Patent ID: 6089488
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A lock mechanism for a clutch of a reel base of a tape recorder, comprising:a fast forward gear to be simultaneously engageable with or disengageable from a pair of upper and lower reel gears of said reel base equipped with a clutch function in accordance with the action of a head mount plate movable together with said reel base in such a manner that said fast forward gear is disengaged from said two reel gears of said reel base according to a forward movement of said head mount plate in a recording/reproducing mode, thus enabling said clutch function of said reel base, and said fast forward gear is simultaneously engaged with said two reel gears of said reel base according to a backward movement of said head mount plate in a fast forward mode or rewinding mode, thus locking said clutch function to disable said clutch.