Claims
- 1. An adaptor for playing a magnetic tape cassette in a tape player for endless tape cartridges, comprising an adaptor housing whose horizontal width and depth dimensions and peripheral shape adjacent the bottom thereof are substantially the same as that of the endless tape cartridge and having substantially a "U" shaped profile in vertical side elevation providing an intermediate upwardly opening well for receiving a magnetic tape cassette flanked by front and rear housing portions transversely spanning the adaptor, a tape driving capstan in the housing for driving the cassette tape, capstan drive means for selectively driving said capstan from the tape drive of the cartridge player including a pivoted power takeoff lever having a rotatable wheel means carried thereby movable to driven and non-driven positions to couple and decouple the same with said tape drive, a function control lever pivoted in said housing having an end portion movable to and from a position relative to said takeoff lever to position the same at said non-driven position and release it to assume said driven position, positioning means releasably restraining said function lever at Play and Stop positions, an elongated automatic stop tape sensor lever rotatable about a pivot post within the housing have a sensor tip formation at one end thereof engaging the cassette tape and activated thereby when the tape is fully unwound from the supply reel of the cassette to force the sensor lever to a stop position, and means engaged by a second end of said sensor lever at an end thereof opposite said one end responsive to movement of said sensor lever to said stop position to activate said positioning means when restraining said function lever at Play position and effect pivotal shifting of the function lever to Stop position.
- 2. An adaptor for playing a magnetic tape cassette in cartridge type tape players as defined in claim 1, wherein said rotatable wheel means is a first pulley mounted on and adjacent an end portion of said takeoff lever, and said capstan drive means including a capstan pulley having an associated flywheel, and a drive belt trained about said capstan pulley and said first pulley on said takeoff lever.
- 3. An adaptor for playing a magnetic tape cassette in a cartridge type tape player as defined in claim 2, wherein said positioning means releasably restraining said function lever at Play and Stop positions comprises a pivoted stop lever having detent means coactive with shaped surfaces on said function control lever to restrain the latter in either of said Play and Stop positions, and means movable by said sensor lever into force deriving relation to a powered source to shift the stop lever to function control lever releasing position.
- 4. An adaptor for playing a magnetic tape cassette in a cartridge type tape player as defined in claim 2, wherein said positioning means releasably restraining said function lever at Play and Stop position comprises a pivoted stop lever having detent means coactive with shaped surfaces on said function control lever to restrain the latter in either of said Play and Stop positions, said stop lever having contact means engageable with a moving surface of said capstan drive means to derive driving force from said capstan drive means supplying the force for moving said stop lever to release said positioning means releasably restraining said function lever.
- 5. An adaptor for playing a magnetic tape cassette in a cartridge type tape player as defined in claim 4, wherein said means supplying the force for moving said stop lever to release the detenting means comprising a trip lever having a first shaped portion engageable by a portion of said tape sensor lever and a second shaped portion to engage a moving portion of said capstan drive means and apply moving force therefrom to said stop lever to move the latter to release the detenting means.
- 6. An adaptor for playing a magnetic tape cassette in a cartridge type tape player as defined in claim 2, including a takeup reel spool and clutch assembly for driving the takeup reel of the cassette, and said drive belt extending into driven engagement with a wheel portion of said takeup reel spool and clutch assembly for driving the takeup reel spool.
- 7. An adaptor for playing a magnetic tape cassette in a cartridge type tape player as defined in claim 6, wherein said positioning means releasably restraining said function lever at Play and Stop positions comprises a pivot stop lever having detent means coactive with shaped surfaces on said function control lever to restrain the latter in either of said Play and Stop positions, and means movable by said sensor lever into force deriving relation to a powered source to shift the stop lever to function control lever releasing position.
- 8. An adaptor for playing a magnetic tape cassette in a cartridge type tape player as defined in claim 6, wherein said positioning means releasably restraining said function lever at Play and Stop positions comprises a pivoted stop lever having detent means coactive with shaped surfaces on said function control lever to restrain the latter in either of said Play and Stop positions, said stop lever having contact means engageable with a moving surface of said capstan drive means to derive driving force from said capstan drive means supplying the force for moving said stop lever to release said positioning means releasably restraining said function lever.
- 9. An adaptor for playing a magnetic tape cassette in a cartridge type tape player as defined in claim 8, wherein said means supplying the force for moving said stop lever to release the detenting means comprising a trip lever having a first shaped portion engageable by a portion of said tape sensor lever and a second shaped portion to engage a moving portion of said capstan drive means and apply moving force therefrom to said stop lever to move the latter to release the detenting means.
- 10. An adaptor for playing a magnetic tape cassette in a cartridge type tape player as defined in claim 8, wherein said housing includes an end-of-tape indicator light visible from in front of the adaptor, and electrical circuit means deriving electrical power from rhe cartridge player energized upon and responsive to the cassette tape being fully driven to unwound condition to illuminate said indicator light.
- 11. An adaptor for playing a magnetic tape cassette in a cartridge type tape player as defined in claim 6, wherein said housing includes an end-of-tape indicator light visible from in front of the adaptor, and electrical circuit means deriving electrical power from the cartridge player energized upon and responsive to the cassette tape being fully driven to unwound condition to illuminate said indicator light.
- 12. An adaptor for playing a magnetic tape cassette in a cartridge type tape player as defined in claim 1, wherein said positioning means releasably restraining said function lever at Play and Stop positions comprises a pivoted stop lever having detent means coactive with shaped surfaces on said function control lever to restrain the latter in either of said Play and Stop positions, and means movable by said sensor lever into force deriving relation to a powered source to shift the stop lever to function control lever releasing position.
- 13. An adaptor for playing a magnetic tape cassette in a cartridge type tape player as defined in claim 12, wherein said housing includes an end-of-tape indicator light visible from in front of the adaptor, and electrical circuit means deriving electrical power from the cartridge player energized upon and responsive to the cassette tape being fully driven to unwound condition to illuminate said indicator light.
- 14. An adaptor for playing a magnetic tape cassette hn a cartridge type tape player as defined in claim 12, wherein said housing includes an anti-trap protective clip member having an elongated blade-like tongue hinged at its rearmost end about a horizontal axis to said rear housing portion and extending forwardly therefrom across a major portion of the front-to-rear span of said well, and means disposing said tongue at a distance above the bottom of said well to engage and hold any door closure for the cartridge-receiving well of the tape player.
- 15. An adaptor for playing a magnetic tape cassette in a cartridge type tape player as defined in claim 1, wherein said positioning means releasably restraining said function lever at Play and Stop positions comprises a pivoted stop lever having detent means coactive with shaped surfaces on said function control lever to restrain the latter in either of said Play and Stop positions, said stop lever having contact means engageable with a moving surface of said capstan drive means to derive driving force from said capstan drive means supplying the force for moving said stop lever to release said positioning means releasably restraining said function lever.
- 16. An adaptor for playing a magnetic tape cassette in a cartridge type tape player as defined in claim 15, wherein said housing includes an end-of-tape indicator light visible from in front of the adaptor, and electrical circuit means deriving electrical power from the cartridge player energized upon and responsive to the cassette tape being fully driven to unwound condition to illuminate said indicator light.
- 17. An adaptor for playing a magnetic tape cassette in a cartridge type tape player as defined in claim 15, wherein said housing includes an anti-trap protective clip member having an elongated blade-like tongue hinged at its rearmost end about a horizontal axis to said rear housing portion and extending forwardly therefrom across a major portion of the front-to-rear span of said well, and means disposing said tongue at a distance above the bottom of said well to engage and hold any door closure for the cartridge-receiving well of the tape player.
- 18. An adaptor for playing a magnetic tape cassette in a cartridge type tape player as defined in claim 15, wherein said means supplying the force for moving said stop lever to release the detenting means comprising a trip lever having a first shaped portion engageable by a portion of said tape sensor lever and a second shaped portion to engage a moving portion of said capstan drive means and apply moving force therefrom to said stop lever to move the latter to release the detenting means.
- 19. An adaptor for playing a magnetic tape cassette in a cartridge type tape player as defined in claim 1, wherein said housing includes an end-of-tape indicator light visible from in front of the adaptor, and electrical circuit means deriving electrical power from rhe cartridge player energized upon and responsive to the cassette tape being fully driven to unwound condition to illuminate said indicator light.
- 20. An adaptor for playing a magnetic tape cassette in a cartridge type tape player as defined in claim 1, wherein said housing includes an anti-trap protective clip member having an elongated blade-like tongue hinged at its rearmost end about a horizontal axis to said rear housing portion and extending forwardly therefrom across a major portion of the front-to-rear span of said well, and means disposing said tongue at a distance above the bottom of said well to engage and hold any door closure for the cartridge-receiving well of the tape player.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 809,834, filed Dec. 12, 1985, now abandoned which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 494,417, filed May 13,1983 now abandoned.
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Continuations (2)
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