CAR RADIO PROVIDED WITH DEVICES ALLOWING THE REMOTE CONTROL THEREOF

RADIO A TELECOMMANDE POUR VOITURE

English Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE:

The car radio set is provided with a telecontrol
allowing a remote control thereof, and with devices
allowing, if desired, the insertion of tapes, there being
not necessary, when operating the radio set, to actually
touch it. On the contrary, it can be located in rather
out-of reach places, so that it will be difficult to
carry it away. More particularly, the car radio set may
be fixed to the side members supporting the car seats, so
as to make it impossible to remove the radio set unless
the seat itself is removed.

Claims

The embodiments of the invention in which an
exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as
follows:
1. A car radio set comprising:
a tuner;
a tape equipment;
means for remotely controlling the tuner
without having to actually reach the radio set; and
means for inserting tapes into the tape
equipment also without having to actually reach the radio
set;
whereby the car radio set can be easily
operated by a user even when said radio set is
mounted in an area substantially difficult of reach by
said user.

2.A car radio set according to claim 1,
characterized in that it is mounted beneath a seat of the
car.

3. A car radio set according to claim 1, in
which said remotely controlling means comprise an
ultrasound remote control for adjusting the tuner.

4. A car radio set according to claim 1 or 3,
wherein said tape equipment comprises mechanical devices
allowing the listening to tapes, and wherein said tape
inserting means comprise means for positioning said
mechanical devices in such a manner as to permit to
easily set the tapes in place without actually reaching
the radio set.

5. A car radio set according to claim 1, wherein
said tape inserting means comprise means suitable to
receive a tape and to insert it in a proper seat of the
tape equipment made in the car radio set.


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6. A car radio set according to claim 5, wherein
said means to receive a tape and to insert it in the
proper seat comprise a revolving tape directed towards an
aperture through which tapes can be inserted into said
proper seat.
7. A car radio set according to claim 2, wherein
said car seat includes side members for supporting this
car seat, and wherein said radio set comprises means for
securing this radio set to said side members.




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Description

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The present invention provides a car radio set
equipped with devices allowin~ the remote control of t~e
same even when it is located in rather inaccessible places.
More particularly, although the car radio
according to the invention may be mounted in a re~essed
or even out of reach place, it can always be operated
without difficulty.
Moreover, in the case the radio set is provided
with a tape reading e~uipment, there are provided means
allowing the insertion of tapes even though the car xadio
set is located in places dificult to reach.
It is well known that car radios and tape
reading equipments for cars have reached nowadays high
technology levels~ and that they allow a sound repro-
duction of ever increasing fidelity. The use of integratedcircuits allows the manufacture of digital tuning or
frequency synthesis car radios, while at the same time,
thanks to the miniaturization of the components, it is
possible to fill the restricted available space with an
ever greater number of accessories.
The most perfected car radio models are vexy
expensive, which worsens in all respects the consequences
of thefts, if any. It would therefore be advisable to
locate the equipment in a hidden place, or at least where
it cannot be easily removedO The problem to be solved, in
this case, consists in the difficulty of easily reaching
the controls of the radio set and inserting the tapes one
wishes to listen to.
To satisfactorily cope with this problem, there
is provided, in accordance with the present invention,
a car radio set comprising:
a tuner;
a tape equipment;
means for remotely controlling the tuner
without having to actually reach the radio set; and

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means ~or inserting tapes into the tape
equipment also without having to actually reach the radio
set;
whereby the car radio set can be easily opera~ed
by a user even when this radio set is mounted in an
area substantially difficult of reach by the user.
The tuner may be remotely controlled by means
of an ultrasound control, and the car radio set according
to the invention may be easily fastened to the side members
Of a car seat in such a manner that lt is impossible to
carry the radio set away unless the seat itself is removed.
The ob~ects, advantages and other features of
the present invention will become more apparent from the
following non-restrictive description of a preferred
embodiment thereof, made with reference to the accompanying
drawings, wherein:
F~gure 1 is a perspective, schematic view of
a car radio set according to the invention, mounted beneath
a seat;
Figure 2 is a perspective view of a control for
the car radio set according to the invention;
Figure 3 is a block diagram of the components of
the car radio set according to the invention.
With reference to Figure 1, the car radio set
according to the invention comprises a tuner 1, of the
electronic tuning type, or, preferably, of the frequency
synthesis type. The controls of the tuner 1 are directly
connected to an ultrasound receiver 2 of a known type. The
receiver 2 can receive the ultrasound puLses given out by a
transmitter identified by the reference 3 in Figure 2, and
supplied by batteries or the like.
The tuner 1 is connected to a pair of loud-
speakers 4 and 5, located inside the car so as to allow a
good sound reproduction, and the housing of the tuner 1 is
secured to a pair of supports 6, 7 usable to position the
radio set wherever desired.

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The car radio set also ~omprises a tape reading
equipment, schematically indica~ed by the reference 8, that
can be removed ~rom the body 1 if it is slid along two side
guides 9. The cassettes are inserted into the equipment 8
through an aperture 10.
There is further pro~ided a device consisting
of a small revolving tape 11, extending from near the front
edge of the seat to the aperture 10, and provided with a
series o~ relie~s 12. This revolving tape 11 brings the
cassettes containing the tapes beore the aperture 10.
The car radio set works as follows:
If one wishes to listen to the radio 7 he should
operate a special knob of the ultrasound control 3 in order
to tune in to the desired station, and the tuning of the
radio set will automatically vary until it is tuned in to
a station provided with a sufficiently high signal.
Each station/ moreover, can be inserted in
memory and be directly uned in again by means of a series
of pushbuttons set on control 3. As a consequence thereof,
the electronic tuning or the frequency synthesis ~adios are
the most appropriate for this kind of utilization.
In the case a user wishes, instead, to listen
to a tape, the cassette containing the same should be placed
on tape 11 which, as it rotates, carries the cassette before
the aperture 10; a protruding element 12 will push the
cassette into such an aperture 10.
At this stage, the whole equipment 8 is slid
along the guides 9 and pushed inside body 1, at which the
reproduction takes place automatically, the car radio being
completely hidden underneath the seat.
The supports 6 and 7 make it possible to secure
the radio anywhere in the car and particularly to the side
members ~astening the seat, so that it is impossible to
carry the radio away without removing the seat as well.



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This can be a valid deterrent against thefts;
in addition, the radio set is not visible from outside,
but can however be adjusted at will by means of the
ultrasound control 3.
Many changes could then be provided for by any
person skilled in the art, provided such changes do not
depart from the ambit of the present invention.




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