CASSETTE COVER OPENING AND CLOSING SYSTEM FOR MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING EQUIPMENT Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: radio engineering. SUBSTANCE: system has cassette holder coupled with slider through pin on one side. Slider mounts drum for gripping cassette bushing. Drum functions to guide cassette during horizontal forward and backward motion of its holder. Elongated hole is provided in side surface to receive first end of cover opening member link which is held in position by means of flexible spring. Second end is linked with cover opening member that functions to turn it. Device is provided with lever designed for displacing working link end of cover opening member and with arrangement for actuating lever when cassette is setting on desired panel. Mentioned arrangement shifts lever when cassette is setting onto desired panel. Cover opening member closes the cover as soon as cassette has set onto desired panel. EFFECT: improved precision and reliability. 3 cl, 9 dwg