Reciprocating member control mechanism in tape player

Claim 1

A control mechanism for a magnetic tape playing device having a tape drive motor, forward and reverse drive reelbases, forward and reverse drive capstan shafts driven by said motor, forward and reverse drive pulleys driven by said motor, said control mechanism comprising: first drive changeover means supported to be reciprocated for selectively supplying drive power from said motor to said forward and reverse drive reelbases; second drive changeover means supported to be reciprocated for selectively engaging said forward and reverse drive capstan shafts to an inserted tape; a power takeoff pulley drive by said motor; an engagement means for selectively actuating engagement with said first and second drive changeover means; an electromagnetic plunger means; and a rotation transmitting means operable by said electromagnetic plunger means to impart the rotation from said power takeoff pulley to said engagement means, said first drive changeover means including a slider plate mounted for reciprocation, an idler plate mounted for reciprocation and coupled to be driven by said slider plate, an idler movably responsive to the position of said idler plate to be selectively interposable to couple said forward drive pulley to said forward drive reelbase or said reverse drive pulley to said reverse drive reelbase, said second drive changeover means including a pair of displaceable pinch rollers for pressing said tape against said forward and reverse drive capstan shafts respectively, a change plate mounted for reciprocation and coupled to actuate said pinch rollers selectively against their associated capstan shafts, said engagement means including an arc-shaped cam rotatably provided on a cam gear, there being formed in said slider plate and change plate elongated holes in which said cam is engaged, the width of said elongated hole being nearly equal to the radius of said can so that the arc-shaped circumferential surface of said cam is slidable along the edge portion of said elongated hole, said rotation transmitting means including a movable idler gear coupled with said plunger means and a driving gear provided on said power takeoff pulley, said idler gear being engageable with said driving gear and said cam gear when said plunger means is energized.