Patents by Inventor Vittorio Pera

Vittorio Pera has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Actuating device for the advancement of the tape in a cassette-type tape recording/playback apparatus
    Patent number: 4291348
    Abstract: A cassette-type tape recording/playback apparatus comprising two flywheels driven by a motor, which rotate in opposite directions, each of the flywheels having a capstan integral and coaxial with it, each capstan regulating respectively the speed of advancement of the tape in one or in the other direction by effect of the pressure exerted by a respective pressure roller against the tape which is pushed against the capstan by the pressure roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1981
    Assignee: Autovox S.p.A.
    Inventor: Vittorio Pera
  • Actuating device for the advancement of the tape in a cassette-type tape recording/playback apparatus
    Patent number: 4283746
    Abstract: An actuating device for the advancement of the tape in a cassett-type tape recording and playing apparatus of the type in which reading of the tape by the magnetic recording/playing head takes place during tape feed in one direction or the other. The main elements which form the device are a slider, supports for pressure rollers, a guide, a rocking arm, a latch, and a bistable element which controls selection of transmission of motion to the hub carrying disks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1981
    Assignee: Autovox S.p.A.
    Inventor: Vittorio Pera
  • Device for inserting and ejecting a cassette in a cassette-type tape recorder/playback apparatus
    Patent number: 4259701
    Abstract: A device for inserting and ejecting a cassette in a tape recorder is disclosed which utilizes a sliding block for loading a torsion spring for ejection of the cassette in response to an electric control signal. The block has a rack-type toothed section for engagement with a toothed section of a drum during the movement of the block. Mechanical elements provide the loading, holding, and ejecting of the cassette in accordance with the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1981
    Assignee: Autovox S.p.A.
    Inventor: Vittorio Pera