JPS6260741B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a tape cartridge that is capable of automatically and continuously playing back and recording a tape cartridge which rotatably houses a pair of reels on which magnetic tape can be wound. Regarding the automatic playing device, in particular, one tape cartridge is taken out from a tray in which a plurality of tape cartridges are stored, and the tape cartridge is loaded into a tape deck for playback or recording, and when the playback or recording is completed, the tape is played again. The cartridge is transferred back into the tray, and then the tray is transferred by a predetermined pitch of the tape cartridge group stored in the tray to bring the next tape cartridge to a position where it can be attached to the tape deck. The present invention relates to an automatic tape cartridge performance device in which tape cartridges are automatically replaced in sequence by repeating such operations in sequence.

Generally, in an automatic tape cartridge performance device, a system in which a plurality of tape cartridges are stacked increases the overall height of the device, so a system in which the tape cartridges are arranged side by side is preferred. In a conventional tape cartridge automatic performance device of this type, as shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 48-21883, the tape cartridge stored in the tray is located inside the surface of the device's casing, so when replacing the tape cartridge, It was inconvenient to take out the tape cartridge from the tray. Furthermore, in order to facilitate removal, it is necessary to provide a space between the tape cartridge and the casing in which a finger can be inserted, resulting in a larger drawback of increasing the size of the apparatus.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides an automatic tape cartridge performance device which eliminates the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks and is compact and allows the tape cartridge to be taken out from the tray very easily.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

This device is broadly divided into a tape cartridge exchange mechanism section and a tape deck section. Furthermore, the tape cartridge exchange mechanism section includes a tray that can store a plurality of tape cartridges (hereinafter simply referred to as cartridges) side by side, and a guide body that transfers the cartridges between the tray and the tape deck section. , means for driving the cartridge so that the cartridge moves between the tray and the tape deck section, and driving the tray by a predetermined pitch of the cartridge for each cycle of the automatic loading operation of the cartridge to the tape deck section. It consists of the means to do. Further, the tape deck section includes a means for running the magnetic tape in a cartridge mounted thereon at a predetermined speed, a magnetic head for recording on the tape, or playing back from the tape.

The configuration of this device will be described in more detail below with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 2 is an operation panel provided on the front side of the device, and this has an opening 3 at a height that allows only the cartridge in a shorter position to pass through for cartridge exchange. It has a lid that covers this opening, and an auxiliary lid that is detachable from the operation panel 2 and covers the opening into which a cleaning tape cartridge for removing dirt and the like from each head is inserted and removed. In addition, the operation panel 2 is used to load cartridges from the tray 28 to the deck 1.
30, each operation button 11 to improve the functions of this device, a power switch button 12 to turn on/off the power, an eject button 14 to replace the cartridge, and a Output volume 1 to control the signal
6. A microphone terminal 20 and a microphone volume 18 for controlling signals from the microphone are provided. Although the operation panel 2 is provided in view of the appearance of the device, it is considered that it is integrated with one side surface that forms the opening of the casing 22.

In FIGS. 2, 3, and 5, 28 is a tray, and this tray 28 is placed on a guide shaft 26 provided on the tray substrate 24, and is slidable in the left and right directions in FIG. It is becoming more and more guided by. The tray 28 is provided with a large number of partition ribs 31, forming a substantially small chamber 29 in which a plurality of cartridges 132 containing magnetic tapes can be accommodated. This substantially small chamber 29 is configured so that only the cartridge 132 in a shorter posture can enter and exit, and furthermore, by turning the opening 134 of the cartridge 132 downward, it can be inserted into the substantially small chamber 29 of the tray 28, When the opening 134 of the cartridge 132 is directed upward, the cartridge 132 cannot be inserted into the small chamber 29. A magnet 52 is installed on the upper surface of the tray 28 to turn on a reed switch group 54, which will be described later. Further, a tray pin 30 for driving the tray 28 is provided on the lower surface of the tray 28, and a tray pin 30 for driving the tray 28 is provided on the guide shaft 26.
A tray roller 32 is provided at a position facing a tray support plate 34 for slidingly guiding the tray and a pull-out roller 112, which will be described later.

Next, the members constituting the means 35 for intermittently driving the tray will be explained. Figure 2, Figure 3,
In FIG. 5, below the tray 28 is a tray drive motor 36 for sliding the tray 28 left and right, a tray drive cam 48 for intermittently driving the tray 28, and a tray drive cam 48 for decelerating the rotation from the tray drive motor 36. A motor pulley 38, a belt 40, a pulley 42, a worm gear 44, and a worm wheel 4, which transmit the information to the tray drive cam 48.
6 is provided on the tray substrate 24, and the tray drive motor 36 and motor pulley 38, the worm gear 44 and worm pulley 42, and the worm wheel 46 and tray drive cam 48 are configured to rotate integrally. Further, the tray drive cam 48 is provided with a cam groove 50 that fits into a tray pin 30 provided on the lower surface of the tray 28. . The tray drive cam 48 also includes a switch (not shown) that turns off the voltage applied to the tray drive motor 36 in order to stop the tray drive motor 36 from rotating every time the tray drive cam 48 rotates once. ) are in contact.

Next, one of the cartridges 132 in the tray 28
The members constituting the means 81 for driving the cartridge to transfer the cartridges from the tray 28 will be explained. In Figures 2, 3, and 4, 7
Reference numeral 8 denotes a transfer board mounted on the casing 22 for installing the members constituting the transfer means 81. Reference numeral 80 denotes a regulation plate, which is connected to the transfer board 78.
The cartridge 13 is attached to the inside surface 23 of the side surface having the opening of the housing 22.
This restricts the left and right movement in FIG. 2 of FIG. 82 is a reversible transfer motor that transfers the cartridge 132;
A motor pulley 84 is attached to the shaft of No. 2 so as to rotate integrally therewith. 90 is a worm gear, and this worm gear 90 has a pulley 88.
A belt 8 is installed between the motor pulley 84 and the pulley 88 so that they rotate together.
6 is applied, and the rotation of the transfer motor 82 is transmitted to the worm gear 90. 98 is a transfer lever, and this transfer lever 98 is rotatably supported on a fixed shaft 92 mounted on the transfer board 78, and the right end in FIG. 3 is connected to the plunger 124 of the solenoid 122, and the left end An engaging bending portion 99 is provided at. 94 is a large gear, and a worm wheel 9 is integrally formed with this large gear 94.
6 is rotatably fitted to the fixed shaft 92 and always meshes with the worm gear 90. A boss 101 is also formed near the left end of the transfer lever 98, and a transfer shaft 104 is rotatably inserted through the boss 101. On the transfer shaft 104, there is a transfer gear 10 in which a transfer roller 100 for transferring the cartridge and the large gear 94 are constantly meshed.
2 is fixed. Furthermore, the transfer lever 98
The transfer lever spring 120 always applies rotational force in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. A pull-out lever 106 is rotatably attached to the transfer shaft 104, and a pull-out lever spring 118 always applies rotational force in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. Above drawer lever 1
An intermediate shaft 110 is installed approximately in the center of 06, and an intermediate gear 108, which is always in mesh with the transfer gear, is rotatably fitted onto the intermediate shaft 110.
Further, another boss 113 is formed near the left end of the pull-out lever 106 shown in FIG.
A pull-out shaft 116 is rotatably inserted through 13. The pull-out shaft 116 has a pull-out roller 11 for pulling out the cartridge 132 from the tray 28.
2 and a pull-out gear 114 that is always in mesh with the intermediate gear 108 is fixed. Further, the pull-out lever 106 is provided with an engaging portion 107,
The transfer lever 98 is engaged with an engaging bent portion 99 provided on the transfer lever 98, and is stopped at a predetermined position from being rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 3 by the pull-out lever spring 118. There is. Therefore, the rotation of the transfer motor 82 is controlled by the motor pulley 84,
It is transmitted to the transfer roller 100 via the pulley 88, worm gear 90, worm wheel 96, large gear 94, and transfer gear 102, and further from the transfer gear 102 to the extraction roller 112 via the intermediate gear 108 and the extraction gear 114. Further, the transfer roller 100 and the pull-out roller 112 are preferably rubber rollers in order not to damage the cartridge 132 and to transfer the cartridge 132 with sufficient frictional driving force. The solenoid 122 operates at a predetermined time, that is, when the tray 2
8 is driven, the transfer lever 98 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 3 to a position where the pull-out roller 112 does not come into contact with the cartridge 132 in the tray 28. Reference numeral 126 denotes a guide body, which guides the tray 28 and the tape deck 13.
The cartridge 132 pulled out from the tray 28 is placed between the tape decks 13 and 13.
Guide the movement until it is installed on the 0. A guide roller 127 is located at a position opposite to the transfer roller 100.
has been established. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the transfer motor 82 and the tray drive motor 36 rotate the tray drive motor 36 in a tray drive motor drive circuit 37 to move the tray 28 to a predetermined position. The transfer motor 82 is rotated by a transfer motor drive circuit 83 using a changeover switch 162, so that the tray drive motor 36 and the transfer motor 82 are not rotated at the same time.

Next, the members constituting the means for reciprocating and reversing the tray 28 will be explained.
2 and 4, 54 is a reed switch group, and this reed switch group 54 is installed above the tray 28, and the reed switch group 54 is installed above the tray 28.
It consists of a plurality of reed switches that are turned on by magnets 52 provided on the top surface of the reed switch, and a mounting plate 55 that fixes the reed switches. At the left end of the mounting plate 55, a first position reed switch 56 is located at a position corresponding to the magnet 52 provided on the upper surface of the tray 28 when the tray 28 is at the left end, and at the right end of the mounting plate 55 is a first position reed switch 56. When the tray 28 is at the rightmost end, there is a second position reed switch 66 at a position corresponding to the magnet 52 provided on the upper surface of the tray 28, and a final cartridge 132 (the leftmost cartridge in the tray 28). Reed switch 60 to detect
A cartridge 132 (the first cartridge) stored at the rightmost end in the tray 28 can be transferred to the tape deck 130. A three-position reed switch 58 and a reed switch 60a are each fixed. The tray 28 normally moves between the second position reed switch 66 and the third position reed switch 58, and at a predetermined time, the cartridge 132 stored in the tray 28 is pulled out from the tray 28 and attached to the tape deck 130. After the reproduction or recording of the magnetic tape in the cartridge 132 is completed, the cartridge 132 is removed from the tape deck 130 and stored in the tray 28 again. The second position reed switch 66 and the third position reed switch 58 each reverse the rotation of the tray drive motor 36 so that the tray 28 is moved in the opposite direction to the direction in which it was previously moving. The tray 28 is sequentially and intermittently driven between the second position reed switch 66 and the third position reed switch 58. In addition, the first position reed switch 5
6 is when ejecting, that is, the above cartridge 13
When replacing the tray 28, the tray drive motor 36 is stopped from rotating after the tray 28 moves to the left end position indicated by the broken line in FIG. Here, when the magnet 52 of the tray 28 is located under the first position reed switch 56, that is, the position where the cartridge 132 is loaded into the tray 28 is the first position, and the second position is under the reed switch 66. In other words, the position where the final cartridge 132 in the tray 28 can be transferred to the tape deck 130 is set to the second position.
The third position The position below the reed switch 58, that is, the position where the first cartridge 132 in the tray 28 can be transferred to the tape deck 130 will be referred to as a third position.

Next, the members constituting the means for pushing the cartridge 132 in the tray 28 out of the housing 22 will be explained. In FIG. 4, link pins 156 are rotatably attached to a support shaft 154, and link pins 156 are arranged at approximately 90° intervals on a fan plate 156 centered on the support shaft 154.
50 and a spring hook pin 152 are fixed. The link 146 is connected to the link pin 150 and the push lever 1.
It is rotatably connected to a pin 146 fixed to 36. The extrusion spring 148 is attached to the spring hook pin 1
52 and the extrusion lever 136, and the extrusion lever 136 is viewed from the arrow (D) about the support shaft
It is designed to always give rotational force in the direction. The push-out shaft 138 is fixed to the upper end of the push-out lever 136, and at a predetermined position restricts the movement of the cartridge 132 housed in the tray 28 to the left in FIG. ) When rotating in the direction, the above cartridge 132 is viewed from the arrow (E).
It is designed to be pushed out of the casing 22 by pushing in the direction. However, the cleaning cartridge at the right end of the tray 28 shown in FIG. 5 is not pushed out. When the push-out lever 136 is at a predetermined position, an engaging portion 174 provided at the tip of the locking lever 170 is engaged with a protrusion 157 provided on the fan plate 156, so that the push-out lever 136 is held at the predetermined position. When the tray 28 moves to the left, the locking lever 170 is moved to the left against the biasing force of the biasing spring 172. The engagement between the engaging portion 174 and the fan plate 156 is released, and the pushing lever 13 is moved by the urging force of the pushing spring 148.
6 is rotated in the direction of arrow D in FIG.

Next, the configuration of the tape deck will be described. The tape deck 130 is fixed to the rear part of the set chassis 22 at the center thereof, and the tape deck uses a so-called slot-in type. This slot-twin system is a system in which when a cartridge is inserted into a holder equipped on the tape deck, the cartridge is automatically sucked and installed in a predetermined position.
The tape deck has a tape running means for running the tape in the cartridge, a recording or reproducing head, an erasing head, and the like. This tape running means is composed of suitable means such as a reel stand, a capstan, and a pinch roller.
The tape is configured so that the running direction of the tape can be changed so that the tape can be run in the forward or reverse direction for recording or reproducing on the forward or backward path of the tape. For example, the direction of rotation may be reversed by changing the polarity of a tape drive motor (not shown) installed in the tape deck 130 based on sensing by a detection means installed in the tape deck. . Therefore, the tape deck 130 runs the tape in the forward direction to perform recording or playback, and then detects the arrival of the end of the tape, and based on this, reverses the tape run to record or play back in the reverse direction. I'm starting to do that. In addition, although I used a slot-in type tape deck above,
It can be easily inferred that the purpose can be achieved by using a tape deck that operates in a similar manner. The gist of the present invention is how to sequentially attach cartridges to a tape deck.
Therefore, drawings and explanations of the specific structure of the tape deck, such as the tape running means, each head, holder, and means for reversing the running of the tape, are omitted here.

Next, a series of operations of this device will be explained. Tray 2
8 is in the first position shown in FIG. When the cartridge 132 is inserted with the opening 134 facing downward, one side of the cartridge 132 comes into contact with the push shaft 138 of the push lever 136, and the cartridge 132 is inserted into the tray 28 with a portion remaining outside the housing 22. It will be stored. When the tape cartridge 132 is further pushed in the direction opposite to the direction of arrow (E) shown in FIG. 4 from the above state,
The pushing lever 136 is rotated in the direction opposite to the direction of arrow (D), and at the time of this rotation, the fan plate 156 is rotated, and the engaging portion 174 of the locking lever 170 is locked to the projection 157 thereof. Therefore, the cartridge 132 is stored at a predetermined position within the tray 28. When the start button 10 is pressed in this state, the tray drive motor 36 rotates to move the tray 28 from the first position to the third position. At this time, the solenoid 122 shown in FIG. 3 is also energized and the plunger 12
4 is sucked downward, the transfer lever 98 is rotated clockwise, so that the pull-out roller 112 does not come into contact with the cartridge 132 in the tray 28 when the tray 28 is moved. When the tray 28 finishes moving to the third position, the tray drive motor 36 stops rotating, the solenoid 122 is energized, and the pull-out roller 112 is moved to the side opposite to the opening of the cartridge 132. is brought into contact with. Then, the changeover switch 162 is reversed, so the transfer motor 82 rotates.
Its rotation consists of a motor pulley 84, a belt 86, a pulley 88, a worm gear 90, and a worm wheel 9.
6, large gear 94, transfer gear 102, transfer shaft 104
The transfer roller 100 is rotated counterclockwise via the transfer gear 102 to the intermediate gear 1.
08, the pull-out roller 112 is rotated counterclockwise in the same direction as the transfer roller 100 via the pull-out gear 114 and the pull-out shaft 116. Therefore, the pull-out roller 112 pulls out the cartridge 132 from within the tray 28 and transfers it to the transfer roller 1.
00, the cartridge 132 is guided by the guide body 126 and moved to the transfer roller 100.
It is inserted into the tape deck 130 and mounted.
The cartridge 132 is connected to the tape deck 13.
0, a detection switch (not shown) is turned on and the transfer roller 100 stops rotating. The magnetic tape in the cartridge 132 mounted on the tape deck 130 is first run in the forward direction, and the outward path of the tape is recorded or played back. In this way, when the magnetic tape reaches the end in the forward direction, this end is sensed and a known tape running reversing means is activated to immediately run the magnetic tape in the opposite direction to the forward direction, thereby causing the magnetic tape to Record or play back the return trip. When the magnetic tape reaches the end of its run in the reverse direction, the arrival of this end is sensed. This sensing method may use any conventional tape end sensing means, such as detecting the stoppage of rotation of the reel stand or sensing a conductive foil provided at the end of the magnetic tape. The sensing means causes the cartridge 132 mounted on the tape deck 130 to be detached from the tape deck 130 by the detaching means, and the transfer roller 1
00. Further, the sensing means causes the transfer motor 82 to rotate in a direction opposite to that described above, that is, in a clockwise direction in FIG. 3, so that the transfer roller 100 rotates. Therefore,
The cartridge 132 is guided by the guide body 126 and comes into contact with the pull-out roller 112, and is stored in a predetermined position on the tray 28 by the pull-out roller 112. When it is detected that the cartridge 132 is stored in the tray 28, the changeover switch 162 is switched as shown in FIG. 7, and the transfer motor 82 stops rotating. Then, as the tray drive motor 36 starts rotating, the solenoid 122 is also energized to attract the plunger 124, and the tray 28 is moved in the forward direction by one pitch of the cartridge 132. After the movement is completed, the tray drive motor 36 The above solenoid 12
Power to 2 is cut off.

This completes one cartridge 132 using this device.
This means that the performance of the cartridge 13 has ended, but the cartridge 13 is loaded one after another while repeating this operation cycle.
2 is automatically replaced and the performance continues. Along with this, the tray 28 gradually moves to the right in FIG. As a result, the second position reed switch 66 is turned on. When the second position reed switch is turned on, the tray drive motor 36 is rotated so as to move the tray 28 in a direction opposite to the forward direction, that is, to the left in FIG. When the tray 28 moves in the reverse direction, the tray 28 moves to the left in FIG. 5, but the cartridge 132 in the tray 28 is not attached to or detached from the tape deck 130, and the third position reed switch 58 is turned on. and stop. Then, by pressing the start button 10 again, the above operation is repeated.

Next, when the eject button 14 shown in FIG. 1 is pressed, no matter where the tray 28 is located,
When the cartridge 132 is attached to the tape deck 130 or when the cartridge 132 is located between the tray 28 and the tape deck 130, the cartridge 132 is
8, the tray 28 is moved by the tray driving means to the leftmost end in FIG. 5, that is, a position slightly beyond the first position, and then the tray 28 is returned to the first position and stopped. do.
Therefore, when the tray 28 reaches a position slightly beyond the first position, the locking of the fan plate 156 is released, and the push lever 136 is connected to the fan plate 156 by the link 146. Push-out spring 1
The tray 2 is rotated in the direction of arrow (D) by the urging force of 48.
A plurality of cartridges 132 housed in the housing 4 are simultaneously moved in the direction of the arrow (E) with the extrusion shaft 138.
Extrude a predetermined amount outside. However, the cartridge 13 containing cleaning at the right end of the tray 28
Only 2 is not extruded. The cartridge 132 containing the cleaning tape can be replaced by removing it from the opening 3 of the operation panel 2 shown in FIG. 1 when the tray 28 is at the stop position.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the tray is automatically stopped after one reciprocation of the tray, but it is easily analogous that the tray can be repeatedly reciprocated many times for long-term automatic playback (automatic repeat performance). Can be done.

Further, in the above embodiment, when the tray is moved in the forward direction, the tape in the cartridge is run in the forward direction for recording or playback, and then immediately the running direction of the tape is reversed and the tape is run in the reverse direction for recording or playback. I tried playing it and then stored the cartridge in the tray, but
In addition to this, when the tray is first moved in the forward direction, the tape in the cartridge is run only in the forward direction and only the outward path is played or recorded, and then the cartridge is removed from the tape deck and returned to the tray and stored. While repeating this operation, the tray moves the cartridge one pitch at a time in the forward direction and completes the process. After that, the tray moves to the third position, where the cartridge can be attached to and removed from the tape deck. quickly returned in the opposite direction. Next, when the tray is moved again in the forward direction, the tape in the cartridge is moved in the opposite direction to the forward direction, and the tray is moved twice in the forward direction so that recording or playback can be performed on the return trip. It can be easily inferred that by recording or reproducing the reciprocating path of the tape in the cartridge housed in the tray.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, when the tray is moved in the forward direction, the tape in the cartridge is run in the forward and reverse directions for recording or playback, and then the cartridge is returned to the tray and stored in such a manner. While repeating the operation, the tray moves the cartridge one pitch at a time in the forward direction and completes the stroke, and then the tray moves in the reverse direction until it reaches the third position without attaching or removing the cartridge to or from the tape deck. However, in addition to this, when moving the tray in the opposite direction, the cartridge is attached to the tape deck and the tape in the cartridge is run in the forward and reverse directions for recording or playback. After that, store the cartridge in the tray,
While repeating these operations, the tray is moved one cartridge pitch at a time in the opposite direction, and is then returned to the third position by being sent in the forward and reverse directions. ,
It can be easily inferred that the reciprocating path of a tape in a cartridge stored in a tray is recorded or played back.

As described above, according to the present invention, a plurality of tape cartridges each containing a pair of reels for winding a magnetic tape are housed side by side so that the rotation axes of the reels are horizontal, and the tape cartridges are arranged horizontally so that the rotation axes of the reels are horizontal. a tray capable of horizontally moving the magnetic tape; a tape deck for playing back or recording the magnetic tape in the tape cartridge; tape cartridge transport means for removing the tape cartridge from the tape deck and storing it in the tray again after the reproduction or recording of the magnetic tape is completed; and a tray drive for horizontally moving the tray. means for storing and holding the tray, the tape deck, the tape cartridge transporting means, and the tray driving means therein, and for loading the tape cartridge into the tray located at one of the two positions. A housing having an opening, and tape cartridge pushing means for pushing at least a part of the tape cartridge in the tray out of the housing through the opening, and when replacing the tape cartridge, the tape cartridge is pushed out of the housing. Since the tape cartridge is pushed out from inside the tray to the outside of the casing by the tape cartridge pushing means, the tape cartridge in the tray can be easily taken out even if the casing is made compact. Since the tape cartridge pushing means can be operated only when the tape cartridge is in the normal position, malfunctions can be prevented. Furthermore, when the tray moves to a fixed position, the tape cartridge in the tray is automatically pushed out of the housing by elastic force, so that the tape cartridge can be replaced extremely quickly and easily. It is something. Furthermore, since a tape cartridge containing a cleaning tape is inserted at the beginning of the tray, the tape cartridge containing a cleaning tape is attached to the tape deck by the tape cartridge transporting means, and the tape cartridge is loaded onto the tape deck. Since the magnetic head of the device is automatically cleaned, the operator is freed from the difficult task of cleaning the magnetic head located deep inside the device with a cotton swab, etc., and also when replacing the tape cartridge containing the cleaning tape. In this case, the extrusion means is configured to prevent the tape cartridge containing the cleaning tape from being pushed out of the housing, so that when replacing the tape cartridge, the operator may accidentally push the tape cartridge containing the cleaning tape into the magnetic tape. It has the excellent feature of preventing accidents such as replacing the tape cartridge with a built-in tape cartridge. Furthermore, since the lid for opening and closing the opening is opened in conjunction with the extrusion operation of the tape cartridge extrusion means, at least a portion of the tape cartridge can be extruded out of the housing, and the tape cartridge can be replaced. This is advantageous because it can be done quickly.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a front view of its external appearance, FIG. 2 is a plan view with the case removed, and FIG. 3 is a line taken along line GG in FIG.
A side sectional view along the line, Figure 4 is H in Figure 2.
-A side sectional view taken along the line H, Fig. 5 is a front sectional view of the main part taken along the line I-I in Fig. 2, Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the tape cartridge used in this device, and Fig. 7 is an electric circuit diagram for driving a motor. 2... Operation panel, 22... Housing, 28... Tray, 35... Tray drive means, 52... Magnet, 54... Reed switch group, 81... Tape cartridge transport means, 130... Tape deck, 132... Tape cartridge, 136...
Push lever, 138... Push shaft, 146... Link, 148... Push spring, 156... Fan plate, 17
0...Latching lever.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A housing having a front wall provided with an opening for taking in and out a tape cartridge rotatably housing a pair of reels on which magnetic tape can be wound; It is constructed so that a plurality of tape cartridges inserted through an opening provided in the front wall can be stored side by side so that the center of rotation of the reel is horizontal, and the tape cartridges are reciprocated in parallel directions opposite to the front wall. a tray movably held inside the casing; a tape deck disposed outside the movement locus of the tray inside the casing for playing back or recording a tape cartridge fed from the tray; , the tray is reciprocated in the horizontal direction, but when one of the plurality of tape cartridges stored in the tray is moved to a position opposite to the tape deck during the movement, the tray is stopped. a tray drive means for driving the tray; and a tape cartridge for driving the tape cartridge when one of the plurality of tape cartridges stored in the tray is transported by the tray drive means to a position facing the tape deck. The tape cartridge is fed out of the tray and transferred into the tape deck, and when the playback or recording of the tape cartridge fed into the tape deck is completed, the tape cartridge is fed out of the tape deck and transferred back into the tray. a tape cartridge transfer means, provided at a rear position of the tray inside the housing, and configured to transport a plurality of tape cartridges in the tray when the tray is at a stop position facing an opening provided in a front wall of the housing; An automatic tape cartridge performance device comprising: a tape cartridge pushing means for simultaneously pushing the tape cartridge out of the housing through the opening. 2. The tray stores and holds a tape cartridge having a built-in pair of reels for winding a magnetic tape at its leading position and a tape cartridge having a built-in pair of reels for winding a cleaning tape of the same shape. 2. The tape cartridge automatic performance device according to claim 1, wherein the cartridge pushing means is configured to prevent the tape cartridge containing the cleaning tape from being pushed out of the housing.