JPH0877665A - Cassette tape recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To obtain a compact cassette tape recorder which facilitates the insertion/detachment of ROM cassettes and is equipped with many kinds of functions. CONSTITUTION: A disc-loading part 4 is set at an upper surface 2a of a main body 2 of the recorder to load a CD or a CD-ROM 70. A cassette holder 10 is provided at a front face 2b of the main body 2 to open/close an opening part 9. There are a first cassette-loading part for loading tape cassettes and a second cassette-loading part for loading ROM cassettes with a game function in the depth of the cassette holder 10. Moreover, a supporting shaft. arranged below the cassette holder 10 inside the main body 2 supports a manipulation lever 22 for the ROM cassettes, etc., in a manner allowing the lever to oscillate in a vertical direction. A connector is coupled at a base part of the manipulation lever 22 to be connected with/disconnected from the ROM cassette loaded/held in the second cassette-loading part.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cassette tape recorder (so-called CD radio cassette coder) incorporating a radio receiver and a compact disc (CD) player, and more particularly to a CD-ROM with a game function (compact disc-read only). The present invention relates to a cassette tape recorder in which a memory) and a cartridge type ROM (ROM) cassette can be freely mounted.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, a video game device equipped with a 16-bit CPU (central processing unit) is known. This will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 4. Reference numeral 100 denotes a video game apparatus, in which a housing (not shown) in which a connector for connecting a soft supply medium is attached is built in a casing-type apparatus main body 101. is there. Then, the lid body 102 is provided at a position facing the connector of the apparatus main body 101.
A cassette-type ROM cassette 90 with a game function is formed in front of the cassette-mounting opening 103 and is inserted into the cassette-mounting opening 103 from above and below and connected to the connector. The eject button 104, the power switch 105, and the reset button 106 are provided.

Further, a pair of connectors 107, 107 are provided on the front surface of the apparatus body 101. The connector 109 of each controller 108 is connected to the pair of connectors 107, 107. Then, the cross operation key 108 of each controller 108
By operating a and other operation buttons 108b, the ROM cassette 9 is displayed on the screen of a television receiver as a display (not shown) connected to the apparatus body 101.
The information of 0 is displayed so that two people can enjoy the video game.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional video game apparatus 100, the ROM cassette 90 is manually inserted and removed, and the ROM cassette 90 is attached to and detached from the connector for connecting the soft supply medium in the apparatus body 101. Therefore, the attachment / detachment work is complicated.
Further, when the conventional video game device 100 is a game-dedicated device and only the device main body 101 can perform only a video game, and a CD-ROM drive or the like is connected to the bottom side of the device main body 101 to expand the function of the device. The whole became bulky and large.

Therefore, the present invention provides a small cassette tape recorder which is easy to attach / detach the ROM cassette and has various functions.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] A recorder main body has a disc mounting portion for mounting a compact disc and a cassette holder for mounting a tape cassette so that information of one of the compact disc and the tape cassette can be reproduced. In the cassette tape recorder, a first cassette mounting portion for mounting the tape cassette on the cassette holder and a second cassette mounting the ROM cassette with a predetermined function.
And a cassette mounting portion.

[0007]

The tape cassette is mounted on the first cassette mounting portion of the cassette holder, and the tape cassette is mounted on the second cassette of the cassette holder.
The ROM cassette is installed in the cassette installation section. As a result, the tape cassette and the ROM cassette are compactly mounted on the cassette holder, a new cassette tape recorder using the ROM cassette is provided, and the appearance of the recorder body is not simplified and does not become large.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a cassette tape recorder (so-called C) having a radio receiver and a CD player built therein.
D radio cassette coder). The cassette tape recorder 1 includes a recorder main body 2 having a radio receiver (not shown) incorporated therein, and a pair of speaker boxes 3 arranged on both side surfaces of the recorder main body 2 and having large and small speakers 3a and 3b, respectively. , 3 and.

As shown in FIG. 1, a compact disc (CD) with a diameter of 12 cm or a CD-ROM with a game function for music is provided on the central rear side of the upper surface 2a of the recorder main body 2.
A concave disk mounting portion 4 for mounting a (compact disk-read only memory) 70 is provided. The concave disk mounting portion 4 can be opened and closed by a lid 5. The CD or CD-ROM 70 mounted on the concave disc mounting portion 4 is rotatably held by the clamper 6 of the closed lid 5, and the information is arranged in the recorder body 2. The information is reproduced by an optical pickup (not shown). A video output terminal 7 is provided on the back side of the recorder body 2.
The video output terminal 7 is connected to a television receiver 50 as a display via a connection cord 8.
The above CD-ROM is displayed on the screen of the television receiver 50.
Information of 70 or the ROM cassette 90 described later is displayed so that a video game can be enjoyed.

Further, a rectangular opening 9 is formed in the front surface 2b of the recorder body 2 substantially at the center thereof. The opening 9 can be opened and closed by a tape cassette 80 and a cassette holder 10 in which a cartridge type ROM cassette 90 with a game function is mounted. The cassette holder 10 is formed of a synthetic resin or the like so as to have a partition wall at the center in a substantially casing type, and the tape cassette 8 is provided at the back thereof.
A first cassette mounting portion 11 for mounting 0 and a second cassette mounting portion 12 for mounting the ROM cassette 90 in front of the first cassette mounting portion 11.
And are provided respectively. More specifically, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a transparent rectangular observation window plate 13 is attached to the center of the front wall 10a of the cassette holder 10, and both side walls 10b and 10b thereof are made of a metal holder 14. And is supported so as to be swingable in the front-rear direction with respect to the opening 9 via a hinge or the like (not shown). As a result, as shown in FIG. 2, when the cassette holder 10 is opened, the upper portion of the cassette holder 10 projects outward from the inside of the opening 9 so that the tape cassette 80 and the ROM cassette 90 can be inserted and mounted. In addition, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, when the cassette holder 10 is closed, the tape cassette 80 and the ROM cassette 90 mounted on the cassette holder 10 can be completely stored in the opening 9. There is.

The tape cassette 80 mounted in the first cassette mounting portion 11 of the cassette holder 10 has the first cassette mounting portion when the cassette holder 10 is completely stored in the opening 9 of the recorder body 2. The ribs 11a projecting to the lower surface side of 11 and the ribs (not shown) projecting from the ceiling wall 9a in the opening 9 are held and fixed. Further, as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, in the ROM cassette 90 mounted in the second cassette mounting portion 12 of the cassette holder 10, the cassette holder 10 is completely inserted in the opening 9 of the recorder body 2. Ribs 12a protruding to the lower surface side of the second cassette mounting portion 12 when stored in the
And a rib 9b protruding semi-spherically from the ceiling wall 9a in the opening 9 is held and fixed (a metal leaf spring or the like may be used instead of the rib 9b).

Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b), the cassette holder 1 in the opening 9 of the recorder main body 2 is shown.
An elongated support shaft 20 extending along the lower surface side of the cassette holder 10 is arranged below 0. The support shaft 20 includes stop stops for the ROM cassette in order from the left side in FIG.
Eject operation lever 21, ROM operation play lever 22, tape cassette play operation lever 23, fast forward operation lever 24, rewind operation lever 2
5, a stop / eject operation lever 26, a recording operation lever 27, and a temporary stop operation lever 28 are supported so as to be swingable in the vertical direction. In the base portion 22a of the play operation lever 22 for the ROM cassette, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (b), the ROM cassette 90 mounted and held in the second cassette mounting portion 12 of the cassette holder 10.
The male connector 30 for connecting the soft supply medium, which is connected to and separated from the female connector 91, is linked. That is, FIG. 3 (a)
As shown in FIG. 3, a male connector 30 for connecting a soft supply medium is provided.
When the tip portion 22b of the play operation lever 22 is pushed downward from the state where the female connector 91 of the ROM cassette 90 is separated from the play connector lever 22 as shown in FIG. 3B.
The male connector 30 is lifted upward along the cylindrical guide 31 by the upward pressing force of the base portion 22a, and the male connector 30 is connected to the female connector 91 of the ROM cassette 90. Then, as shown in FIG. 3B, the power switch (not shown) for the ROM cassette is turned on when the play operation lever 22 is pushed down. Further, when the game of the ROM cassette 90 is stopped, if the stop / eject operation lever 21 for the ROM cassette is pushed, the male connector 30 is pushed down along the tubular guide 31 by a drive mechanism (not shown), and The power switch is turned off in conjunction with the downward movement of the male connect 30. Then, when the stop / eject operation lever 21 is pressed again, the entire cassette holder 10 is opened and the ROM cassette 90 is ejected.

Further, by operating the respective operation levers 23 to 28 for the tape cassette arranged on the front surface 2b of the recorder body 2, a capstan (not shown) disposed below the opening 9 of the recorder body 2 is operated. Information can be recorded on and reproduced from a magnetic tape (not shown) of the tape cassette 80 via a magnetic head or the like.

On the upper side of the front surface 2b of the recorder body 2, a liquid crystal panel 15 for displaying the track number, elapsed time, etc. of the CD or the CD-ROM 70 is attached.
Further, the taper portions 11b, 1 are provided on the rear walls of the first and second cassette mounting portions 11, 12 of the cassette holder 10 so that the tape cassette 80 and the ROM cassette 90 can be easily attached and detached.
2b and concave notches 11c and 12c are formed, respectively.

According to the tape cassette recorder 1 of the above embodiment, when the stop eject operation lever 26 for the tape cassette or the stop eject operation lever 22 for the ROM cassette is pushed downward, as shown in FIG. The cassette holder 10 opens and the front surface 2 of the recorder body 2
The opening 9 of b is opened. This makes it possible to easily insert the tape cassette 80 into the first cassette mounting portion 11 of the cassette holder 10 and the ROM cassette 90 with a game function into the second cassette mounting portion 12 of the cassette holder 10. Further, when the tape cassette 80 or the ROM cassette 90 is taken out from the cassette holder 10, the taper portions 11b and 12 formed on the rear walls of the first and second cassette mounting portions 11 and 12 of the cassette holder 10 are used.
It can be easily taken out through b and the notches 11c and 12c.

For example, when the ROM cassette 90 is attached to the cassette holder 10 to enjoy a video game, the ROM cassette 90 is inserted and attached to the second cassette attachment portion 12 of the cassette holder 10 and then the ROM holder shown in FIG. ), When the cassette holder 10 is manually closed to close the opening 9 of the recorder main body 2, the ROM cassette 90 causes the rib 12 protruding toward the lower surface of the second cassette mounting portion 12 to be removed.
It is held and fixed between a and a rib 9b that protrudes in a hemispherical shape from the ceiling wall 9a in the opening 9. When the tip end portion 22b of the play operation lever 22 is pushed downward from this state, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (b), the base portion 22 of the play operation lever 22.
The male connector 30 is lifted up along the cylindrical guide 31 by the upward pressing force of a, and the ROM cassette 90
The male connector 30 is fitted and connected to the female connector 91. Then, when the play operation lever 22 is pressed all the way, a power switch (not shown) for the ROM cassette is turned on, and a video game can be enjoyed.

When the video game of the ROM cassette 90 is stopped, the stop / eject operation lever 2
Press 1. As a result, the male connector 30 is pushed down along the tubular guide 31 via a drive mechanism (not shown). When the power switch is turned off in conjunction with the lowering of the male connect 30 and the stop / eject operation lever 21 is pressed again, as shown in FIG.
The cassette holder 10 is opened and the ROM cassette 90 is ejected.

As described above, the cassette holder 10 of the cassette tape recorder 1 is provided with the first cassette mounting portion 11 for mounting the tape cassette 80 and the second cassette mounting portion 12 for mounting the ROM cassette 90 having a game function. As a result, a novel cassette tape recorder 1 that can also use the ROM cassette 90 is provided. Since the tape cassette 80 and the ROM cassette 90 are compactly mounted in the cassette holder 10, the appearance of the recorder body 2 can be simplified and miniaturized even in the above-mentioned new cassette tape recorder 1 using the ROM cassette 90.

Further, the first cassette mounting portion 11 is provided at the back of the cassette holder 10, and the second cassette mounting portion 1 is provided in front of it.
2 are respectively arranged, and a play operation lever 22 for the ROM cassette is swingably supported in a vertical direction on a support shaft 20 arranged below the cassette holder 10 in the recorder main body 2. ROM cassette 90 mounted and held in the second cassette mounting portion 12 on the base portion 22a
The male connector 30 which is connected to and separated from the female connector 91 of FIG. 2 is linked so that the male connector 30 can be moved up and down, so that the male connector 30 can be moved upward only by gently pushing the tip portion 22b of the play operation lever 22 downward. The male connector 30 can be easily and surely connected to the female connector 91 of the ROM cassette 90 by smoothly lifting.

Further, the game content display column 92 of the ROM cassette 90 mounted and held in the second cassette mounting portion 12 in front of the cassette holder 10 includes the cassette holder 1
Since it can be easily seen from the peep window plate 13 attached to the front wall 10a of No. 0, it is possible to easily know the type of game of the ROM cassette 90 mounted on the second cassette mounting portion 12 of the cassette holder 10.

According to the above-mentioned embodiment, the CD-ROM or ROM cassette has a game function, but it may have another function such as an image (moving image) function and an educational function. The CD and CD-ROM disk mounting portions are arranged on the upper surface side of the recorder body, and the cassette holder having the tape cassette and ROM cassette mounting portion is arranged on the front surface side of the recorder body.
The disk mounting portion may be arranged on the front surface side of the recorder body, and the cassette holder having the cassette mounting portion for the tape cassette and the ROM cassette may be arranged on the upper surface side of the recorder body.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, the recorder main body has the disc mounting portion for mounting the compact disc and the cassette holder for mounting the tape cassette, and either one of the compact disc and the tape cassette is provided. A cassette tape recorder for reproducing information is provided with a first cassette mounting portion for mounting a tape cassette and a second cassette mounting portion for mounting a ROM cassette with a predetermined function on the cassette holder. It is possible to provide a novel cassette tape recorder using the. In this way, the tape cassette and the ROM cassette can be compactly mounted on the cassette holder, so that the appearance of the recorder body can be simplified and downsized even in a new cassette tape recorder using the ROM cassette.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a cassette tape recorder showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged perspective view of the cassette tape recorder with a cassette holder opened.

FIG. 3A is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the ROM cassette is mounted on the cassette holder and the cassette holder is closed;
(B) is sectional drawing which shows the state which connected the connector to the said ROM cassette.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a conventional video game device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Cassette tape recorder 2 ... Recorder main body 4 ... Disc mounting portion 10 ... Cassette holder 11 ... First cassette mounting portion 12 ... Second cassette mounting portion 20 ... Spindle 22 ... Operation lever 22a ... Base 30 ... Connector 70 ... Compact disc 80 ... Tape cassette 90 ... ROM cassette

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A cassette tape recorder in which a recorder main body has a disk mounting portion for mounting a compact disk and a cassette holder for mounting a tape cassette so as to reproduce information from one of the compact disk and the tape cassette. A cassette tape recorder, comprising: a first cassette mounting portion for mounting a tape cassette on the cassette holder; and a second cassette mounting portion for mounting a ROM cassette having a predetermined function. 2. The cassette tape recorder according to claim 1, wherein the second cassette mounting portion is arranged on the front side of the cassette holder and the first cassette mounting portion is arranged on the rear side thereof, while the inside of the recorder main body is arranged. A supporting shaft is arranged below the cassette holder, and the operating lever is swingably supported on the supporting shaft in the vertical direction, and the base of the operating lever is connected to the ROM cassette mounted in the second cassette mounting portion. A cassette tape recorder characterized in that connectors that separate from each other are linked together.