Patent ID: 6565030
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A tape simulator built in a cassette tape type digital audio/video device retrievable with a cassette deck player and for having the tape simulator recognized as a cassette tape normally operating by having the cassette deck player recognize as if a magnetic tape traveled at a constant linear speed in order for the cassette deck player to normally operate as reproducing voice/video digital signals recorded in the device in use of the cassette deck player, comprising:left and right reel hubs inserted into driving reels on both sides of the cassette deck player to be rotated by the driving reels, mounted to be capable of running idle on both sides of a center portion of the cassette tape type digital audio/video device, having reel gears combined on the outer circumference thereof; a rotation speed attenuating means for attenuating the rotation speeds of the left and right reel hubs to at a predetermined rate by providing resistance to the left and right reel hubs rotated by the driving reels; a center gear mounted between the left and right reel hubs, meshed with the reel gears of the left and right reel hubs at the same time, and rotated by the left and right reel hubs; and a torque producing means for applying a certain friction torque to the center gear when the center gear rotates.