Tape recorder

Claim 1

A tape recorder apparatus having a housing to which are mounted a magnetic head, two spaced reel shafts, means to engage said magnetic head with magnetic tape, means to drive said magnetic tape as it is engaged with said magnetic head to recore/reproduce signals, means to drive said magnetic tape at high speed, and means for changing tape feed direction, said apparatus comprising: first operating member means mounted to said housing and selectively manually movable for reciprocating relative to said housing between its rest position and an actuating point along a given line to actuate said high speed tape driving means for one reel shaft when it reaches said actuating point; second operating member means mounted to said housing and selectively manually movable for reciprocating relative to said housing between its rest position and an actuating point along a line parallel to said given line to actuate said high speed tape driving means for another reel shaft when it reaches said actuating point; resilient means to bias said first and second operating member means away from said actuating point and toward said rest position; a tape-direction changing piece mounted to said housing for pivotal and linear movement relative thereto, said first operating member means pivoting said piece, exclusive of said second operating member means, in one direction of rotation when it advances along said given line to the actuating point, said second operating member means pivoting said piece, exclusive of said first operating member means, in the other direction of rotation when it advances along said parallel line to said actuating point, said first and second operating member means when moved together to an intermediate point between the rest position and said actuating point causing said piece to linearly move parallel to said given line to actuate said means for changing tape feed direction.