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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 1984
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1982
Hideo Kawamoto, Machida, JP;
Seigo Uehara, Fujisawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A mounting structure for tape guide elements, for use with a guide drum adapted to have a tape wound in an .OMEGA.-shaped configuration around its periphery, has a base fixed adjacent to the root portion of the drum and has first and second guide supports for the guide elements. At least one of the guide elements is movable relative to the base between an operative position close to the drum in which it guides the tape about the drum and an inoperative position at a further distance from both the other guide element and the periphery of the drum. A pair of spaced apart positioning members engage the periphery of the drum at its root portion for accurately locating the operative positions of the tape guide elements.