Sony Corporation

Hiroshi Katsumata

Hirohisa Koga

Takashi Sasaya

Hiroaki Momiyama

A tape guide mechanism includes absorbent members retained by a mounting structure so positioned as to absorb lubricant leakage from bearing portions of the tape guide mechanism to outer tape contact surfaces of a roller guide portion of flange portions thereof. The lubricant absorbing members may be mounted at a plurality of locations so as to prevent leakage of lubricant along an inner wall of the cylindrical roller guide portion of the tape guide, leakage along an outer surface of a support shaft of the tape guide, or leakage along inner or outer surfaces of a bearing pressing member provided at ends of the tape guide mechanism adjacent the flange portions thereof.

Tape guide with lubricant flow preventing means in a signal recording

A cassette holder which conveys a cassette between a cassette inserting position and a cassette loading position is opened at its top so as to form a channel-like section, and this top is covered with a cassette pressing plate which is urged downward by a spring. When the cassette holder including the cassette is moved to the cassette loading position, the cassette pressing plate follows this cassette holder and then pushes down the whole top face of the cassette so as to be able to prevent the cassette from an erroneous insertion and position the cassette quite stably and accurately on positioning pins in the cassette loading position.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Hiroshi Katsumata