Patent ID: 6781788
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A video recorder housing having a main-and-auxiliary pivoting gate assembly to open and close a cassette slot for inserting and removing a videocassette from a video recorder, said assembly comprising a main gate and an auxiliary gate; wherein said housing has horizontal pins and above said cassette slot; wherein said main gate is mounted for rotation about said horizontal pins, said main gate being spring-biased toward its closing position; wherein said main gate has a sub-horizontal pin located apart from said horizontal pin; and wherein said sub-horizontal pin and an inverted L-shaped lever are both operatively connected to control the degree of opening of said auxiliary gate, said auxiliary gate being spring-biased toward its closing position, and being rotatable about said sub-horizontal pin while said inverted L-shaped lever rolls on a ceiling of said housing.