JPS626622Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a cassette tape recorder that clearly indicates the direction in which the tape runs or the direction in which the tape cassette is installed at the performance position.

Nowadays, various types of cassette tape recorders are available in which the tape cassette is installed in different directions in the performance position. For this reason, the user is likely to make a mistake in the mounting direction of the tape cassette. For example, with the magnetic tape side of the tape cassette facing the accidental erasure prevention member side of the cassette tape recorder, the user may force the opening/closing lid and destroy it. This led to accidents when handling the cassette tape recorder, such as
Therefore, in order to prevent such accidents, cassette tape recorders have an arrow engraved on the opening/closing lid that covers the top of the tape cassette installed, and the cassette receiving plate into which the tape cassette is installed has an arrow engraved on it to indicate the tape running direction. A cassette tape recorder is provided that has a label printed with the above-mentioned arrow attached thereto. However, when the above-mentioned arrows are engraved on the opening/closing lid, the arrows cannot be easily recognized when the tape cassette is attached when the opening/closing lid is open, resulting in inconvenience in use. In addition, if a label is attached, the work of attaching the label is troublesome, leading to an increase in costs.

The present invention aims to improve these conventional drawbacks.In particular, the cassette receiving plate, which directly receives the cassette, is provided with an arrow-shaped through hole that indicates the running direction of the tape. To create a color contrast between the plate and the object or plate body on the back side thereof, to clearly indicate the tape running direction regardless of whether the opening/closing lid is opened or closed, and to obtain such an effect with a simple and inexpensive configuration. To provide a new cassette tape recorder.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main part of a cassette tape recorder according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the same main part. Reference numeral 1 designates a front panel of a cassette tape recorder. This panel 1 is provided with a through hole 3 into which a tape cassette 2 can be inserted, and an opening/closing lid that can be freely rotated around a support shaft 4 covers this through hole 3. 5 is attached. A transparent plate 6 is attached to the center of the opening/closing lid 5 so that the inside can be viewed from the outside. Reference numeral 7 designates a chassis, and a support shaft 8 is attached to a partially erected plate of the chassis 7, and a support plate 10 erected from the base of a cassette receiving plate 9 is rotatably supported on this support shaft 8. There is. The cassette receiving plate 9 extends below the through hole 3, and is integrally provided with a regulating piece 11 for regulating the position of the tape cassette 2 placed thereon. The cassette receiving plate 9 also has a notch 15 through which the capstan shaft 12 of the motor, two reel shafts 13, or the locating pin 14 of the cassette attached to the mechanical chassis at the bottom can be inserted, as shown in FIG. Through holes 16 and 17 are provided. Further, the cassette receiving plate 9 is provided with an arrow-shaped through hole 18 which indicates the direction in which the tape runs. Reference numeral 19 denotes a lower plate laid under the cassette receiving plate 9. Particularly, the part of the upper surface of the lower plate 19 that extends into the through hole 18 is colored differently from the color of the cassette receiving plate 9. It is being carried out. That is, by selecting the color of the cassette receiving plate 9 and the color of the lower plate 19 so as to create a color contrast, the arrow-shaped through hole 18 can be easily recognized from the outside. There is. Therefore, the cassette receiving plate 9
Alternatively, the skin color of the lower plate 19 itself may be made different, or colored paper may be pasted on the upper surface of the lower plate 19. Furthermore, since it is sufficient to clearly display the arrow-shaped through hole 18, it is not necessary to separately provide the lower plate 19. The color may also be a color that provides the above contrast.

To use the cassette tape recorder having such a configuration, first, open the opening/closing lid 5 by rotating it around the support shaft 4 by pinching it with your fingers or operating the eject button. Subsequently, the tape cassette 2 is placed on the cassette receiving plate 9. At this time, the capstan shaft 12 and reel shaft 13 are inserted into the capstan shaft hole and the reel shaft hole of the tape cassette 2, and the tape cassette 2 is correctly placed on the positioning pin 14. This mounting operation is performed so that the direction of the arrow indicating the running direction of the tape written on the label of the tape cassette 2 coincides with the direction of the arrow of the through hole 18 of the cassette receiving plate 9. By performing matching operations based on these arrows, the traveling direction of the magnetic tape can be made to match the driving direction of the cassette tape recorder, and therefore the tape cassette can be correctly installed at a predetermined mounting position of the cassette tape recorder. can. In other words, there is no possibility of mounting the tape cassette 2 in the wrong direction. After installing tape cassette 2 correctly,
The opening/closing lid 5 is closed and the desired recording, playback, etc. operations are started. On the other hand, when taking out the tape cassette 2, the cassette receiving plate 9 is rotated about the support shaft 8 by operating an eject button or the like. This opens the opening/closing lid 5, so
The tape cassette 2 on the upright cassette receiving plate 9 can be easily picked up with fingers and taken out. In this way, the arrow-shaped through hole 18 provided in the cassette receiving plate 9
By aligning the directions of the arrows shown on the tape cassette 2 with the tape cassette 2, it is possible to prevent the tape cassette from being erroneously inserted into the playing position and damage to the opening/closing lid and the like caused by this.

As described above, according to the present invention, on the cassette receiving plate on which the tape cassette is placed at a predetermined performance position,
A display hole is provided to indicate the running direction of the tape, and the color of the back side of the cassette receiving plate clearly indicates the direction of tape cassette installation. Since this can be easily determined, it is possible to prevent accidents in which the user attaches the cover in the wrong direction and damages the opening/closing cover and other parts. Furthermore, since the above-mentioned arrow is displayed on the cassette holder, the above-mentioned determination can be made reliably even when the upper opening/closing lid is open. Further, since the through-hole indicated by the arrow is formed at the same time as the sheet metal is punched for the capstan shaft insertion through-hole, the manufacturing cost does not increase and there are various effects such as low cost.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the main parts of a cassette tape recorder according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the main parts, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the cassette receiving plate. 2...Tape cassette, 5...Opening/closing lid, 9...
Cassette receiving plate, 18... Display hole, 19... Back side member (lower plate).

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] The cassette receiving plate on which the tape cassette is placed at a predetermined performance position is provided with a hole for indicating the running direction of the tape, and the color of the back side of the cassette receiving plate clearly indicates the hole. A cassette tape recorder characterized by: