Tape recorder with stop detecting mechanism

摘要

A tape recorder wherein stopping of a reel receiving member in a reproduction or recording operating mode of the tape recorder is detected assuredly to activate a particular mechanism of the tape recorder such as an automatic stopping mechanism or an automatic reversing mechanism without a high contacting pressure of a pinch roller to a capstan while assuring a high stability of running of a tape. The tape recorder comprises a detecting member frictionally engaged with the reel receiving member so that while the reel receiving member is rotating, the detecting member produces an urging force in a direction. When the tape recorder is in a reproduction or recording operating mode, the urging force moves an operating member away from a locus of an engaging portion of a rotary member connected to the reel receiving member, but upon stopping of the reel receiving member, the urging force disappears so that the engaging portion will be engaged with and move the operating member thereby to activate such a particular mechanism. But when the tape recorder is in any other operating mode, the operating member is held away from the locus of the engaging portion of the rotary member.