lever 4
In No. 4, the stop button 7 is fitted to the front portion 44a, and a pair of long hole portions 44b and 44c are formed in the front and rear. By inserting the pair of long hole portions 44b and 44c into the pair of small-diameter throttle portions 39 and 39 of the chassis 11, the stop operation lever 44 is slidable in the front-rear direction. Further, a rectangular bent piece 44d is formed on the front side on the left edge side of the stop operation lever 44, and a U-shaped bent piece 44e is formed on the rear side on the right edge side. The bent piece 44d on the front side of the stop operation lever 44 has a taper portion 40b at the right end of the lock lever 40.
And the other end 45b of the torsion spring 45 is locked to the bent piece 44e on the rear side. The stop operation lever 44 is always biased forward by the biasing force of the torsion spring 45.

As shown in FIGS. 4, 7 and 8, on the rear side of the lower surface of the chassis 11 between the fast-forwarding operation lever 42 and the rewinding operation lever 43, reproduction (FWD) is performed via a metal rod-shaped supporting shaft 50. ) Or reverse playback (RVS) and fast-forward (FF) or rewind (REW), which is a letter-shaped FR made of a metal plate.
A switching lever (first switching means) 51 is supported swingably in the left-right direction. At the center of the front edge of the upper surface of the FR switching lever 51, a narrowed portion 51a that projects into the hole 11i of the chassis 11 is integrally formed so as to project upward, and a pair of arc-shaped folds is formed at both front ends of the lower surface. Bending piece 51
b and 51c are integrally formed so as to project downward. Also, FR
On the rear side of the lower surface of the switching lever 51, a metal rod-shaped support shaft (shaft) 52 is provided so as to project downward.

As shown in FIG. 6, FIG. 21, and FIG. 31, a support shaft 50 projecting below the chassis 11 and rotatably supporting an FR switching lever 51 is provided with a resin-made large-diameter cam gear ( The cylindrical portion 53a of the second gear 53 is rotatably supported. A tooth portion 53b is integrally formed on the outer periphery of the cam gear 53, and an eccentric concave elliptic arc cam portion 53c is integrally formed on the lower surface. Also, the cam gear 5
A convex cam portion 53d having a substantially triangular prism shape is integrally formed on the thin surface of the lower surface of the cam portion 53c of the cam portion 53c. Further, on the lever 51 side of the cylindrical portion 53a of the cam gear 53, a driven gear 54 made of resin and having a small diameter is rotatably supported via a clutch mechanism 55 composed of a spring or the like.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the diaphragm portion 51a of the FR switching lever 51 is in the stopped state (reproduction operation lever 2).
The pinch roller switching lever 24 is located at a position facing the U-shaped rear piece 24c of the pinch roller switching lever 24 (when not pressed by 2), and the pinch roller switching lever 24 is pressed by the reproduction operation lever 22. In the reproducing state where the capstans 16 and 17 are moved to the pair of capstans 16 and 17, the diaphragm portion 51a engages with the rear piece portion 24c. At the time of this engagement, as shown in FIG. 24, when the direction switching operation lever 80 is operated to the right side to move the pinch roller switching lever 24 to the left side, the support shaft 52 side of the FR off switching lever 51 is taken up on the take-up reel stand. 14 gears 14
25. When the direction switching operation lever 80 is operated to the left side to move the pinch roller switching lever 24 to the right side as shown in FIG. 25, the support shaft 52 side of the FR off switching lever 51 is moved to the supply reel base. 13 gears 13
It is designed to move to the a side.

Further, as shown in FIG. 33, the bending piece 51b on the right side of the FR switching lever 51 can be brought into and out of contact with the bending piece 42f of the fast-forwarding operation lever 42. The support shaft 52 side of the switching lever 51 moves to the gear 14a side of the take-up reel base 14. Further, as shown in FIG. 34, the bending piece 51c on the left side of the FR switching lever 51 can be brought into contact with and separated from the bending piece 43f of the rewinding operation lever 43. The support lever 52 side of the replacement lever 51 moves to the gear 13a side of the supply reel base 13.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 12, on the support shaft 52 of the FR switching lever 51, a swinging gear (first gear) 56 made of resin as a rotating member is rotatably and vertically movable. I am doing it. This swing gear 56 has a large diameter tooth portion 5 on the upper side.
6a and a small-diameter tooth portion 56b integrally formed with the tooth portion 56a on the lower side. Further, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is attached to the engaging portion 52a of the support shaft 52.
A hole (engagement portion) 57a having a slit 57b on one end side of a dogleg-shaped friction lever (transmission member) 57 formed in a thin plate shape by P) is detachably attached.
Further, a metal coil spring (elastic member) 58 is interposed between the small-diameter tooth portion 56b of the swing gear 56 and around the hole portion 57a of the friction lever 57.

At the time of stopping, fast-forwarding and rewinding against the elastic biasing force of the coil spring 58, as shown in FIG. The swing gear 56 is located below (upper side in FIG. 31) by contacting the bent piece 22g of the reproduction operation lever 22 protruding to the lower surface side of the chassis 11 at the (tip). At this time, the small-diameter tooth portion 56b of the swing gear 56 meshes with the tooth portion 53b of the cam gear 53. Further, as shown in FIG. 21, during reproduction and reverse reproduction, the protruding portion 56c of the swing gear 56 separates from the bent piece 22g of the playback operation lever 22, and the swing gear 56 moves upward (downward in FIG. 21). Is located in. At this time, the swing gear 56
The large-diameter tooth portion 56a of the gear meshes with the driven gear 54 that rotates together with the cam gear 53. Further, due to the elastic biasing force of the coil spring 58 and the contact frictional force of the swing gear 56, the rotational force of the swing gear 56 is applied to the support shaft 52.
It is adapted to be transmitted to the friction lever 57 supported by. As shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, a wide elongated hole portion 57c is formed on the other end side of the friction lever 57, and a hook portion 66e of a first detection lever 66 described later is formed.
It is designed to be locked in.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a support shaft 60 and a support shaft 61 made of resin and a support shaft 62 having a claw portion 62A are provided on the right side of the lower surface of the chassis 11 and the left side from the center.
And a support shaft 63 having a claw portion 63A are integrally projected downward by outsert molding. FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 6 and 22, the support shaft 60 has a large-diameter tooth portion 6 on the upper side.
4a and a resin-made first intermediate gear 64 integrally formed with a lower small-diameter tooth portion 64b, and a support shaft 61 is provided with a resin-made second intermediate gear 65 which meshes with the gear 13a of the supply reel base 13.
Each is rotatably supported. Further, a resin-made first detection lever (first detection means) 66 is attached to the support shaft 62,
A second detection lever (second detection means) 67 made of resin is swingably supported on the support shaft 63.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 22, the large diameter tooth portion 64a of the first intermediate gear 64 meshes with the tooth portion 18a of the driven pulley 18R on the right side, and the small diameter tooth portion 64b of the intermediate gear 64. Meshes with the tooth portion 53b of the cam gear 53.
Further, as shown in FIGS. 4, 6 and 17, the first detection lever 66 has a central portion 66a supported by a support shaft 62 so as to be swingable, and has a distal end portion 66b and a substantially triangular prism-shaped proximal end portion 66c. It is shaped like a letter. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 14, a cam follower 66d having a substantially triangular prism shape that slides on the concave elliptic arc cam portion 53c and the convex cam portion 53d of the cam gear 53 is provided above the tip portion 66b of the detection lever 66. Hook portions 66e, which project to the both sides and to which the long hole portions 57c of the friction lever 57 are detachably attached, are integrally formed on the lower portion.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 17, the second detection lever 67 has an elongated hole portion 67a at the center thereof, and has a substantially triangular prism-shaped distal end portion 67b and a proximal end portion 67c which are substantially L-shaped. It is shaped like a letter. In addition, the base end portion 6 of the second detection lever 67
A cylindrical first standing portion 67d is integrally formed on the upper portion of 7c. In addition, a second columnar shape in which a C-shaped torsion spring 68 is locked on the lower portion of the detection lever 67 on the base end 67c side.
An upright portion 67e and an inverted L-shaped third upright portion (locking portion) 67f are integrally formed on the left end side of the upright portion 67e.

Then, as shown in FIGS. 23 and 27, at the time of FWD for double-sided reproduction of the magnetic tape 103, the base end portion 66c of the first detection lever 66 is separated below the tip end portion 67b of the second detection lever 37. As shown in FIG. 28, when the traveling direction of the magnetic tape 103 is switched from the reproduction traveling direction to the reverse reproduction traveling direction, the base end portion 66c of the first detection lever 66 is moved to the second detection lever. Tip 67b
The lower end is pushed upward to move the base end portion 67c of the second detection lever 67 rightward. Further, as shown in FIGS. 25 and 29, at the time of RVS for double-sided reproduction of the magnetic tape 103, the base end portion 66c of the first detection lever 66 is located above the tip end portion 67b of the second detection lever 67 and is located apart from it. As shown in FIG. 30, when the traveling direction of the magnetic tape 103 is switched from the reverse reproduction traveling direction to the reproducing traveling direction, the base end portion 6 of the first detection lever 66.
6c is pressed downward from the upper side of the tip portion 67b of the second detection lever 67 to push the base end portion 67c of the second detection lever 67.
To move to the left.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 11, at the left front corner of the lower surface of the chassis 11, there is provided a protruding portion 11j protruding downwardly by pressing or the like until the depth is close to the limit of plastic working. It is formed by drawing. This protrusion 11
A threaded hole portion 11k is formed at the center of j by tap processing or the like, and a cylindrical portion 71 made of resin is integrally projected downward by outsert molding around it. A printed wiring board 72 is provided on the outer peripheral edge 71a of the lower end of the cylindrical portion 71.
The hole portion 72a is fitted, and the printed wiring board 72 is fastened and fixed via a ground screw (conductive member) 73 screwed into the screw hole portion 11k. This ground screw 7
The head 73a of 3 is the ground pattern 7 of the printed wiring board 72.
The ground pattern 72b of the printed wiring board 72 is brought into contact with the chassis 2 via the ground screw 73 by contacting the chassis 1
It is connected to 1.

Further, as shown in FIGS.
On the left front edge side of the chassis 11, there is a pair of bent portions 11m and 11n having a planar arc shape that is bent downward in an L shape. In addition, the bent portions 11m and 11n of the chassis 11
A support shaft 89 having a resin-made claw portion 89A and a support shaft (shaft) 99 having a claw portion 99A are integrally projecting downward by outsert molding at positions facing each other. A direction switching operation lever (second switching means) 80 is provided on one of the support shafts 89 and the other support shaft 99.
Is a mode switching operation lever (fourth switching means) 90.
Are swingably supported. An operation portion 81 is integrally formed on the front side of the direction switching operation lever 80, and one of both ends of the torsion spring 68 locked by the second detection lever 67 is provided behind the operation portion 81. The upright portions 82 that are alternately hooked are formed to integrally project. A cylindrical portion 83 having a support shaft 89 inserted through the center of the standing portion 82 of the direction switching operation lever 80.
And a trapezoidal hole 8 to which the first upright portion 67d of the second detection lever 67 is locked is formed on the right side of the rear portion thereof.
4 is formed. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, on the rear left side of the upper surface of the direction switching operation lever 80, a pair of pin portions 85, 85 exposed to the upper surface side of the chassis 11 from the hole portion 11p of the chassis 11 are integrally formed. is there. The bent piece 24h at the left end edge of the pinch roller switching lever 24 is locked between the pair of pin portions 85, 85.

As shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, a mode switching operation lever 90 has an operating portion 91 on the front side thereof, a cylindrical portion 93 having a support shaft 99 inserted through the central portion thereof, and a cylindrical portion 93 locked behind the cylindrical portion 93. A portion 94 and a movable portion 95 having a substantially inverted S shape are integrally formed on the right side of the cylindrical portion 93, respectively. The operation portion 91 and the cylindrical portion 9 of the mode switching operation lever 90
A concave portion 92 into which the bent portion 11n is inserted is formed at a position facing the bent portion 11n between the chassis 11 and the chassis 3. Further, the support shaft 99 and the claw portion 99 are provided on the upper surface of the lock portion 94.
A triangular protrusion 99B integrally formed with A is provided with a conical rising portion 94a which is engaged with either one of both sides of the triangular protrusion 99B. Further, the tip projection 95a of the movable portion 95
Is a single-sided reproduction tape 10 as shown in FIGS.
When the traveling direction of No. 3 is switched from the reverse reproduction traveling direction to the automatic stop, it is inserted between the bent piece 40n of the lock lever 40 and the third upright portion 67f of the second detection lever 67. As shown in FIG. 20, this tape 103
The stroke amount H for unlocking the lock lever 40 when the running direction of the lock lever 40 is switched from the reverse running direction to the automatic stop is the lock lever 40 required for unlocking the locked state of the operation levers 22, 41, 42. Is set to be longer than the minimum stroke amount x (tip projection 95a
The lock lever 40 slides to the left by the amount of H-x even after unlocking the operation levers 22, 41, 42 according to the width h of the lock lever 40).

As shown in FIG. 17, the pinch roller switching lever 24 for switching the positions of the pair of pinch rollers 30, 31; the cam gear 53 rotated by the motor 19 and the like; the first and second detection levers 66, An automatic direction mechanism 69 for automatically reversing (auto-direction) the reciprocating path (A side ← → B side) of the magnetic tape 103 from the tape end is constituted by 67 and the direction switching operation lever 80 and the like. Also, FIGS.
As shown in, lock lever 40, switch lever 41
, The cam gear 53, the first and second detection levers 66, 6
7, and a mode switching operation lever 90 and the like, a power supply holding mechanism 70 that delays the OFF operation of the power switch 47 when the traveling direction of the magnetic tape 103 is switched from the reverse reproduction traveling direction to the automatic stop (at shutoff) is configured. There is.

According to the auto-reverse type tape recorder 1 of the above embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 3, 21 and 31, the tip of the reproduction operation lever 22 arranged at the center of the chassis 10 of the mechanical deck portion 10 is provided. The swing gear 56 moves up and down depending on the position of the bent piece 22g to reproduce (FWD).
Switching between reverse playback (RVS), fast forward (FF) and rewind (REW) is performed. That is, play button 4
When the playback operation lever 22 is pressed against the biasing force of the torsion spring 23, the bent piece 22e of the playback operation lever 22 causes the hook portion 40f for the playback operation of the lock lever 40 and the playback operation of the switch lever 41 to be operated. It is locked in the recess 41f. At this time, as shown in FIG. 18, the lock lever 4
The switch lever 41 slides to the left side (the rewinding operation lever 43 side) by the link claw 40k of 0 and the bending piece 4
The operating portion 47a of the power switch 47 is pushed by 1 m and the power is turned on. In this power-on state, the lock lever 4
The bent piece 22e of the reproduction operation lever 22 is attached to the hook portion 40f of 0.
Is held by being locked, and the stop operation lever 4
It is held until the reproduction control lever 22 is released from the locked state by 4. By this slide of the reproduction operation lever 22, as shown in FIG. 21, the bent piece 22g at the tip of the reproduction operation lever 22 is separated from the protrusion 56c of the swing gear 56, and the elastic biasing force of the coil spring 58 swings the swing piece. The gear 56 is located above (below in the figure). As a result, the large diameter tooth portion 56a of the swing gear 56 meshes with the driven gear 54 that rotates together with the cam gear 53.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 33 and 34, when the fast forward operation lever 42 or the rewind operation lever 43 is pressed through the buttons 5 and 6, the reproduction operation lever 22 is locked by the lock lever 40. Is released, and the lock lever 40 and the switch lever 41 slide to the left to push the operation portion 47a of the power switch 47 to turn on the power, as in the case of the reproduction operation lever 22. This power-on state is maintained until the power switch 47 is turned off by the stop operation lever 44. At this time, the bent piece 22g of the reproduction operation lever 22 moves toward the protruding portion 56c on the upper surface of the swing gear 56 and resists the elastic biasing force of the coil spring 58 to move the swing gear 56 downward (see FIG. 3).
1 move up). As a result, the small-diameter tooth portion 56b of the swing gear 56 meshes with the tooth portion 53b of the cam gear 53.

In the reproduction state, that is, the reproduction operation lever 22
And the pinch roller switching lever 24 is pressed by the reproduction operation lever 22 to push the pair of capstans 16, 1
In the state where the magnetic tape 103 is moved to the 7 side, the direction switching operation lever 80 is manually operated.
It is possible to switch between the traveling directions of the forward path (plane A) and the return path (plane B). To elaborate on this manual reverse,
In the reproduction state, the diaphragm portion 51a of the FR switching lever 51 is located inside the U-shaped rear piece 24c of the pinch roller switching lever 24, and the direction switching operation lever 80 is operated to the right as shown in FIG. Then, the direction switching operation lever 80 moves the pinch roller switching lever 24 to the left. As a result, FR
The switching lever 51 swings clockwise through the throttle portion 51a, and the swing gear 56 supported by the support shaft 52 of the FR switching lever 51 is the gear 14a of the take-up reel stand 14.
Mesh with. Further, as shown in FIG. 25, when the direction switching operation lever 80 is operated to the left, the pinch roller switching lever 24 moves to the right. As a result, the FR switching lever 51 swings counterclockwise via the throttle portion 51a, and the support shaft 52 of the FR switching lever 51 is turned off.
The swinging gear 56 supported by the gear meshes with the intermediate gear 65 meshing with the gear 13a of the supply reel base 13.

The intermediate gear 65 or the take-up reel stand 14
The swinging gear 56 meshed with the gear 14a of the
The driven gear 54 that rotates together rotates clockwise. At this time, due to the contact frictional force of the swing gear 56 and the elastic biasing force of the coil spring 58, the rotational force of the swing gear 56 is transmitted to the friction lever 57 supported by the engaging portion 52a below the support shaft 52. To be done. As a result, the cam follower 66d of the first detection lever 66 slides on the elliptic arc cam portion 53c of the cam gear 53 via the friction lever 57.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 23 and 25, from the tape end to the magnetic tape 103 when the mode switching operation lever 90 is switched to the double-sided reproduction mode.
The operation of automatically reversing the reciprocating path (A side ← → B side) will be described.

23 and 27 show a state in which the magnetic tape 103 is being played (FWD). At this time, the direction switching operation lever 80 is located on the right side.
As shown in FIG. 3, the pinch roller switching lever 24 is located on the left side, and the right pinch roller 31 is in contact with the right capstan 17 while sandwiching the magnetic tape 103. Further, a small play (so-called play) on the operation stroke is installed between the pinch roller switching lever 24 and the direction switching operation lever 80. Here, since the pinch roller switching lever 24 is fixed on the left side by the biasing force of the torsion spring 28, the direction is controlled by the elastic biasing force of the torsion spring 68 which is in contact with the right end side of the rising portion 82 of the direction switching operation lever 80. The operation portion 81 of the switching operation lever 80 moves to the left to the first detection lever 6
The tip portion 67b of No. 7 rotates in the direction of arrow G in FIG. At this time, the base end portion 66c of the first detection lever 66 is connected to the second detection lever 67.
It is positioned slightly below the tip end portion 67b of the above, and the positioning necessary for the direction operation (FWD → RVS inversion operation) is performed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 28, when the magnetic tape 103 is completely wound up on the take-up reel stand 14, the gear 14a of the reel stand 14 and the swing gear 56 are stopped. Even in this stopped state, the cam gear 53 continues to rotate by the clutch mechanism 55, and the friction lever 5
By the reaction force of 7, the cam follower 6 of the first detection lever 66
6d moves to the side of the substantially cam-shaped convex cam portion 53d of the cam gear 53 and slides on the convex cam portion 53d. As a result, the first detection lever 66 moves clockwise and the second detection lever 6 moves.
7 rotates counterclockwise and the direction switching operation lever 80 rotates clockwise.

As described above, when the traveling direction of the magnetic tape 103 is switched from the reproduction traveling direction to the reverse reproduction traveling direction (FWD → RVS reversing operation), as shown in FIG. 28, the first detection lever 66 is moved. The base end portion 66c presses the tip end portion 67b of the second detection lever upward from the lower side, and
The base end portion 67c of the detection lever 67 is moved counterclockwise. As a result, the direction switching operation lever 8
0 moves clockwise, and as shown in FIG. 28, the pinch roller switching lever 24 slides to the right and the left pinch roller 30 contacts the left capstan 16 to complete the direction operation. At this time, as shown in FIG. 28, an elastic biasing force is generated in the torsion spring 68, and the cam follower 66d of the first detection lever 66 causes the cam gear 5 to move.
After passing through the third cam portion 53d, the positions of the torsion spring 68 and the pinch roller switching lever 24 are fixed by the torsion spring 28. Therefore, only the second detection lever 67 is elastically biased by the torsion spring 68. Return.

FIG. 29 shows a reverse reproduction (RVS) state of the magnetic tape 103. As shown in FIG. 29, the second
After the detection lever 67 is returned by the elastic biasing force of the torsion spring 68, the cam follower 66d of the first detection lever 66 slides on the elliptic arc cam portion 53c of the cam gear 53 via the friction lever 57. At this time, due to the elastic biasing force of the torsion spring 68 that is in contact with the left end side of the upright portion 82 of the direction switching operation lever 80, a minute movement stroke between the pinch roller switching lever 24 and the direction switching operation lever 80 occurs. The operation portion 81 of the play direction switching operation lever 80 moves rightward in FIG. 29, and the tip portion 67b of the first detection lever 67 moves in the direction of arrow G in FIG. Rotate. As a result, the base end portion 6 of the first detection lever 66 is
6c is located slightly above the tip portion 67b of the second detection lever 67, and the next direction operation (RVS → F
Positioning required for WD inversion operation) is performed.

When the magnetic tape 103 is wound up to the end on the supply reel base 13 during the reverse reproduction (RVS) of the magnetic tape 103 shown in FIG. 29, the gear 13a of the supply reel base 13 and the intermediate gear 65 and The swing gear 56 stops. Even in this stopped state, the cam gear 53 continues to rotate by the clutch mechanism 55, and the cam follower 66d of the first detection lever 66 causes the convex cam portion 53d of the cam gear 53 in a substantially triangular prism shape by the reaction force of the friction lever 57 as shown in FIG. It moves to the side and slides on the cam portion 53d. As a result, the first detection lever 66 rotates clockwise, the second detection lever 67 also rotates clockwise, and the direction switching operation lever 80 rotates counterclockwise.

As shown in FIG. 30, when the traveling direction of the magnetic tape 103 is switched from the reverse reproduction traveling direction to the reproduction traveling direction (at the time of RVS → FWD reversing operation), the base end portion 66c of the first detection lever 66 is changed. Tip 6 of the second detection lever
7b is pressed downward from the upper side to push the second detection lever 67
The base end portion 67c of is moved clockwise. This allows
The direction switching operation lever 80 moves counterclockwise, and as shown in FIG. 30, the pinch roller switching lever 24 slides to the left, the left pinch roller 30 separates from the left capstan 16, and the right pinch roller 30 moves to the right. The right pinch roller 31 contacts the capstan 17 to complete the direction operation. At this time, as shown in FIG. 30, the upright portion 82 of the direction switching operation lever 80.
An elastic biasing force is generated in the torsion spring 68 that is in contact with the right end side of the cam follower 6 of the first detection lever 66.
After 6d passes through the cam portion 53d of the cam gear 53, the positions of the torsion spring 68 and the pinch roller switching lever 24 are fixed by the torsion spring 28, so that only the second detection lever 67 has elasticity of the torsion spring 68. The urging force restores the state shown in FIG.

In this way, the pinch roller switching lever 2
A small play (so-called play) on the operation stroke is provided between the direction switching operation lever 80 and the direction switching operation lever 80, and the direction switching operation lever 80 is alternately contacted with either end of the upright portion 82. Torsion spring 68 in contact
Direction switching operation lever 8 due to the elastic urging force of
0 operation unit 81 is moved to the left and right, and the magnetic tape 1
When the traveling direction of 03 is switched from the reproduction traveling direction to the reverse rotation reproduction traveling direction, the base end portion 66c of the first detection lever 66 is
Above the lower end 67b of the second detection lever 67, and when switching the traveling direction of the magnetic tape 103 from the reverse reproduction traveling direction to the reproduction traveling direction, the base end portion 66c of the first detection lever 66 is The second detection lever 67 is pressed downward from above the tip end portion 67b of the second detection lever 67, respectively.
By oscillating the detection lever 67 of the watch clockwise and counterclockwise respectively, as shown in FIG. 17, the intermediate lever is reduced as much as possible to reduce the number of parts and the number of assembling steps. New auto direction mechanism 69
Can be provided at low cost. In addition, the operation loss can be reduced, and the space of the mechanism can be reduced to further reduce the size and thickness of the tape recorder 1 and reduce its weight.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 18 and 26, a shut-off is performed in which the mode switching operation lever 90 is switched to the single-sided reproduction mode, and the reverse reproduction (RVS) is automatically switched to the automatic stop (STOP). The function will be described.

When the running direction of the single-sided reproducing magnetic tape 103 is switched from the RVS direction to the automatic stop (at shutoff), the operation portion 91 of the mode switching operation lever 90 is operated as shown in FIGS. By moving to the right side, the tip projection 95a of the movable portion 95 is previously bent to the bent piece 40n of the lock lever 40 and the third rising portion 67 of the second detection lever 67.
Insert it between f and.

At the tape end of RVS,
As in the direction operation shown in FIG. 30, when the magnetic tape 103 is completely wound around the supply reel base 13, the gear 13a of the reel base 13, the intermediate gear 65, and the swing gear 56 are stopped. Even in this stopped state, the cam mechanism 53 continues to rotate by the clutch mechanism 55, and the reaction force of the friction lever 57 causes the first gear as shown in FIG.
The cam follower 66d of the detection lever 66 of the
Of the convex cam portion 53d having a substantially triangular prism shape
Slide to 3d. As a result, the first detection lever 66 rotates clockwise, the second detection lever 67 also rotates clockwise, and the direction switching operation lever 80 rotates counterclockwise.

When the first detection lever 66 rotates clockwise, the base end portion 66c of the first detection lever 66 pushes the base end portion 67b of the second detection lever 67 downward from the upper side. As shown in FIG. 30, when the standing portion 67f of the second detection lever 67 is moved clockwise, the standing portion 67f of the second detection lever 67 moves the mode switching operation lever 90, as shown in FIG. The tip projection 95a of the portion 95 is sandwiched and the bent piece 40n of the lock lever 40 is pressed to the left.
The slide amount of the lock lever 40 required to unlock the operation levers 22, 42, 43 is x in FIG. 20, and therefore, when the lock lever 40 slides by the amount x, the reproduction operation lever 22 is locked by the lock lever 40. The state is released. However, the lock lever 40 slides to the left by the amount of (H−x) in FIG. 20 even after the reproduction operation lever 22 is unlocked. At this time, the link claw 40k of the lock lever 40 is engaged with the rectangular hole 41k of the switch lever 41 for turning on and off the power switch 47, and the switch lever 41 is slid to the left side together. As a result, as shown in FIG. 18, the switch lever 41 moves the cam follower 6 of the first detection lever 66 only when shutting off.
6d continues to push the operation portion 47a of the power switch 47 until the 6d rides over the substantially triangular prism-shaped convex cam portion 53d of the cam gear 53 and the lock lever 40 is released.
The cam follower 66d of the detection lever 66 of the
The power is not cut off while riding on the convex cam portion 53d having a substantially triangular prism shape.

In this way, the power cutoff timing can be delayed until the cam follower 66d of the first detection lever 66 is completely separated from the convex cam portion 53d of the cam gear 53, so that the reproduction operation lever 22 is again cut off after shutoff.
When pressing the power switch 47 to turn it on,
The load on the drive mechanism such as the motor 19 does not increase, and the first detection lever 66 and the second detection lever 6
Deformation such as 7 and the playback operation lever 22 are locked lever 4
There will be no adverse effects such as being inoperable while locked at 0.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, large and small diameter throttle portions 37a, which form a shaft portion on the front side of the lower surface of the chassis 11,
A pair of right and left two-stage narrowed portions 37, 37 having a pair of left and right narrowed portions 37, 37 are formed by integrally projecting a pair of front and rear small-diameter narrowed portions 38, 38 forming a shaft portion in the center of the lower surface by press working or the like. The lock lever 40 and the switch lever 41 are respectively slidably stacked on the respective large-diameter throttle portions 37a, 37a so as to be slidable in the left-right direction. Since the fast-forward operation lever 42 is laminated on the portion 38, and the rewind operation lever 43 is laminated on the left small-diameter throttle portion 37b and the left small-diameter throttle portion 38 so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction, Large diameter throttle parts 37a, 3
The lock lever 40 and the switch lever 41 can be reliably slid in the left-right direction by using the slide guide 7a.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, a fast-forwarding operation lever 42 and a rewinding operation lever 43 slidably supported by the small-diameter throttle portions 37b, 37b of the pair of throttle portions 37, 37 are provided. The caulking portions 37c, 37c and the caulking portions 38c, 38c of the pair of narrowed portions 38, 38 can prevent the caulking portions 37c, 38c from slipping out and can be reliably slid in the front-rear direction. In this way, there are only four caulking parts 37c, 3
7c, 38c, 38c for each of the four operating levers 40,
Since 41, 42 and 43 are slidably locked, and no other shafts or E-rings or other stop parts are required,
It is possible to significantly reduce the number of parts and the number of assembling steps and further reduce the overall cost. Further, the large-diameter throttle portion 37a and the small-diameter throttle portion 37b of each throttle portion 37 form a deep throttle, and the throttle portions 37, 38 including the caulking portions 37c, 38c are formed integrally with the chassis 11. Therefore, each operation lever 40, 41, 42, 43 is attached to the chassis 1
There is an advantage that it is possible to provide a high-precision tape recorder 1 at a low cost, because the positional accuracy when attaching the tape recorder 1 to the tape recorder 1 is easy to obtain, the assembling workability is good, and the mechanical strength is strong.

Further, as shown in FIGS.
A hole 57a at one end of a friction lever 57 made of polyethylene terephthalate (PETP) and made of a thin plate made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is removably attached to the engaging portion 52a of the support shaft 52 of the R switching lever 51 via a slit 57b. Therefore, when assembling the cam gear 56 and the like on the support shaft 52, one end side of the friction lever 57 functions as a fixing washer for the coil spring 58, and the rotational force generated by friction with the cam gear 56 is detected first. It also functions as a lever for transmitting to the lever 66 side.

Further, PETP is attached to the friction lever 57.
Is used, a significant thinning (for example, 0.125 ~
0.188 mm) is possible. Furthermore, the thickness is 0.125
Since PETP of about 0.188 mm has high flexibility,
Even if the hook portion 66e of the first detection lever 66 connected to the elongated hole portion 57c on the other end side of the friction lever 57 is not on the same plane as shown in FIG.
By elastically deforming the other end side, it can be easily assembled and connected. After this assembly, as shown in FIG. 13, the other end of the friction lever 57 returns to its original shape, so that the long hole portion 57 of the friction lever 57 is restored.
c does not deviate from the hook portion 66e of the first detection lever 66. As described above, since the hole 57a and the slit 57b of the friction lever 57 have a function as a stop washer, a separate stop washer is not required,
From this point as well, the number of constituent parts and the number of assembling steps can be reduced, and an effect of improving workability due to ease of assembling can be expected. Further, it is possible to further reduce the thickness of the entire tape recorder 1.

As shown in FIG. 11, the chassis 11
The distance H between the lower surface of the chassis 11 and the upper surface of the printed wiring board 72 is set to 7.1 mm, for example, and the height (depth) is 3 mm and the diameter is 6 mm at the left front corner of the lower surface of the chassis 11. The concave protruding portion 11j was deep-drawn to a position close to the limit of plastic working, and a cylindrical portion 71 made of synthetic resin such as polyacetal was integrally provided at that portion by outsert molding to have a height of 7.1 mm. And in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 11, connect the printed wiring board 72 to the ground screw 73.
When screwed with, the ground pattern 72b of the printed wiring board 72 and the chassis 1 made of a metal plate are connected via the ground screw 73.
1 is electrically connected to each other, static electricity due to the tape running drive system can be removed, and charging can be prevented.

Thus, after the chassis 11 is pressed, the screw hole portion 11k is tapped at the center of the projecting portion 11j and the shaft portion is formed only by performing outsert molding around it. It is no longer necessary to separately attach another component such as a metal substrate mounting shaft to the chassis 11 by caulking or the like, and the number of components and the number of assembly steps can be reduced accordingly, and the overall cost can be reduced. Further, since the concave protruding portion 11j and the cylindrical portion 71 are integrally protrudingly formed on the chassis 11 by press molding and outsert molding, the strength is higher than when the conventional board mounting shaft or the like is fixed to the chassis 11 by caulking. Therefore, even if the tape recorder 1 is accidentally dropped, it is possible to provide the tape recorder 1 which has the strength sufficient to withstand the impact force at the time of dropping and has few failures, at a low cost.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, a claw made of synthetic resin such as polyacetal is provided on the left front edge side of the chassis 11 at a position opposed to a flat arc-shaped bent portion 11n bent downward in an L shape. A support shaft (shaft) 99 having a portion 99A is integrally projected downward by outsert molding, and the support shaft 99 rotatably supports a cylindrical portion 93 of a mode switching operation lever 90 made of synthetic resin. The operation portion 91 and the cylindrical portion 93 of the mode switching operation lever 90
Since a concave portion 92 into which the bent portion 11n is inserted is formed at a position facing the bent portion 11n of the chassis 11 between and, the tape recorder 1 is accidentally dropped and the operation portion 91 of the mode switching operation lever 90 is shown in FIG. Even if the impact force P as shown is applied, the impact force P is applied by the wall surface of the recess 92 hitting the bend portion 11n of the chassis 11.
You can take it in 1n. As a result, the impact force P applied to the mode switching operation lever 90 at the time of dropping is not received by the bent portion 11n of the chassis 11 and is not directly transmitted to the support shaft 99, and the influence on the support shaft 99 is minimized. be able to.

As described above, the bending portion 11n is formed by bending the front edge portion of the chassis 11, and the bending portion 11n is formed.
Since the concave portion 92 is formed between the cylindrical portion 93 of the operation portion 91 of the mode switching operation lever 90 at the position opposite to n,
It is possible to reliably prevent breakage or the like of the support shaft 99 due to an impact when the mode switching operation lever 90 is dropped, etc., without changing the component configurations of the chassis 11 and the mode switching operation lever 90. Further, even if the diameter of the support shaft 99 is reduced, the support shaft 99 will not be broken by the impact force P at the time of dropping, and the strength of shaft breakage prevention can be further improved without increasing the cost of parts. You can still,
The other bent portion 11m of the chassis 11 and the arc-shaped rear wall 81a (shown in FIG. 5) of the operation portion 81 of the direction switching operation lever 80 are similar to those of the mode switching operation lever 90 in the support shaft 89. It is possible to reliably prevent breakage such as breakage.

FIG. 36 shows an audio auto-reverse type tape recorder (reverse type recording / reproducing apparatus) 1'according to another embodiment. In this tape recorder 1 ', a recording button 8 is provided between the rewind button 6 and the direction switching operation lever 80 on the front of the cabinet 2', and a microphone 9 is built in on the left side of the mode switching operation lever 90. It is designed so that it can be recorded and played back.

FIG. 37 shows a swing gear 56 of a rotary power transmission mechanism of another embodiment applied to an audio auto-reverse type tape recorder (reverse type recording / reproducing apparatus) 1. This swing gear 56 is supported by a support shaft (shaft) 52 standing upright on the FR switching lever 51 so as to be rotatable and vertically movable, as in the above-described embodiment. Support shaft 5 on this swing gear 56
A winding portion 58a of a coil spring 58 'is provided around the wire 2. Due to the elastic biasing force of the coil spring 58 'and the contact frictional force of the swinging gear 56, the rotational force of the swinging gear 56 is the first detection lever 66 (the first detection lever 6 in FIG. 6).
6 is used). Also,
The upper end side of the winding part 58a of the coil spring 58 'is locked by a washer 59, and the one end side of the upper end part is hooked by the hook part 66e of the first detection lever 66. Of the arm portion 58b and extends toward the hook portion 66e.

As shown in FIGS. 37 and 38, the hook-shaped arm portion 58b at the upper end of the coil spring 58 'also serves as a transmission member, and friction caused by contact with the swing gear 56 is obtained. Occurs and a rotational force is applied to the coil spring 58 '. Further, the large-diameter tooth portion 5 is used for changing the gear ratio.
6a and the small-diameter tooth portion 56b act as a return coil spring when the swing gear 56 moves up and down. As described above, since the above three functions can be achieved by only one constituent member of the coil spring 58 ',
Similar to the above embodiment, the number of parts can be reduced and the number of assembling steps can be reduced. Also, FIG.
7, the upper arm 58b of the coil spring 58 'is
Since there is no change in position due to the vertical movement of the swing gear 56, the space required for connecting the first detection lever 66 and the like to be connected only needs to be as small as possible, and the overall size of the device can be reduced and Fine control of dimensions such as gear press-fitting is unnecessary.

According to each of the above embodiments, the audio tape recorder has been described as the recording / reproducing apparatus.
Of course, it can be applied to other recording / reproducing devices such as a video tape recorder (VTR). Further, although the torsion spring is used as the elastic biasing member for returning each operation lever to the original position, the elastic biasing member is not limited to the torsion spring, and may be another elastic biasing member such as a tension spring.

[0069]

As described above, according to the present invention, in the operation lever mounting structure of the recording / reproducing apparatus in which the operation lever is swingably supported by the chassis via the shaft, the operation portion of the operation lever of the chassis is provided. Form a bent part on the side end,
Since the operation portion of the operation lever facing the bending portion is formed with a recess into which the bending portion is inserted, the shaft is broken due to an impact when the operation lever is dropped, etc., without changing the components of the chassis or the operation lever. It is possible to reliably prevent the loss of. Further, it is possible to further improve the strength such as preventing shaft breakage without increasing the cost of parts as compared with the conventional case.

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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an auto-reverse type tape recorder showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the tape recorder and the tape cassette.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a mechanical deck portion of the tape cassette that is not electrically controlled by a microcomputer, a plunger, or the like.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a main part of the mechanical deck unit.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a main part of the mechanical deck unit.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the mechanical deck section seen from the back side.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the chassis of the mechanical deck section as viewed from the back side.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of the chassis seen from the back side.

9 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG.

10 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a Y portion of FIG.

FIG. 11 is a sectional view of a ground portion of the chassis.

FIG. 12 is a sectional view of a swing gear portion of the mechanical deck portion.

FIG. 13 is a plan view of a friction lever that transmits the rotational force of the swing gear.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing a procedure for attaching the friction lever.

FIG. 15 is a plan view of a mode switching operation lever portion of the mechanical deck section.

16 is a sectional view taken along line ZZ in FIG.

FIG. 17 is a schematic configuration diagram of an automatic direction mechanism of the mechanical deck unit.

FIG. 18 is a schematic configuration diagram of a power supply holding mechanism of the mechanical deck unit.

FIG. 19 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing the linkage relationship between the lock lever and the switch lever of the mechanical deck section.

FIG. 20 is an enlarged explanatory view showing a linkage relationship between the lock lever and the mode switching operation lever.

FIG. 21 is a cross-sectional view showing a relationship between a swing gear and a cam gear (rotational power transmission mechanism) during reproduction and reverse reproduction of the mechanical deck section.

FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram of a drive system during the above reproduction and reverse reproduction.

FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation during double-sided reproduction of the mechanical deck section.

FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of the mechanical deck during single-sided reproduction.

FIG. 25 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation during double-sided reverse reproduction of the mechanical deck section.

FIG. 26 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation at the time of switching from the single-sided reverse reproduction to the automatic stop.

FIG. 27 is an explanatory diagram of a main part showing an operation of the mechanical deck during reproduction traveling.

FIG. 28 is an explanatory view of a main part when the reproduction of the mechanical deck is switched to the reverse reproduction.

FIG. 29 is an explanatory diagram of a main part showing an operation during the reverse rotation traveling.

FIG. 30 is an explanatory diagram of a main part showing an operation when switching from the reverse reproduction to the reproduction.

FIG. 31 is a cross-sectional view showing a relationship between a swing gear and a cam gear (rotational power transmission mechanism) when the mechanical deck is stopped, fast-forwarded, and rewound.

FIG. 32 is an explanatory diagram of a drive system at the time of fast-forwarding and rewinding.

FIG. 33 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of the mechanical deck unit during fast-forwarding.

FIG. 34 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation of the mechanical deck unit at the time of rewinding.

FIG. 35 is a front view of the tape recorder.

FIG. 36 is a front view of a tape recorder of another embodiment.

FIG. 37 is a sectional view of a swing gear and a friction lever of another embodiment.

FIG. 38 is a plan view of the friction lever.

FIG. 39 is a plan view of a mode switching operation lever portion used in a conventional tape recorder.

FIG. 40 is a sectional view of a mode switching operation lever portion used in a conventional tape recorder.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Auto-reverse type tape recorder (recording / reproducing apparatus) 11 ... Chassis 11n ... Bending part 90 ... Mode switching operation lever (operation lever) 91 ... Operation part 92 ... Recessed part 99 ... Spindle (shaft)

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] June 5, 1995

[Procedure Amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0014

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the regeneration control lever 22
Above the normal reproduction (NORMAL P) via the pair of throttle portions 22i, 22i and the pair of protrusions 22j, 22j.
A metal-made substantially rectangular plate-shaped pinch roller switching lever (third switching means) 24 for switching between LAY) and reverse playback (RVS PLAY) is slidably supported in the left-right direction, and the pair of protrusions are provided. A head substrate 26 to which a reproducing head 25 is attached is fastened and fixed to 22j and 22j by a pair of screws 27 and 27. On the right side of the center of the front edge of the pinch roller switching lever 24, a tongue-shaped front piece 24a which has a narrowed portion 24b and slides on the front piece 22a of the reproduction operation lever 22 is integrally formed. On the right side of the center of the rear edge of the lever 24, a U-shaped rear piece 24c that is inserted into the square hole 22h of the reproduction operation lever 22 and slides on the chassis 11 is integrally formed. The diaphragm 22b of the front piece 22a of the operation reproduction lever 22 and the front piece 24 of the pinch roller switching lever 24.
Between the a diaphragm portion 24b Yes and interposed torsion spring 2 8 as an elastic member, the elastic biasing force of該捩Ribane 28 position after the lateral direction of the sliding of the pinch roller switching lever 24 is left It is designed to be held at either one of the positions. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the chassis 1
A pair of resin-made cassette positioning pins 2 for positioning the tape cassette 100 mounted in the cabinet 2 between the pair of capstans 16 and 17 on the top 1.
9, 29 are integrally formed by outsert molding.

[Procedure Amendment 2]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0035

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

[0035] Then, as shown in FIG. 23 and 27, sometimes FWD sided reproduction of the magnetic tape 103, the base end portion 66c of the first detection lever 66 is disposed below the front end portion 67b of the second detection lever 6 7 28. As shown in FIG. 28, when the traveling direction of the magnetic tape 103 is switched from the reproduction traveling direction to the reverse reproduction traveling direction, the base end portion 66c of the first detection lever 66 is moved to the second detection lever. Tip 67b of
The lower end is pushed upward to move the base end portion 67c of the second detection lever 67 rightward. Further, as shown in FIGS. 25 and 29, at the time of RVS for double-sided reproduction of the magnetic tape 103, the base end portion 66c of the first detection lever 66 is located above the tip end portion 67b of the second detection lever 67 and is located apart from it. As shown in FIG. 30, when the traveling direction of the magnetic tape 103 is switched from the reverse reproduction traveling direction to the reproducing traveling direction, the base end portion 6 of the first detection lever 66.
6c is pressed downward from the upper side of the tip portion 67b of the second detection lever 67 to push the base end portion 67c of the second detection lever 67.
To move to the left.

[Procedure 3]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Name of item to be corrected] 0045

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

23 and 27 show a state in which the magnetic tape 103 is being played (FWD). At this time, the direction switching operation lever 80 is located on the right side.
As shown in FIG. 3, the pinch roller switching lever 24 is located on the left side, and the right pinch roller 31 is in contact with the right capstan 17 while sandwiching the magnetic tape 103. Further, a small play (so-called play) on the operation stroke is installed between the pinch roller switching lever 24 and the direction switching operation lever 80. Here, since the pinch roller switching lever 24 is fixed to the left side by the biasing force of the torsion spring 28, the direction is controlled by the elastic biasing force of the torsion spring 68 which is in contact with the right end side of the rising portion 82 of the direction switching operation lever 80. The operation portion 81 of the switching operation lever 80 is moved to the left to the second detection lever 6
The tip portion 67b of No. 7 rotates in the direction of arrow G in FIG. At this time, the base end portion 66c of the first detection lever 66 is connected to the second detection lever 67.
It is positioned slightly below the tip end portion 67b of the above, and the positioning necessary for the direction operation (FWD → RVS inversion operation) is performed.

[Procedure amendment 4]

[Document name to be corrected] Drawing

[Correction target item name] Figure 8

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

[Figure 8]

[Procedure Amendment 5]

[Document name to be corrected] Drawing

[Correction target item name] Fig. 27

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

FIG. 27

[Procedure correction 6]

[Document name to be corrected] Drawing

[Correction target item name] Fig. 28

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

FIG. 28

[Procedure Amendment 7]

[Document name to be corrected] Drawing

[Name of item to be corrected] Fig. 29

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

FIG. 29

[Procedure Amendment 8]

[Document name to be corrected] Drawing

[Name of item to be corrected] Fig. 30

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

FIG. 30

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. In an operation lever mounting structure of a recording / reproducing apparatus in which an operation lever is swingably supported on a chassis via a shaft, a bending portion is formed at an end of the operation lever side of the operation lever of the chassis, An operation lever mounting structure for a recording / reproducing apparatus, characterized in that a concave portion into which the bent portion is inserted is formed in an operation portion of the operation lever which faces the bent portion. 2. The operation lever mounting structure for a recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the chassis is formed of a metal plate and the bent portion is bent to be L-shaped, while the shaft and the operation lever are made of resin. The operation lever mounting structure of the recording / reproducing apparatus is characterized by being formed respectively.