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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7354013 | Idler for tape recorder Disclosed is an idler for a tape recorder that can selectively transmit a driving force from a capstan motor to a take-up reel or a supply reel depending upon a rotational direction of the capstan motor. The idler includes an idler gear connected to either of the ta... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7256958 | Loading gear supporting apparatus of video cassette recorder Disclosed is a loading gear supporting apparatus of a video cassette recorder which can assemble a loading gear supporting member which supports a pole base loading gear, a first loading gear, and a second loading gear to a deck more simply. To this end, a locking p... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7191971 | Reel clutch of a tape recorder Disclosed is a reel clutch of a tape recorder. A plate spring is positioned between a reel gear and a reel disc of a reel disc assembly which is mounted on a deck of a tape recorder, and a stopper reel is provided on the reel disc to restrain the engaging height of ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 6978959 | Magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus and electric apparatus A magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus or an electric apparatus includes a reel gear, an intermediate gear, a swing arm, an idler gear and an input gear. The swing arm, idler gear and input gear constitute an idler mechanism. The intermediate gear is arranged ap... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6966115 | Pruning scissors Pruning scissors comprise a blade and a counter-blade each integral with a grip and mounted so as to be pivoted around a threaded swivel pin cooperating with an adjusting nut of the blade and counter-blade. The nut is rotationally integral with a toothed wheel meshe... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6866217 | Idler mechanism for magnetic tape device and tape device An idler mechanism for a magnetic tape device. An idler gear is swingingly displaced between first and second positions to selectively transmit rotation to one of a pair of reels. One end of an arm-like swinging member is coupled in a relatively rotatable manner to ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6705557 | Idler device for magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus An idler device of the magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus is disclosed having the construction that an idler arm is inserted to the side of a clutch shaft which is installed at a lower surface of a main chassis. Without an extra construction for the assembly, ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6508427 | Recording and/or reproducing apparatus including a reel disc having magnetically acting holding means for a reel A recording and/or reproducing apparatus (1) can hold a magnetic-tape cassette (2), which accommodates a supply reel (3) including a first magnetic circuit element (42) and has a disc-shaped drive member (47) including a second magnetic circuit element (4... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6279845 | Magnetic tape reel coupling A coupling for driving a magnetic tape reel uses the interface between a flat surface on the coupling and datum pads on the reel to locate the reel. The coupling includes a drive ring with ring teeth located around a drive shaft. The ring teeth engage mat... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6254024 | Rotational load applying mechanism for a tape recorder A rotational load applying mechanism for a tape recorder having a rotation transmission gear for rotating a reel base in engagement with a gear of the reel base, causing a rotary shaft of the rotation transmission gear to move with operational force acqui... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6155511 | Capstan motor with hysteresis plate and drive system A capstan motor which includes: a stator yoke having a multiple number of coils provided on a circle centered about a rotational shaft; and a rotor yoke having an annular magnet opposing the multiple number of coils and rotating integrally with the rotati... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6105892 | Autoreverse mechanism An autoreverse mechanism for a tape recorder having two fly-wheels and two pinch rollers for winding a tape in forward and reverse directions comprises a head mount plate designed in such a way that when the head mount plate moves toward a reproducing/rec... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5999358 | Recording and/or reproducing apparatus having tape travel direction control arrangement which prevents tape slippage and slack generation A system for providing stable tape-travel in a recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes a tape travel-direction switching mechanism and a tape tension regulating mechanism. The tape travel-direction switching mechanism forces a pendulum gear to eng... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5964425 | Deck mechanism of headphone stereo A deck mechanism of a headphone stereo which is capable of minimizing a tension working on a belt and of controlling a rotation torque transmitted to a reel in an FF or REW mode by transmitting a driving force of a driving motor by a power transmission ge... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5956537 | Film feeding device for camera A film feeding device for a camera uses first and second electric motors associated with first and second planetary gearing mechanisms, respectively. In one embodiment, the first motor and first planetary gearing mechanism drive a spool shaft of a film ca... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5909854 | Reel table driving device for a video cassette recorder A reel table driving device for use in a video cassette recorder comprises a pair of idlers disposed adjacent to a supply reel table and a take-up reel table in order to minimize the travelling distance thereof as a support plate for rotatably holding the... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5887812 | Cassette recorder that can take cassettes of various sizes A cassette drive mechanism for cassettes wherein cassettes can be played back which have different sizes and for which different tape drive systems are otherwise required. By placing the different cassettes into a common cassette receiving device, the ada... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5881961 | Reel driving device capable of eliminating friction between a pressing plate and a rotating driving gear A reel driving device is provided with a driving pulley, an actuating member rotatable about a shaft, having a slant slot formed through, a driving torque converter for generating a proper torque depending on a mode of the VCR and for rotating the actuati... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5863008 | Gear and a power delivering apparatus using thereof A gear for power delivering apparatus comprises body unit, gear unit engaging with another gear at the outer periphery of the body unit, and impact absorbing member between the body unit and the gear unit. The impact absorbing member, including space betw... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5816521 | Magnetic-tape-cassette apparatus having a deck for magnetic-tape cassettes A magnetic tape cassette apparatus which has a magnetic head switchable between two groups of channels, respectively for forward and reverse play. Music searching, which detects pauses of at least a minimum duration in a group of recording tracks, is oper... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5704563 | Reel-table driving mechanism with idler friction wheel and reel friction wheel for use in tape recording/reproducing apparatus A reel-table driving mechanism of a tape recording/reproducing apparatus is operative to selectively drive two reel-tables. An idler has an idler friction wheel sharing a common shaft with an idler gearing portion. Each reel-table has a reel friction whee... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5699972 | Magnetic tape apparatus for eliminating a slack of magnetic tape when changing a tape winding direction A magnetic tape apparatus in which data is recorded on or reproduced from a magnetic tape when the magnetic tape is run on a rotary drum, includes a tension regulating unit which regulates a tension of the magnetic tape when the magnetic tape is run, the ... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5694629 | Film transport mechanism with torque limiting clutch A camera film transport mechanism includes a torque limiting one-way drive clutch for preventing film damaging excessive torque loading or reverse rotation of the drive. The clutch includes coaxial inner and outer members. A resilient arm extends generall... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5669567 | Brake mechanism for drum type magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus A brake mechanism of drum type magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus having a take-up reel, supply reel, each having a gear and reel body, and frictional force thus produced between said gear and real body during relative rotation. And a rocking ge... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5657939 | Idler gear transfer control apparatus for reel drive apparatus of a video cassette tape recorder An idler gear transfer control apparatus for a reel drive apparatus of a VCR, is disclosed, wherein the VCR includes a reversible motor, a base, a shaft disposed at the base, an input gear rotatably disposed on the shaft for receiving a driving force from... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5648880 | Video cassette player with rotary drum rotated by a capstan motor A video cassette player includes a main base, a head drum assembly including a rotary drum, a stationary drum, a rotating shaft and a driven gear pressed on and fixed to a lower end portion of the rotating shaft, a capstan motor provided with a capstan sh... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5597130 | Tape winding linkage of drum type magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus A kind of tape winding linkage of drum type magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus, comprising a tape winding gear, a first and a second links both with two joints, a third link with two joints having spring effect. The first link is attached to the... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5570852 | Gear mechanism and tape player using gear mechanism Preselected teeth of a gear tooth are truncated by removing their radially outermost ends. Thus, whenever teeth that should mesh become misaligned, the truncation allows the teeth to quickly return to their proper meshing. This reduces the sound generated... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5511738 | Idler controlling apparatus of a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus In a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus, an idler gear is selectively moved between controlling a take up reel and a supply reel. An idler controlling apparatus limits the swing angle of the idler to a relatively small angle when the upper chassis i... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5499777 | Reel disc driving device for a video cassette recorder A video cassette recorder is provided with a device for driving selectively one of a supply reel disc and a take-up reel disc rotatably mounted to a deck thereof, which includes a pulley coupled to a shaft of the deck, a driving gear coupled to the shaft ... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5481418 | Tape loading aparatus including gear mechanism for controlling rotation of tape reels A tape loading arrangement includes supply and take-up reel tables, a rotating magnetic head drum, a capstan motor, sliders including tape guides and a pendulum gear for engaging limiter gears associated with each of the reel tables. Magnetic torque limit... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5456419 | Film feeder for cameras A film feeder for cameras comprises a drive shaft for driving a film cartridge which is engaged with a spool shaft of the film cartridge to rotationally drive the spool in the forward direction or the reverse direction, thereby rotationally driving the sp... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5450275 | Magnetic-tape cassette apparatus comprising an auto-reverse deck with pressure-roller bracket actuation The invention relates to a magnetic-tape-cassette apparatus comprising a deck for magnetic-tape cassettes and constructed for playing and fast winding modes in forward and reverse directions, in which the switching between the forward and reverse tape tra... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5445340 | Film feeding device for camera A film feeding device for a camera uses first and second electric motors associated with first and second planetary gearing mechanisms, respectively. In one embodiment, the first motor and first planetary gearing mechanism drive a spool shaft of a film ca... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5438466 | Recording and/or reproducing apparatus tape having traveling reversal arrangement which attenuates tape slippage and slack generation A system for providing stable tape-travel in a recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes a tape travel-direction switching mechanism and a tape tension regulating mechanism. The tape travel-direction switching mechanism forces a pendulum gear to eng... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5375789 | Magnetic-tape cassette apparatus comprising a deck for magnetic-tape cassettes (reel-drive mechanism with logic fast winding) A magnetic-tape-cassette apparatus constructed for play and fast winding operation with a first and an opposite second tape transport direction, for which purpose there are provided, in addition to a first and a second reel disc (12a, 12b) for the magneti... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5346156 | Magnetic-tape cassette apparatus comprising a deck for magnetic-tape cassettes reversing mechanism A magnetic-tape cassette apparatus having a deck for magnetic-tape cassettes with a reel drive mechanism for transporting a tape with a first and an opposite, second tape transport direction. The change-over from the first tape transport direction to the ... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5335877 | Device for exchanging a tape drive mode A device for exchanging a tape drive mode so to maintain a satisfied timing by which a tension mechanism for applying a tension to a tape between tape reels is kept to its tension place until the tape transport by a capstan roller together with a pinch ro... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5295638 | Reel driving apparatus for a videocassette recorder A reel driving apparatus for a videocassette recorder capable of preventing image distortions, failures and noises during the switching of operation modes. The reel driving apparatus comprises a base plate, a supply reel and a take-up reel rotatably mount... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5289989 | Tape hub driving system with mechanism to prevent tape slackening during mode change A reel driving apparatus for a video camera, which is constructed with a minimum of structural elements, resulting in achieving simplicity in construction and reducing the manufacturing cost and weight of the product. The apparatus comprises an idle gear ... | 03/01/1994 |
