JPS6215894Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention provides a locking device for a recording and reproducing cassette in a recording and reproducing apparatus, which prevents the recording and reproducing cassette from flying out due to its inertia when the recording and reproducing cassette, such as a disk cassette, is ejected. Regarding.

In a recording and reproducing apparatus in which a recording and reproducing cassette such as a disk cassette is attached to record and reproduce various signals, when the cassette is ejected from the cassette mounting position inside the recording and reproducing apparatus main body, it is usually It uses the restoring force of springs, etc. Therefore, depending on the mounting position of the cassette mounting device in the recording/reproducing apparatus or the usage condition of the recording/reproducing apparatus, there is a risk that the cassette may unexpectedly pop out from the cassette holder or the like and be damaged by falling. For this reason, the degree of freedom in designing the recording/reproducing device has been extremely limited. In addition, in order to eliminate the above-mentioned inconvenience, it has been proposed that a leaf spring is provided in the cassette holder, etc., and the friction between the leaf spring and the cassette prevents the cassette from flying out. On the contrary, there were drawbacks such as the cassette ejection operation not being smooth.

The present invention has been devised to correct the above-mentioned defects, and it is possible to remove a recording/playback cassette from a cassette holder, etc., regardless of the mounting orientation of the cassette mounting device in the recording/playback device or the usage state of the recording/playback device. An object of the present invention is to provide a locking device for a recording/reproducing cassette that can reliably prevent the cassette from flying out.

An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a locking device for a disk cassette will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[Configuration explanation]

As shown in FIG. 1, the recording and reproducing apparatus 1 includes a main body 2 and a cassette mounting device 3 attached to the main body 2. As shown in FIG. A flat brushless motor 6 is provided on the chassis 5 of the apparatus main body 2, and a rotary table 7 is integrally attached to a rotating shaft 6a of the motor 6. The rotary table 7 is provided with a rotation drive pin 8 and a magnet 9, respectively. The chassis 5 is also provided with a head support 12 that is supported at both ends by a feed screw 10 and a guide shaft 11 that are parallel to each other, and a magnetic head 13 is mounted approximately at the center of the head support 12. ing. The feed screw 1 is then driven by a step motor 14 connected to one end of the feed screw 10.
0 rotates intermittently, and the magnetic head 13 is configured to intermittently reciprocate linearly at a constant pitch in the radial direction of the rotating shaft 6a of the brushless motor 6.

On the other hand, as clearly shown in FIG. 2, the cassette mounting device 3 has a pair of left and right side plates 16 and 17 which are screwed and fixed to the chassis 5 of the device main body 2 in a state where they face each other. A cassette holder 18 is provided between the pair of side plates 16 and 17 so as to be movable in the vertical direction. The cassette holder 18 includes an upper plate part 19 and a pair of side plate parts 20 and 21 provided on both left and right sides of the upper plate part 19 and having a U-shaped cross section. A disk cassette 22, which will be described later, is inserted between the pair of side plates 20 and 21, so that both left and right sides of the disk cassette are supported by the side plates 20 and 21. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 15 indicates an insertion portion of the disk cassette 22, and 23 and 24 indicate stopper pieces for preventing movement of the disk cassette 22 in the insertion direction.

Also between the pair of side plates 16 and 17 is a connecting plate 2 that constitutes the vertical movement mechanism of the cassette holder 18.
5 is provided. The left and right sides of the connecting plate 25 form a pair of side plate portions 25a bent downward, and a pair of left and right fulcrum pins 26, 27 are provided on the pair of side plate portions 25a. One of the fulcrum pins 26 is fixed to the side plate 16 with set screws 28 and 29.
The other fulcrum pin 27 is inserted into the pin hole 31 of the mounting plate 30 attached to the vertical piece 3 of the side plate 17.
It is inserted into the pin hole 33 of No. 2. The connecting plate 25 is rotatable in the vertical direction in FIG. 1 about a pair of fulcrum pins 26 and 27. A pair of arm portions 34, 35 are provided on both left and right sides of the connecting plate 25, and extend from the both side plate portions 25a toward the side between the side plate portions 20, 21 of the cassette holder 18 and the side plates 16, 17. There is. On the other hand, the pair of side plate portions 20 and 21 of the cassette holder 18 are provided with a pair of left and right bracket portions 36 and 37. The distal ends of the pair of arm parts 34, 35 and the pair of bracket parts 36, 37 are rotatably connected by a pair of coupling pins 38, 39. Further, the side plate portion 21 of the cassette holder 18 is provided with another bracket portion 40 below the bracket portion 37. On the other hand, the vertical piece 32 of the side plate 17
Another pin hole 41 is provided below the pin hole 33, and the bracket portion 40 and pin hole 41 are connected by a link plate 42 that is substantially parallel to the arm portion 35 of the connecting plate 25. In Figure 2, 43,
44 are both ends of the link plate 42 and the bracket part 40
and a stop pin for interconnecting the pin holes 41, respectively. Arm part 35, link plate 4
2. The vertical piece 32 and the brackets 37 and 40 constitute a parallel quadruple link, so that the cassette holder 18 can move up and down while maintaining its horizontal position. Note that one side plate portion 25a of the connecting plate 25 is provided with a spring locking portion 45, while the side plate 16 is provided with another spring locking portion 46 located below this spring locking portion 45. There is. A tension spring 47 is interposed between the pair of upper and lower spring locking parts 45 and 46, and the connecting plate 25 is connected to the tension spring 47.
is constantly urged to rotate downward.

The upper plate portion 19 of the cassette holder 18 has three elongated holes 50 to
52 are provided. These long holes 50-52
, long holes 50 and 51 are arranged on the left and right, and long hole 52
is arranged on the rearward extension line of the elongated hole 51.
The upper plate portion 19 is also provided with an inclined guide groove 53 inclined at approximately 45 degrees with respect to the elongated holes 50 to 52, and a notch 54 located on the side of the guide groove 53. The front and rear ends of the inclined guide groove 53 have a pair of non-slanted parts 53a and 53b extending along the front and back direction of the cassette holder 18, respectively, and the front and rear ends have a substantially doglegged shape. has been completed.

A first movable body 55 is provided on the upper surface of the upper plate portion 19 and is slidable in the front-rear direction, that is, in the insertion and ejection direction of the disk cassette 22. This first
The movable body 55 has a generally U-shape as a whole, and includes a pair of left and right sliding plate portions 56, 57, and a connecting plate portion 58 that interconnects the rear sides of the pair of sliding plate portions 56, 57. It consists of and a pair of sliding plate parts 5
Screw holes 59 are provided at the tips of the connectors 6 and 57 and at one end of the connecting plate 58, respectively. On the other hand, three guided pins 60 are slidably inserted into the three elongated holes 50 to 52 of the upper plate part 19 from below, and the upper ends of these three guided pins 60 The formed threaded portion 60a is inserted into the three screw holes 59.
The insertion is fixed. Therefore, the first moving body 55
is slidable in the front-rear direction of the cassette holder 18 while being guided by three elongated holes 50-52.
Note that a spring locking portion 64 is provided at one end of the connecting plate portion 58.
A spring locking hole 65 is provided in the upper plate portion 25b of the connecting plate 25. A tension spring 66 is interposed between the spring locking portion 64 and the spring locking hole 65, and the first movable body 55 is always urged in the direction of ejecting the disk cassette 22 by the tension spring 66.

A second movable body 61 is provided on the connecting plate portion 58 and is slidable in the longitudinal direction thereof, that is, in a direction perpendicular to the insertion and ejection direction of the disk cassette 22. For details, as shown in Figures 2 and 3,
The connecting plate portion 58 is provided with a long hole 62 along its longitudinal direction, and the second movable body 61 is provided with a long hole 62 along its longitudinal direction.
A pair of left and right engaging portions 63 that engage with 2 are provided. Therefore, the second movable body 61 has a pair of engaging portions 63 guided through the elongated holes 62 while connecting the connecting plate portion 58.
It can be slid in the longitudinal direction. Further, a screw hole 67 is provided at one end of the second moving body 61,
A threaded portion 68a of a guided pin 68, which is slidably inserted into the inclined guide groove 53 from below the upper plate portion 19, is inserted and fixed into the threaded hole 67. Therefore, when the first movable body 55 moves in the front-rear direction of the cassette holder 18, the guided pin 68 is guided by the inclined guide groove 53, and the second movable body 61
is adapted to slide along the elongated hole 62.

An L-shaped leaf spring 69 is attached to the substantially central portion of the second moving body 61. This leaf spring 69
The downwardly bent portion constitutes an engaging portion 69a, and this engaging portion 69a is connected to the cassette holder 18.
It protrudes below the upper plate part 19 from a notch 54 provided in the upper plate part 19 . Therefore, as will be described later, the engaging portion 69a engages with a recess 71 formed in the sliding lid 70 of the disk cassette 22.

A locking pin 73 is attached to the base end of the sliding plate portion 56 of the first moving body 55 by a support plate 72 . This locked pin 73 is attached to the side plate 1.
6, and a roller 74 is rotatably inserted into the locked pin 73. On the other hand, the side plate 16 is provided with an L-shaped cutout groove 75 through which the lock pin 73 is inserted.
Specifically, the cutout groove 75 includes a horizontal portion 75a and a vertical portion 75b extending vertically downward from the rear end of the horizontal portion 75a. When the first movable body 55 moves horizontally and the locked pin 73 comes to the rear end of the horizontal portion 75a,
The cassette holder 18 is moved downward together with the first moving body 55 by a tension spring 47. In FIGS. 2 to 4, reference numeral 76 denotes a first portion that contacts the left end portion 78 of the front wall of the disk cassette 22.
This protruding piece 76 of the movable body 55 projects downward from the upper plate part 19 of the cassette holder 18 through an elongated hole 77 formed in the upper plate part 19 in the front-rear direction.

An eject operation plate 80 is attached to the side plate 16 and is slidable in the front-rear direction. In detail, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the front and rear sides of the side plate 16
Guide holes 81, 82 extending horizontally are formed in the eject operation plate 80, and a pair of front and rear protrusions 83, 84 are provided on the eject operation plate 80 to slidably engage with these guide holes 81, 82. It is being Further, the side plate 16 is provided with a spring locking portion 85 that protrudes below the eject operation plate 80, while the rear end of the eject operation plate 80 is provided with a spring locking portion horizontally opposite to the spring locking portion 85. A section 86 is provided. A tension spring 87 is interposed between these spring locking portions 85 and 86, and the eject operation plate 80 is always urged forward. An inclined portion 88 and a stopper portion 89 are formed on the upper edge of the eject operation plate 80, respectively. This inclined portion 88 is for rotating the connecting plate 25 upward, and the inclined portion 88 is inclined downward toward the rear end side of the eject operation plate 80. and connecting plate 2
A pressed pin 90 that is implanted and fixed to one side plate portion 25a of 5 protrudes above the inclined portion 88. Further, the stopper portion 89 is located at the front end portion 75c of the notch groove 75.
The eject operation plate 8 is arranged on the side of the eject operation plate 8, and normally overlaps the front end 75c as shown in FIG.
0 is moved forward as shown in Fig. 13, the horizontal part 7
It overlaps with 5a. Therefore, when the first movable body 55 moves backward while the eject operation plate 80 is moving forward, the roller 74 of the locked pin 73 comes into contact with the stopper part 89, and the first movable body 55 moves backward.
The moving body 55 is prevented from moving back. In addition, in FIGS. 1 to 5, reference numeral 91 indicates a pressed portion of the eject operation plate 80.

The sliding plate portion 57 of the first movable body 55 has a slider extending between the side plate portion 21 of the cassette holder 18 and the side plate 17, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, FIGS. 7a and 7b. An L-shaped support plate portion 93 is provided. A cassette lock lever 95 is provided inside the lower end of this support plate portion 93 by a support shaft 94.
is rotatably supported in the vertical direction. This cassette lock lever 95 is always urged to rotate clockwise in FIGS. 7a and 7b by a tension spring 96. The cassette lock lever 95 has a pressed pin 97 at its front end and a lock pawl 98 at its rear end, as shown in FIGS. 7a and 7b. The pressed pin 97 projects horizontally toward the side plate 17. On the other hand, a vertical piece 99 is provided at the front end of the side plate 17.
A pressing inclined portion 100 is formed at 9 . When the first movable body 55 moves back, the pressed pin 97 is pressed against the pressing inclined portion 100 and rotates counterclockwise against the tension spring 96, as shown in FIG. 7a. It's summery. Further, the lock claw 98 protrudes upward, and locks the disk cassette 22 inserted into the cassette holder 18 and the first movable body 55.
It has become possible to lock the two together. 7a and 7b on one side of the lower wall of the disk cassette 22 supported by the side plate 21.
As shown in the figure, a lock hole 101 is provided, into which the lock pawl 98 is inserted. Note that the side plate portion 21 is formed with a cutout portion 102 extending in the front-rear direction so that the lock pawl 98 can be inserted therethrough.

The configuration of the recording/reproducing device 1 has been described above; however,
Next, the disk cassette 22 applied to this recording/reproducing apparatus 1 will be explained. Disk cassette 2
2, a magnetic disk 115 is rotatably housed in a flat cassette housing 107 made of synthetic resin, as shown in FIG. is installed. This core metal 108 is connected to the cassette housing 107.
It is rotatably fitted into a circular opening 109 provided in the lower wall of the. An insertion hole 110 into which the rotating shaft 6a of the brushless motor 6 is inserted and a pin insertion hole 111 into which the rotation drive pin 8 is inserted are provided on the lower surface of the core metal 108, respectively.

A pad insertion hole 112 and a head insertion hole 1 are provided in the upper and lower walls of the front side of the cassette housing 107.
13 are provided respectively. When the disk cassette 22 is installed, the magnetic head 13 is inserted into the head insertion hole 113, and a pad (not shown) is inserted into the pad insertion hole 112 so that the recording/reproducing surface of the magnetic disk 108 comes into contact with the magnetic head 13. It's getting old. The above pad insertion hole 112
and the head insertion hole 113 in the cassette housing 107.
A sliding lid 70 with a U-shaped cross section that sandwiches the front side of the
It is always covered by The sliding lid 70 is capable of sliding in the directions of arrows a and b in FIG. 3, and a pair of upper and lower communication holes 114 are provided in both upper and lower walls of the sliding lid 70. When the sliding plate 70 is slid in the direction of arrow a in FIG. 3, the pair of communicating holes 114 are aligned with the pad insertion hole 112 and the head insertion hole 113, and these insertion holes 112 and 113 are opened. It is becoming more and more like this.
Further, the front end of the sliding plate 70 is provided with the second movable body 6.
A recess 71 is provided in which the engaging portion 69a of the leaf spring 69 attached to the plate spring 1 engages. As mentioned above, a lock hole 101 into which the lock pawl 98 of the cassette lock lever 95 is inserted is provided in one side of the lower wall of the cassette housing 107.

[Operation explanation]

Next, the loading and unloading operations of the disk cassette 22 in the recording/reproducing apparatus 1 constructed as described above will be explained.

(Mounting operation) Before inserting the disk cassette 22 into the cassette holder 18, the first moving body 55 and the second moving body 61 are in the return position shown in FIG. The screw 68 of 61 is located at the front end of the inclined guide groove 53, that is, at the non-inclined portion 53a. When the disk cassette 22 is inserted from this state into the cassette holder 18 from the direction of arrow c in FIG.
The recess 71 of the sliding lid 70 contacts the leaf spring 6 of the second moving body 61.
It engages with the engaging portion 69a of No.9. At this time, since the first movable body 55 has not yet started forward movement, the pressed pin 97 of the cassette lock lever 95 is pressed by the pressing inclined portion 100 and is in the rotation position shown in FIGS. 6 and 7a. , the lock pawl 98 is located below the notch 102 of the cassette holder 18. Therefore, the disk cassette 22 and the first moving body 55 are not yet locked together.

However, when the disk cassette 22 is further inserted in the direction of the arrow c in FIG. Begin to. Therefore, the cassette lock lever 95 is rotated clockwise by the tension spring 96 as shown in FIG. 7b.
Then, the lock pawl 98 is inserted into the lock hole 101 of the disk cassette 22 through the notch 102, and
The disk cassette 22 and the first moving body 55 are locked together. Note that until this locked state is reached, the guided pin 6 of the second movable body 61
8 moves on the non-slanted portion 53a. Therefore, the second movable body 61 does not hold the sliding lid 7 until the above-mentioned locked state is reached.
0 sliding direction (arrow a and b direction),
The engaging portion 69a of the plate spring 69 and the recess 7 of the sliding lid 70
1 is securely engaged.

Thereafter, when the disk cassette 22 is inserted in the direction of arrow c as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the guided pin of the second movable body 61 moves in the same direction as the first movable body 55 68 is the inclined guide groove 53
The movable body 61 in FIG. 2 moves forward in the direction of arrow d in FIG. 9. Therefore, when the sliding lid 70 moves forward in the direction of arrow a in FIG. 9 and the guided pin 68 reaches the non-slanted portion 53b, the pair of communication holes 114 of the sliding lid 70, the pad insertion hole 112, The head insertion holes 113 are aligned with each other, and these insertion holes 11
2,113 is completely opened as shown in FIG. Immediately after this open state is reached, the roller 74 of the locked pin 73 of the first movable body 55 reaches the vertical portion 75b of the notched groove 75. Therefore, the connecting plate 25 is rotated clockwise by the tension spring 47 as shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure and FIG. 12, it moves downward while remaining in a horizontal state. Then, insert the brushless motor 6 into the insertion hole 40 and pin insertion hole 41 of the disk cassette 22.
The rotating shaft 6a and rotation drive pin 8 are inserted, and the magnetic head 13 is inserted into the head insertion hole 113.
Pads (not shown) are inserted into the pad insertion holes 112 through the notches 54, and the disk cassette 2
The second mounting operation is completed. At this time, the locked pin 73 of the first movable body 55 enters the vertical portion 75b of the notched groove 75 and is locked.

Although the sliding lid 70 is opened as described above,
Even if the sliding lid 70 is not completely closed when inserting the disk cassette 22 into the cassette holder 18, there is no problem in the opening operation of the sliding lid 70. That is, the second moving body 61 is the sliding lid 70
Since the movement stroke is equal to the opening/closing stroke of engage with. Therefore, a malfunction such as when the disk cassette 22 is placed in the cassette loading position without the sliding lid 70 being completely opened will not occur.

Also, the disk cassette 22 and the first moving body 5
5 are integrally locked by the cassette lock lever 95, so even if the disk cassette 22 is suddenly pulled out while it is being inserted into the cassette holder 18, the plate springs will not be removed from the recess 71 of the sliding lid 70. The engaging portion 69a of the sliding cover 69 will not come off, and therefore, there will be no mistake in opening or closing the sliding lid 70.

(Ejecting Operation) The ejecting operation (ejecting operation) of the disk cassette 22 is performed by moving the eject operation plate 80 forward in the direction of arrow e in FIG. That is, when the pressed portion 91 of the eject operation plate 80 is pressed against the tension spring 87 and moved in the direction of arrow e in FIG. 11, the inclined portion 88 pushes the pressed pin 90 of the connecting plate 25 upward. When pressed, the connecting plate 25 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 11 against the tension spring 47. Therefore, the cassette holder 18 moves upward while remaining in a horizontal state, and the locked pin 73 moves to the vertical portion 75.
b and becomes unlocked. Therefore, the first moving body 55 moves back together with the disk cassette 22 in the direction of the arrow h in FIG. 9 by the tension spring 66.
At this time, the second movable body 61 has its guided pin 6
8 is guided by the inclined guide groove 53 and moves back in the direction of arrow i in FIG. Therefore, the sliding lid 70 slides in the direction of arrow b in FIG. 9, and the pad insertion hole 112 and the head insertion hole 113 are covered by the sliding lid 70.

Next, FIG. 13 shows a state immediately before the first movable body 55 completes its backward movement, and the eject operation plate 80 is maintained at the forward movement position until this time. Then, the locked pin 73 that has been guided by the horizontal portion 75a and has moved back comes into contact with the stopper portion 89 of the eject operation plate 80 before coming into contact with the front end portion 75c, and the backward movement of the first movable body 55 is temporarily stopped. thwarted. Therefore, when the first moving body 55 is stopped, the disk cassette 22 remains locked to the first moving body 55 by the cassette lock lever 95, so that the disk cassette 22 moves in the direction of the arrow h in FIG. The cassette holder 18 will not fly out due to inertial force in the direction.

Next, when the pressure on the pressed portion 91 of the eject operation plate 80 is released, the eject operation plate 80 and the first
The movable body 55 moves back as shown in FIG. 5 by tension springs 87 and 66, respectively. Then, the pressed pin 97 of the cassette lock lever 95 rides on the pressing slope 100, the cassette lock lever 95 rotates counterclockwise as shown in FIG.
It deviates from 01. However, the backward movement speed of the first moving body 55 to the disk cassette 22 at this time is
The speed is extremely low because the tension force of the tension spring 66 is weakening. Therefore, the lock pawl 98 and the lock hole 1
Even if the engagement with 01 is released, there is no fear that the disk cassette 22 will fly out of the cassette holder 18.

Next, a modified embodiment of the present invention will be described based on FIG. 14. In this modified embodiment, four rollers 120 to 123 are freely rotatable at four locations on the front, rear, left and right sides of the first moving body 55, as shown in FIG. 14, without employing the inclined guide groove 53 shown in the above embodiment. It is installed. And these rollers 120~
An endless driving thread 124 is wound around the roller 123 in a rectangular shape, and the driving thread 124a between the rollers 120 and 121 and the second moving body 61 are mutually connected by a pair of fasteners 125. There is. Further, a long hole 126 is formed in the first moving body 55 along a straight line connecting the rollers 120 and 123, and a tip 127a of a stopper 127 fixed to the upper plate portion 19 of the cassette holder 18 is inserted into the long hole 126. is inserted. And rollers 120 and 123 are attached to this tip 127a.
The drive thread 124b between the ends is fixed.

Therefore, when the disk cassette 22 is inserted in the direction of arrow c in FIG. 14 and the first movable body 55 is moved forward in the same direction, the driving thread 124b is moved in the direction of the arrow c in FIG. It is driven relatively in the j direction. Therefore, the second moving body 61 and the sliding lid 70 move forward in the direction of the arrow d and the direction of the arrow a in FIG. 14, respectively, and the sliding lid 70 opens. Also the first
The moving body 55 moves along with the disk cassette 22 to the first
When moving back in the direction of arrow h in Fig. 4, the driving thread 124b
is relatively driven in the direction of arrow k in FIG.
Therefore, the second moving body 61 and the sliding lid 70 are the fourteenth
In the figure, the sliding lid 70 is closed by moving back in the direction of the arrow i and the direction of the arrow b, respectively.

Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not only applicable to a locking device for a disk cassette, but is also applicable to various other types of recording and reproducing cassettes. Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the structure shown in the above embodiments, but can be modified in various ways.

As described above, the present invention is designed to release the locked state between the recording and reproducing cassette and the moving body after temporarily stopping the backward motion of the moving body, so that the mounting posture of the cassette mounting device in the recording and reproducing apparatus To reliably prevent a recording/reproducing cassette from flying out of a cassette holder or the like due to the return force of a moving body, regardless of the usage state of the recording/reproducing apparatus. Therefore, the mounting posture of the cassette mounting device in the recording and reproducing apparatus can be selected from a variety of positions, and the degree of freedom in design is significantly increased. Furthermore, since the backward movement of the movable body is only temporarily stopped, the backward movement of the movable body or the ejection of the recording/reproducing cassette can be accomplished quickly.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a recording/reproducing device separated into the main body and a cassette mounting device, and Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the cassette mounting device. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the cassette loading device and disk cassette, Fig. 4 is a front view as seen from the - line shown above, and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the cassette mounting device and disk cassette.
6 is a left side view of FIG. 4 in the initial state when the disk cassette is inserted into the cassette holder, and FIG. 7a is an enlarged view showing the main parts of the same.
FIG. 7b is an explanatory view showing the state immediately after the disk cassette is locked, FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing the state in which the disk cassette of FIG. 6 is installed,
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which the disk cassette shown in FIG. 3 is being inserted, FIG.
Figure 1 is a side view taken along the line XI-XI of Figure 10, Figure 12 is a side view taken along the line XII-XII of Figure 10, and Figure 13 is a side view taken along the line XI-XI of Figure 10.
FIG. 14 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the eject operation plate is activated, and FIG. 14 is a plan view showing a modification of the present invention. Also, in the symbols used in the drawings, 55...
First moving body, 73...Locked pin, 80...
Eject operation plate, 89...stopper part, 95
. . . cassette lock lever, 100 . . . pressing slope portion.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] (a) A movable body that reciprocates along the insertion and ejection direction together with the recording/playback cassette; (b) A movable body that locks in conjunction with the insertion operation of the recording/playback cassette. (c) an eject operating member that releases the lock of the movable body and ejects the recording/reproducing cassette; (e) detects a predetermined position from which the cassette is ejected in conjunction with the eject operating member; A locking device for a recording and reproducing cassette in a recording and reproducing apparatus, comprising: a stop means for temporarily stopping the backward movement of the cassette to a predetermined position.