US3554463A - Holder for storing a recorder-tape magazine - Google Patents

Holder for storing a recorder-tape magazine Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US3554463A
US3554463A US758881A US3554463DA US3554463A US 3554463 A US3554463 A US 3554463A US 758881 A US758881 A US 758881A US 3554463D A US3554463D A US 3554463DA US 3554463 A US3554463 A US 3554463A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
magazine
support
transport path
holder
locking
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
US758881A
Other languages
English (en)
Inventor
Jan Hendrik Jacob Theuwissen
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
US Philips Corp
Original Assignee
US Philips Corp
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by US Philips Corp filed Critical US Philips Corp
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US3554463A publication Critical patent/US3554463A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B23/00—Record carriers not specific to the method of recording or reproducing; Accessories, e.g. containers, specially adapted for co-operation with the recording or reproducing apparatus ; Intermediate mediums; Apparatus or processes specially adapted for their manufacture
    • G11B23/02—Containers; Storing means both adapted to cooperate with the recording or reproducing means
    • G11B23/023—Containers for magazines or cassettes

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a holder for the storage of a recorder-tape magazine having at least one winding core or hub for a recorder tape, which-holder is provided with guide members forming a transport path over which the magazine may be moved into and out of a storage position.
  • Known holders of this kind are not particularly suitable for the storage of magazines in which the recorder tape is wound on winding cores which are not fixed against undesired rotation because the tape will unwind itself when the holder is vibrated or shaken. As a result this may cause the tape to form loops in the magazine which may give rise to difficulties and even to deterioration of the tape in recording and/or playing back recordings on the tape.
  • An object of the invention is to provide a holder in which these difficulties cannot occur.
  • locking means including a locking member controlled by movement of the magazine and having a portion extending into the transport path to lock at least one one winding hub against undesired rotation while the magazine is in the storage position.
  • a holder according to the invention is therefore very suitable to be carried in vehicles in which a tape playback apparatus is used.
  • the locking means are tiltable in both directions against spring action from a center position substantially at right angles to the direction of sliding in and out and in a plane parallel to this direction of sliding, said means occupying the center position with the magazine in the storage position and gripping between the teeth of the winding core or cores.
  • the locking means upon introducing the magazine, the locking means will be tilted by the magazine from their vertical center position until the bore in the winding core or cores faces the locking means, which, due to the pring action, return to their center position, thus gripping between the teeth of the winding core or cores and locking this core or these cores.
  • the locking means When the magazine is withdrawn, the locking means are tilted in the opposite direction, that is to say in the direction of the sliding movement, until they are released by the magazine and again return to their center position due to the spring action.
  • the locking means comprise .two pins extending into the transport path and coupled by means of a spindle which is supported to be tiltable outside the transport path and at right angles to the direction of sliding, a helical spring being secured at one end to a fixed point of the holder and at its other end to an eccentric portion of the spindle. Consequently, upon tilting the locking pins form their center position substantially at right angles to the direction of sliding in and out, a counteracting couple caused by the spring force will be exerted on the spindle coupling the pins, which couple causes the pins when released to return to their center position.
  • the ends of the locking pins are preferably flattened through part of their length, resulting in a knife edge which grips between the teeth of the winding cores with the magazine introduced.
  • this holder is provided with at least one wall in which the locking means operable by the magazine are supported.
  • the invention also relates to an assembly holders suitable for the storage of a plurality of magazines, which assembly is characterized by a cabinet open at least at one side, which is divided by partitions into spaces for the storage of the magazines, the locking means operable by the magazine being housed in the said partitions.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of three holders according to the invention and shows two magazines being stored therein; and I FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a wall of one holder, taken on the line "-11 of FIG. I.
  • the cabinet 4shown in FIG. 1 contains three holders 1, 2 and 3 each adapted to store one of three magazines A, only two of which are shown for the sake of clarity in conditions introduced wholly and in part.
  • the magazines A are of a kind known per se and each includes tape-winding hubs or cores 5 and 6 supported to be freely rotatable in the magazine and a recorder tape which is not shown.
  • a wall 11 of the cabinet 4 is partly broken away so that the interior of theholder 1 can be seen.
  • the holders 1, 2 and 3, which are of identical construction the holder 1 will now be described in detail. 1
  • Holder 1 comprises a base member 19 carrying guiding means, including guide members 12-13 and 14-15, for moving a magazine A over a transport path into and out of a storage position.
  • the guide members 12 and 13 are in the 7 form of leaf springs the free ends of which have bent portions 16 and 17 which can snap behind lateral projections 18 of the magazine when introduced.
  • bent portions 16 and 17 which can snap behind lateral projections 18 of the magazine when introduced.
  • the guide members 14 and 15 are formed as guide ribs which extend in the direction of sliding of the magazine and form parts of base member 19 of holder 1.
  • the holder may comprise in addition to the guide ribs 14 and 15, which, as may be seen more clearly in FIG. 2, guide the lower side of a magazine, similar .upper ribs (not shown) for guiding the upper side of the magazine.
  • Such upper guide ribs may be arranged for the holder 1 against the lower surface of the cabinet wall .11, but these ribs are not of essential importance for the present invention.
  • the upper guide ribs for the holders 2 and 3 are present on the lower side of the basic wall 19 of the holder 1 and on the basic wall 20 of the holder 2, respectively, and are indicated by 22 (see FIG. 2).
  • the holder according to the invention includes locking or braking means controlled by movement of a magazine into and out of a storage position to hold the hub or hubs of the magazine against undesirable rotation while the magazine occupies the storage position.
  • such means include a spindle 24 pivotally mounted in a cavity of base member 19.
  • a spindle 24 is journaled in an aperture 23 of the wall 19 at right angles to the direction of sliding of the magazine, said spindle bearing at its ends on a supporting surface 25 recessed in the wall and being supported, at a small distance therefrom, by ribs 26 provided in the wall. Furthermore the spindle 24 engages the lower sides of tongues 27 provided in the upper surface of the member 19.
  • the aperture 23 has a shape such that the spindle can be fitted through the said aperture between the supporting surfaces 25, 26, 27 or removed therefrom.
  • a helical spring 28, formed as a tension spring in the present example, is secured at one end to an eccentric portion 29 of spindle 24 and at its other end to member 19.
  • the spindle 24 is provided with two pins 30 and 31 extending into the sliding transport path of the magazine, which pins are tiltable against the action of spring 28 from the central or locking position shown into two side or nonlocking positions. As will appear from the drawings the movement of pins takes place in planes which are substantially parallel to the axis of the transport path i.e. the
  • the pins 30 and 31 are flattened through part of their length and formed as knife edges for advantageous locking of the winding cores 5 and 6.
  • the invention is not limited to the embodiment described hereinbefore and shown in the F Figure.
  • the range of the invention comprises a single holder for the storage of one magazine as well as assemblies of arbitrary numbers of holders for the storage of a plurality of magazines.
  • the invention is also applicable to the storage of magazines which have only one freely rotatable winding core which is subject to undesired rotation during storage.
  • a holder for a recorder-tape magazine having a tapewinding hub subject to undesired rotation during storage comprising a support, guiding means carried by said support for guiding the magazine over a transport path into and out of a storage position and locking means carried by said support and including a locking member controlled by movement of the magazine over the transport path for engaging the hub and holding the same against undesired rotation while the magazine is in the storage position.
  • the locking means include a pivot carried by the support, a locking member rotatably mounted on said pivot and having acentral-locking position in which the member extends intothe transport path to engage the hub and inoperative side positions outside the path, and resilient means urging said locking member into the central position.
  • the guiding means include resilient members arraigned at theusides of the u support to center the magazine and to resist movement thereof along the transport path.
  • a holder for storing a recorder-tape magazine having a tape-winding hub comprising a plate-shaped support, elongated guide members spaced-apart on said support for sliding the magazine along a transport path into and out of a storage position, and means controlled by movement of the magazine along the transport path to lock the hub thereof against undesired rotation when the magazine is in the storage position, said last means including a pivot mounted on said support and extending transversely the guide members, a spindle mounted on said pivot, locking pins secured to said spindle and rotatable in a plane perpendicular to the plate-shaped support between two side positions and a central-locking position extending into the transport path and spring means urging the pins from the side positions into the central position.

Landscapes

  • Packaging Of Annular Or Rod-Shaped Articles, Wearing Apparel, Cassettes, Or The Like (AREA)
  • Automatic Tape Cassette Changers (AREA)
US758881A 1967-09-18 1968-09-10 Holder for storing a recorder-tape magazine Expired - Lifetime US3554463A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
NL6712753A NL6712753A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1967-09-18 1967-09-18

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US3554463A true US3554463A (en) 1971-01-12

Family

ID=19801238

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US758881A Expired - Lifetime US3554463A (en) 1967-09-18 1968-09-10 Holder for storing a recorder-tape magazine

Country Status (7)

Country Link
US (1) US3554463A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
AT (1) AT285201B (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
BE (1) BE720937A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
CH (1) CH486750A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
FR (1) FR1580720A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
GB (1) GB1170729A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
NL (1) NL6712753A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4985883A (en) * 1988-06-09 1991-01-15 Jack Hou Apparatus for imparting sound and movement to an ornament
US5363961A (en) * 1992-06-12 1994-11-15 Fischerwerke, Artur Fischer Gmbh & Co. Kg Device for storing magnetic tape cassettes

Families Citing this family (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4235490A (en) * 1978-12-26 1980-11-25 Le-Bo Products Company, Inc. Video cassette storage and ejection device
US4399913A (en) * 1981-05-18 1983-08-23 Shape Inc. Cassette container with flexible and hinged drawers
DE3209889C2 (de) * 1982-03-18 1985-10-03 Siegfried 5990 Altena Miss Kassettenmagazin
DE3904787A1 (de) * 1989-02-17 1990-08-23 Fischer Artur Werke Gmbh Behaelter mit magnetbandkassette
JPH0320059U (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) * 1989-07-05 1991-02-27
DE4020163A1 (de) * 1990-06-25 1992-01-02 Fischer Artur Werke Gmbh Behaelter fuer magnetbandkassetten
EP0543963B1 (en) * 1991-06-19 1997-12-10 Idn Inventions And Development Of Novelties Ag Container for magnetic tape cassette
ES2098402T3 (es) * 1991-10-22 1997-05-01 Fischer Artur Werke Gmbh Recipiente para cassettes de cinta magnetica.

Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3140360A (en) * 1959-08-17 1964-07-07 Singleton R Whitworth Multi-channel tape recorder and playback apparatus
US3326483A (en) * 1965-06-17 1967-06-20 Sarkes Tarzian Magnetic tape cartridge for automatic tape cartridge changing mechanism
US3408017A (en) * 1965-07-07 1968-10-29 Pioneer Kabushiki Kaisha Sound recording-reproducing device of tape-magazine type

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3140360A (en) * 1959-08-17 1964-07-07 Singleton R Whitworth Multi-channel tape recorder and playback apparatus
US3326483A (en) * 1965-06-17 1967-06-20 Sarkes Tarzian Magnetic tape cartridge for automatic tape cartridge changing mechanism
US3408017A (en) * 1965-07-07 1968-10-29 Pioneer Kabushiki Kaisha Sound recording-reproducing device of tape-magazine type

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4985883A (en) * 1988-06-09 1991-01-15 Jack Hou Apparatus for imparting sound and movement to an ornament
US5363961A (en) * 1992-06-12 1994-11-15 Fischerwerke, Artur Fischer Gmbh & Co. Kg Device for storing magnetic tape cassettes

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
BE720937A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1969-03-17
DE1797278B2 (de) 1977-01-13
CH486750A (de) 1970-02-28
AT285201B (de) 1970-10-27
DE1797278A1 (de) 1971-08-05
FR1580720A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1969-09-05
NL6712753A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1969-03-20
GB1170729A (en) 1969-11-12

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
KR910006028Y1 (ko) 디스크 카트리지
US3554463A (en) Holder for storing a recorder-tape magazine
US4071859A (en) Tape cartridge positioning and ejection device
US3665114A (en) Cartridge and tape stretch placement system for video reproducer and/or recorder
CA1220550A (en) Magnetic tape recording device
US3350025A (en) Magnetic tape cartridge
US3936011A (en) Tape cassette transport
US3653608A (en) Web cartridge
US3747941A (en) Tape recording and/or play-back apparatus
US3788576A (en) Magnetic tape cartridge and storage apparatus
JPS6129472A (ja) 磁気テ−プカセツト
US3807653A (en) Locking and ejection device
US3608908A (en) Tape-viewing device in magnetic tape recorder of magazine type
US3540738A (en) Magnetic tape recorder of magazine type
US3027111A (en) Recording and reproducing apparatus
US3620479A (en) Tape cartridge loading device
US20070080254A1 (en) Recording tape cartridge and drive device
US3542370A (en) Loading mechanism for tape cartridge player
US5359477A (en) Recording and/or reproducing apparatus having a cassette loading apparatus
EP1416482B1 (en) Turntable unit positioning structure in disk apparatus
US3754765A (en) One-touch operation cassette tape player
US3804498A (en) Cassette for film
US3781487A (en) Reel-over-reel video tape cartridge and transport apparatus with sliding pivot
US5982576A (en) Multiple tape cartridge and drive for concurrent recording with the tapes disposed in the cartridge
US3770283A (en) Recording and/or play-back apparatus