Magnetic tape magazine player apparatus

Claim 1

IN A TAPE HANDLING APPARATUS HAVING A DECK, A TAPE CARTRIDGE, GUIDE MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID DECK FOR SLIDABLY RECEIVING AND POSITIONING SAID TAPE CARTRIDGE ON SAID DECK, SAID TAPE CARTRIDGE HAVING A BOX-LIKE CONFIGURATION SUPPORTING A SUPPLY OF TAPE AND HAVING A FIRST AND A SECOND RECESS FORMED IN ONE END THEREOF, SAID CARTRIDGE HAVING MEANS AT SAID ONE END DEFINING A TAPE PATH ALONG SAID ONE END PAST SAID RECESSED AND OUT AN OPENING POSITIONED ADJACENT ONE CORNER OF SAID CARTRIDGE, AND TRANSDUCER SECURED TO SAID DECK AND ALIGNED WITH SAID GUIDE MEANS TO FIT IN SAID FIRST RECESS WHEN SAID CARTRIDGE IS RECEIVED BY SAID GUIDE MEANS AND TO ENGAGE THE EXTERIOR SURFACE OF THE TAPE, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING A TAKE-UP REEL FIXEDLY MOUNTED ON SAID DECK ADJACENT SAID GUIDE MEANS FOR RECEIVING SAID TAPE DIRECTING OUT SAID OPENING, A DRIVEN CAPSTAN, MEANS SUPPORTING SAID CAPSTAN FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT INTO AND OUT OF AN OPERATIVE POSITION IN SAID SECOND RECESS WHEREIN SAID CAPSTAN IS ENGAGEABLE WITH THE INNER SURFACE OF THE TAPE WHEN SAID CARTRIDGE IS RECEIVED BY SAID GUIDE MEANS, A PRESSURE ROLLER MOUNTED ON SAID DECK FOR MOVEMENT INTO AND OUT OF AN OPERATIVE POSITION ENGAGING THE TAP, MEANS ACTUATING UPON MOVEMENT OF SAID CAPSTAN SUPPORTING MEANS FOR MOVING SAID PRESSURE ROLLER, AND MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS JOINED WITH SAID CAPSTAN SUPPORTING MEANS FOR EFFECTING MOVEMENT OF SAID SUPPORTING MEANS OF SAID CAPSTAN IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS.