Integral door and magnetic sheet pack holder for use in a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus

Claim 1

A magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus comprising: a body; a door which swings so as to open and close with respect to the body of the apparatus; a spindle which engages an opening of a magnetic sheet placed in the apparatus so as to rotate said magnetic sheet; a magnetic head and a head feeding means, such that said magnetic head is moved in a radial direction with respect to said magnetic sheet by said head feeding means; a pack receiving portion with an opening to receive a magnetic sheet pack rotatably containing said magnetic sheet therein, said door and said pack receiving portion being integrally formed and rotatable around a shaft, such that said door and said pack receiving portion may be swung to an open position away from said body of said apparatus and may be swung back to a closed position flush with said body, wherein the door is locked in a closed position with said body of the apparatus by a locking means after insertion of a magnetic sheet pack so that said magnetic sheet is mounted on said spindle and simultaneously said magnetic sheet is in contact with said magnetic head; said apparatus further comprising: an oscillating member rotatably supported on a second shaft extending through a hole in said pack receiving portion; wherein when said pack receiving portion and said door integrally move toward said closed position said oscillating member oscillates toward a use position wherein said magnetic sheet is in contact with said magnetic head, said oscillating member oscillating toward a non-use position when said door is in an open position wherein said magnetic head is out of contact with said magnetic sheet; and a control plate mounted on a control plate holder, said holder including a holder shaft disposed in a hole in an upper end of said oscillating member such that when said oscillating member oscillates towards a use position, said control plate holder is brought downward to cause said control plate to enter into said magnetic pack receiving portion to give access to the magnetic sheet from a side opposite the magnetic head with respect to said magnetic head such that said magnetic sheet is disposed therebetween when said oscillating member is oscillated towards said closed use position, the head control plate moving away from said pack receiving portion when said oscillating member is moved toward said open non-use position.