Holders for tape cassettes
First Claim
1. disengaging from said reel apertures..]. 2. A holder .[.according to claim 1, in which.]. .Iadd.for tape cassettes and the like, the holder comprising a housing having at least one compartment with an open front side to slidably receive a slider in the compartment, a slider in the housing and adapted to linearly transport a cassette into and out of the compartment, the slider having a cassette-engaging rear wall spaced inwardly from said open front side of the housing and the slider having an open and unobstructed front side permitting removal of the cassette from the slider by sliding movement and without tilting, stop means to limit the length of sliding movement of said slider, locking means being provided to hold the slider in its compartment against the force exerted by a spring in the housing and urging the slider into open position, and cassette reel retention members brakingly engaging into the cassette reel apertures when said slider is locked, said retention members being pivotable in a plane perpendicular to the direction of sliding in response to and upon movement of the slider into its open position thereby disengaging from said reel apertures, .Iaddend.the reel retention members are on the slider and extend toward the open front side of the housing from said rear wall, said reel retention members being pivotable within the housing to tilt out of the reel apertures, and the housing being divided by means of ribs projecting inwards from walls of the housing into two chambers, said ribs extending toward the open front side and parallel to the direction of sliding movement of the slider and cassette, the first of said chambers accommodating the cassette and the other of the chambers accommodating the tilting movement of said reel retention members as the
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Abstract
A housing with one side open to form an entrance for a tape cassette, a slider within the housing and movable toward and away from the entrance, a spring pressing the slider toward the entrance, a latch retaining the spring cassette in the housing against the pressure of said spring, reel-retaining inserts for insertion into the hub of the tape spools, the inward and outward movement relative to the spool hubs being controlled by movement of the slider in the housing, in certain instances the insert being mounted on the slider and in other instances the insert being mounted on the housing.
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9 Claims
- 1. disengaging from said reel apertures..]. 2. A holder .[.according to claim 1, in which.]. .Iadd.for tape cassettes and the like, the holder comprising a housing having at least one compartment with an open front side to slidably receive a slider in the compartment, a slider in the housing and adapted to linearly transport a cassette into and out of the compartment, the slider having a cassette-engaging rear wall spaced inwardly from said open front side of the housing and the slider having an open and unobstructed front side permitting removal of the cassette from the slider by sliding movement and without tilting, stop means to limit the length of sliding movement of said slider, locking means being provided to hold the slider in its compartment against the force exerted by a spring in the housing and urging the slider into open position, and cassette reel retention members brakingly engaging into the cassette reel apertures when said slider is locked, said retention members being pivotable in a plane perpendicular to the direction of sliding in response to and upon movement of the slider into its open position thereby disengaging from said reel apertures, .Iaddend.the reel retention members are on the slider and extend toward the open front side of the housing from said rear wall, said reel retention members being pivotable within the housing to tilt out of the reel apertures, and the housing being divided by means of ribs projecting inwards from walls of the housing into two chambers, said ribs extending toward the open front side and parallel to the direction of sliding movement of the slider and cassette, the first of said chambers accommodating the cassette and the other of the chambers accommodating the tilting movement of said reel retention members as the
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2. transport slider moves in the housing. 3. A holder according to claim 2, in which the transport slider has aligned pin extensions adjacent opposite ends of said rear wall, said pin extensions having associated with them slots in the adjacent side walls of the housing and running in the direction of movement of the slider and cassette to limit the ejection movement of the transport slider, and said pin extensions pivotally mounting the transport slider to permit tilting of the retention members
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3. into and out of the cassette reel apertures. 4. A holder according to claim 3, in which the pin extensions and slots are disposed adjacent both chambers and adjacent the ribs therebetween, and said resilient means bearing against the rear wall of the transport slider in said first chamber and in off-centre relation to the pivot axis extending through said pin extensions whereby to tilt the slider under influence of the resilient means to withdraw the retention members from the reel apertures, and means on the slider and adjacent the retention members to limit
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5. alignment with slots in the opposite wall of the housing. 6. A holder according to claim 5, in which stops are moulded on the base to limit the ejection movement of the slider in co-operation with aligned guide slots
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