Audio-visual cartridge and player

Claim 1

The combination of a cartridge player and a film cartridge, said film cartridge having two portions separated by a partition wall for accommodating therein an endless film and an endless magnetic tape mounted on a reel, respectively, a driving means, a plurality of windows formed in said film cartridge for exposing said endless film and said magnetic tape therethrough, a reflector in said cartridge for projecting light passing through said endless film, a pivoted arm, a pinch roller located in said cartridge, mounted on said pivoted arm and engageable with said driving means to drive said magnetic tape and said film, and locking means engageable with said film and tape and comprising a projection engageable with the film and comprising a pivoted arm mounted in the cartridge and engaged with said magnetic tape reel when the cartridge is not in said cartridge player and said arm engaged with said cartridge player to move it out of engagement with said reel when the cartridge is in said cartridge player for automatically locking said endless film and magnetic tape so as to maintain synchronization therebetween when the cartridge is removed from the cartridge player and said locking means being released when said cartridge is mounted into said cartridge player, said cartridge player comprising a housing, a screen provided on said housing of said cartridge player and having a longer horizontal dimension than the vertical dimension, an opening formed through said housing in such a manner that when said film cartridge is loaded through said opening into said cartridge player the partition wall of the cartridge is located parallel to the longer dimension of the screen, a light source mounted in said housing for projecting light onto said reflector provided in said film cartridge, optical means mounted in said housing for projecting light from said reflector to said screen to produce an image of said film on said screen, means for guiding said film cartridge into said cartridge player to a driving position, means for releasing said locking means of said film cartridge when said cartridge is mounted into said cartridge player by said guiding means, and film driving means which is held at a predetermined position with respect to said film when said cartridge is not driven, said film driving means and said film pinch roller gripping said film therebetween and driving the film when said film driving means is energized and further including means for locking said cartridge in said machine when said driving means is energized so that the cartridge cannot be removed.