Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Matsushita Electric Industrial

Tatsuo Terao

Koichiro Hirabayashi

Akio Konishi

Yoshiyuki Saito

Takefumi Yanagihara

Shigeo Ueda

A magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus of the present invention includes: a first arm swingably mounted on a chassis; a second arm swingably mounted on the chassis; and a rotator mounted on the chassis, the rotator including a protrusion for driving the first arm and the second arm, the first arm including a first cam portion which engages with the protrusion, the second arm including a second cam portion which engages with the protrusion, the first cam having a first arc portion, a second arc portion, and a first concave portion formed between the first arc portion and the second arc portion, the second cam portion having a third arc portion, a fourth arc portion, and a second concave portion formed between the third arc portion and the forth arc portion, wherein the first arm, the second arm, and the rotator serve to permit the construction of a simplified cassette loading mechanism

Magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus having a mechanism for moving a sub-chassis relative to a main chassis

A magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus of the present invention, which records/reproduces information on/from a magnetic tape by passing the tape around a rotary head cylinder having a rotary head for a predetermined arc, includes: a capstan shaft; a pinch roller; a first reel base rotatably attached to a shaft; a second reel base rotatably attached to a shaft; and an idler supported swingably to swing to the second reel base when the capstan is rotated in a first direction and to the first reel base when the capstan shaft is rotated in a second direction, wherein the idler includes a gear portion which rotates in association with the rotation of the capstan shaft. The above components of the magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus are situated in such a manner that when the running of a magnetic tape is to be shifted from a first direction to a second direction, the rotation of the capstan shaft, in the first direction stops, the pinch roller moves away from the capstan shaft, the capstan shaft is rotated in the second direction by a predetermined amount so that the idler swings to the first reel base, the capstan shaft stops again, the pinch roller presses the magnetic tape against the capstan shaft, and the capstan shaft is rotated again in the second direction and the gear portion to be coupled with the first reel base, the gear portion rotating the first reel base in a direction in which the magnetic tape is wound onto the first reel.

Magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus having a rotary head cylinder and a mechanism for passing a magnetic tape around the rotary head cylinder for a predetermined arc

The magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus of this invention records/reproduces information on/from a magnetic tape by drawing out the magnetic tape from a tape cassette and allowing the magnetic tape to pass around a rotary head cylinder, having a rotary head, for a predetermined arc. The apparatus includes: a first chassis into which the tape cassette is inserted; and a second chassis having the rotary head cylinder mounted thereon and guiding movements of the first chassis toward and away from the rotary head cylinder, wherein the first chassis includes a chassis driving plate mounted thereon for adjusting a position of the first chassis relative to the second chassis, the second chassis includes a chassis driving arm mounted thereon for driving the first chassis, the chassis driving plate has a cam surface having a portion which is not perpendicular to a direction of the movement of the first chassis, the chassis driving arm has a protrusion which engages with the cam surface, and the chassis driving plate is disposed so as to be positionally adjusted by being moved in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of the movement of the first chassis.

Magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus including a first chassis onto which a tape cassette is received and a second chassis having a rotary head cylinder thereon

A reel stand includes (a) a reel base for engaging a reel and driving the reel, (b) a bearing disposed in the reel base and being extended through by a rotary shaft, and (c) a spring being urged to the rotary shaft. This construction allows the reel stand to integrate a brake torque mechanism into its downsized body, and to provide a tape with uniform tape tension when the tape is taken up or supplied. The spring is pressed to the shaft to produce brake torque, which lowers the peripheral velocity of the shaft. As a result, less frictional heat is produced, which reduces changes in friction factors due to the heat.

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Tatsuo Terao