Desk-top electronic calculator and tape recorder assembly

• US 4,120,037 A
• Filed: 03/04/1977
• Issued: 10/10/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Olympus Optical Company Ltd. (Olympus Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Olympus Optical Company Ltd. (Olympus Corporation)
• Inventors: Sato, Masaaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, Jerry
• Application Number:
  US05/774,401
• Time in Patent Office: 585 Days
• Field of Search: 235/152, 235/156, 179/100.11, 360/137, D14/5, D14/47, D14/72-74, 364/705, 364/708
• US Class Current: 708/108
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/0208 for combination with other devices having a different main function, e.g. watches, pens

Abstract

A desk-top electronic calculator and cassette tape recorder assembly is provided which includes a housing in the form of a triangular prism. Input keys and a numeral display are disposed on one side of the housing while a cassette receiving chamber for the tape recorder is formed in another side thereof so that each side may be placed on the front side to permit an optimum manipulation of the calculator and the recorder, respectively. The assembly is compact in construction for convenience in portable use. The remaining side of the housing may be utilized in conjunction with another instrument.

Claims

1. A desk-top electronic calculator and tape recorder assembly characterized in that the assembly has a housing in the form of a triangular prism, the housing having one side in which input keys and a numerical display associated with the calculator are disposed and another side in which a cassette receiving chamber is formed, and a loudspeaker is disposed in at least one face of the housing.

2. An assembly according to claim 1 in which a group of buttons for operating the tape recorder are disposed in the upper edge of the side of the housing in which the cassette receiving chamber is formed.

3. An assembly according to claim 1 in which a stereophonic tape cassette receiving chamber is formed in one side of the housing, and a pair of grilles for internally housing microphones are disposed in this side adjacent to the opposite ends, a pair of loudspeakers being disposed along the opposite end faces of the housing.

4. An assembly according to claim 1, in which a time display of a digital clock is disposed in the side of the housing in which the cassette receiving chamber is formed.

5. An assembly according to claim 1, including a penholder formed in the upper edge defined between the side of the housing in which parts associated with the electronic calculator are disposed and the side of the housing in which parts associated with the tape recorder are disposed, and a loudspeaker is disposed in said tape-recorder side of the housing.

6. An assembly according to claim 1, including a paper holder formed in a part of the housing, the paper holder comprising a clip blade and a push rod.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the input keys, numerical display, and cassette receiving chamber are all arranged so as to be flush with their respective surfaces so that any surface of the triangular prismatic housing may serve as a supporting surface for utilization of the remaining two surfaces.

8. An assembly according to claim 1 in which a radio set is disposed with said housing, and a tuning dial associated with said radio set is disposed in an end face of the housing.

9. An assembly according to claim 8 in which the tuning dial associated with the radio set is disposed in the side of the housing in which the cassette receiving chamber is formed, and an operating knob for the dial is disposed in the upper edge of this side.