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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 1985
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1982
Shin Okita, Atsugi, JP;
Hideo Shimizu, Hiratsuka, JP;
Noriyuki Yamazaki, Atsugi, JP;
Fumio Sekiguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshihiko Chimura, Atsugi, JP;
Osamu Shinagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a magnetic recording and/or reproducing apparatus having a rotary head drum and a mounting for a tape cassette apart from the drum; a tape loading device is provided with a support ring which is rotatable around the drum and inclined in respect to the plane containing the longitudinal median of the tape in the mounted cassette, a plurality of rotary tape guides spaced apart along the support ring and extending perpendicularly to the latter for withdrawing tape from the cassette and wrapping a portion thereof about the drum in response to turning of the support ring, and a draw-out guide which is movable toward and away from one side of the support ring in synchronism with the turning of the latter, the draw-out guide, when moved away from the support ring, being inclined relative to the plane containing the longitudinal median of the tape in the cassette such that a return run of the tape extending from the draw-out guide back to the cassette leads smoothly to the latter.