Tape recorders of the cassette type

Claim 1

In a magnetic tape recorder of the cassette type comprising a mechanism provided with a suitable elastic means adapted to store energy during the first length of the cassette introduction stroke and then to release this energy both during the last length of said introduction stroke and during the necessary cassette ejection stroke, an improved mechanism for automatically controlling the introduction and "braked" ejection of the cassette, said improved mechanism comprising: a resilient guiding member adapted to perform an alternative sliding movement in parallel relationship with the introduction and ejection stroke on a supporting member placed above said cassette during said introduction and ejection stroke, wherein said supporting member has an elongated opening placed below said sliding guiding member and having a transversal straight edge and a stationary means protruding from the side edge thereof, and wherein said sliding guiding member comprises a rear pin adapted to cooperate with a cooperating member of said energy storing mechanism and a resilient member pre-bent in order to be normally bent in the path of said cassette for engaging the latter through said opening, said pre-bent member having matching protruding means adapted to engage said stationary protruding means in said opening during the alternate movement of said sliding guiding member in order to cause, together with said transversal straight edge of said opening, said elastic member to move from its pre-bent lowered position where said resilient member engages said cassette to a forced raised position where said resilient member does not engage said cassette.