JPS642314Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an operating device for a tape recorder, and provides a device with good operability.

When a thin film switch is used as an operation switch for controlling various operations of a tape recorder, depending on where the switch is placed, the floor surface may obstruct manual operation.

That is, as shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of electrodes 2 made of silver paint or the like are formed on a film 1, the film 1 is bent, and the electrodes are arranged facing each other with a required distance between them with a spacer 3. Display film 4 with operation functions displayed on the top surface of film 1
If a thin-film switch S with the back side glued to a substrate 5 made of synthetic resin is placed below the front of the tape recorder main body 6 as shown in Fig. 2 and used as an operation switch, it will be difficult to As a result, the fingers 7 came into contact with the floor surface 8, resulting in very poor operability.

In particular, in recent years, the overall height of the front panel of cassette tape decks and the like has been reduced, so the use of such a thin film type switch has the disadvantage of poor operability.

The present invention is intended to eliminate such conventional disadvantages, and one embodiment thereof will be described below with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

First, in FIG. 3, numeral 9 is a tape recorder body, and numeral 10 is a cassette holder provided at the front of the tape recorder for mounting a cassette. 11
is an eject operation member for opening the cassette holder 10 and ejecting the cassette; the mechanism for opening the cassette holder 10 by operating the eject operation member 11 is generally well known, and detailed explanation thereof will be omitted.

Reference numeral 12 denotes an operating body provided on the front surface of the tape recorder main body 9 so as to be able to protrude forward, and a plurality of thin film type switches 13 are provided on the upper surface of this operating body 12 for controlling the operation of the tape recorder. .

The operating body 12 is slidable back and forth by a pin 16 that is integrated with the operating body 12 inserted into a long hole 15 of a guide body 14 provided in the tape recorder main body 9, and this operation The body 12 is biased in the direction of protruding forward by a spring 17 applied between the guide body 14 and the pin 16.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a lock lever for holding the operating body 12 in a state in which it is moved into the tape recorder main body 9 against the spring 17;
8 is rotatable by a shaft 19 and has a spring 20
When the operating body 12 is housed in the tape recorder main body 9, the tip of the lock lever 18 engages with the lock recess 21 and is maintained in the housed state by the force of the spring 20. I'm starting to do that.

Reference numeral 22 denotes a rotation support shaft of the cassette holder 10, and when the cassette holder 10 is rotated in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 23 comes into contact with the lock lever 18, and by rotating the lock lever 18 counterclockwise against the force of the spring 20, the operating body 12
4, the operating body 12 is moved in the direction of arrow B in FIG. 4 by the force of the spring 17.
The thin film switch 13 can be operated by protruding from the front.

With the above configuration, the operating body 12 protrudes to the front of the tape recorder main body 9 in conjunction with the operation of operating the eject operating member 11 to eject the cassette, and the thin film type provided on the top surface of the operating body 12 The switch 13 can be operated, and in this case, since the thin film switch 13 is provided on the upper surface of the operating body 12, the operability is good.

Note that it is also possible to provide an operating member that performs the protruding operation of the operating body 12 independently.
Further, the operating body is not limited to a sliding type, and the same applies even if it is a rotating type.

As described above, the present invention has a thin-film switch on the top surface that protrudes from the front surface of the tape recorder body in conjunction with the cassette eject operation. Even if the front surface of the recorder is thin, the recorder is easy to use, without the problem of fingers touching the floor, which deteriorates operability, which is the case with conventional recorders, and the effect is great.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a sectional view of a thin film switch, Figure 2 is a side view showing the operating section of a conventional tape recorder, and Figure 3 is a side view of the operating section of a conventional tape recorder.
The figure is a front perspective view showing one embodiment of the present invention.
The figure is an internal configuration diagram of the same. 9...Tape recorder main body, 10...Cassette holder, 11...Eject operation member, 12...
...Operation body, 13...Thin film switch, 14...Guide, 17...Spring, 18...Lock lever, 2
3...Pin.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In conjunction with the eject operation of the cassette to open the cassette holder, the operation body provided on the side of the cassette holder is made to protrude to the front of the tape recorder body, and the thin film switch for controlling the operation of the tape recorder is operated as described above. A tape recorder operating device formed on the upper surface of the body.