Appeal No. 96-2686
Application 08/224,213
The disclosed invention relates to an arrangement of a
magnetic head and the printed circuit cable in a cassette
recorder. The cable is coiled in cylindrical form around the
pivot axis of the head. The head has a translational motion
along the pivot axis, and also can pivot about the pivot axis
as the head is engaged with, and disengaged from the tape.
The arrangement of the invention facilitates for a shorter
cable and the ease of assembly of the components of the
recorder to provide for both the pivotal and the translational
movement of the head.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A magnetic cassette recorder comprising a magnetic
head which can be translated between an operating position, in
which the head cooperates with a magnetic tape in an inserted
cassette, and a withdrawn position, in which the head is clear
of an inserted cassette, and which is, moreover, pivotable
about a pivot axis between a first angular position and a
second angular position, which head is electrically connected
to stationary parts of the recorder by means of a flat
flexible multiple electrical conductor, such as a foil
carrying printed electrical conductor tracks or a flat cable,
characterized in that the conductor is arranged as a
cylindrical spiral about the pivotal axis and its end which is
remote from the head is connected directly to the stationary
parts of the recorder, so that translations of the head in the
axial direction result in the spiral being extended/compressed
and pivotal movements of the head result in the spiral being
coiled/uncoiled.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
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