Patent ID: 6204993
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A reel drive mechanism for a cassette tape player comprising:a pair of capstans, said pair of capstans providing for a respective forward rotation and a respective reverse rotation;a driving means for driving said pair of capstans in said respective forward rotation and said respective reverse rotation;a pair of reel blocks, said pair of reel blocks providing for said respective forward rotation and said respective reverse rotation;a pair of reel gears, said pair of reel gears being integrally rotated with said pair of reel blocks;a low-speed gear being integrally rotated and coaxial with one of said pair of capstans;a high-speed gear being integrally rotated and coaxial with the other of said pair of capstans; anda transmission changeover means for transmitting a driving force from said low-speed gear to one of said pair of reel gears corresponding to a direction in which a cassette tape is desired to run when said driving means is in either a forward mode position or a reverse mode position, said transmission changeover means for transmitting a driving force from said high-speed gear to the other of said pair of reel gears corresponding to a direction in which said cassette tape is fed when said driving means is in either a fast-forward mode position or a rewinding mode position.