By Manual Operator Patents (Class 242/355.2)
  • Patent number: 6398144
    Abstract: There are provided a mode switching member (1)movable between a stop mode position in which a brake for braking rotation of a reel table is operated and a quick forward/rewind mode position; an energizing mechanism (3) for elastically energizing, when the mode switching member (1) is in the quick forward/rewind mode, the mode switching member (1) toward the stop mode position; a holding mechanism (6) for holding the mode switching member (1) in the quick forward/rewind mode position against energizing of the energizing mechanism (3) and a hold releasing mechanism (7) for releasing the holding state of the mode switching member (1) by the holding mechanism (6) according to a stop instruction for operating the brake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Takasaka, Hiroshi Hamabata