Patent ID: 6373804
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A CD/cassette playing mechanism including:a chassis; a compact disc (CD) playing module and a cassette playing module, both of the CD playing module and the cassette playing module being mounted on the chassis and in fixed spatial relationship to each other and the chassis, the CD playing module comprising a CD spindle for supporting and rotating a CD and a laser head for reading a CD supported by the CD spindle, the laser head being located on a laser head side of the CD spindle, and the cassette playing module comprising a compartment for receiving a cassette tape having a base, a pair of tape spindles for running a cassette tape received in the compartment, and tape playback and recording heads for reproducing sound from and recording sound on a cassette tape received in the compartment, wherein a part of the cassette playing module proximate the base of a cassette tape received in the compartment is accommodated in a space in the playing mechanism proximate to and on a side of the CD spindle other than the laser head side and directly opposite a part of a CD supported on the CD spindle in the CD playing module.