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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 15, 1985
Taizo Hamada, Moriguchi, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A recording and reproducing apparatus having a magnetic head and a pad facing the magnetic head such as to form therebetween a passage for a flexible rotary magnetic sheet. The pad is provided with a protrusion which protrudes toward the magnetic sheet along the edge of the pad adjacent the radially outer end of the magnetic sheet. The pad is further provided with at least one inclined surface facing the magnetic sheet and inclined with respect to the plane of rotation of the rotary magnetic sheet, in the direction perpendicular to the line connecting the center of the magnetic head and the center of rotation of the magnetic sheet. The inclined surface is provided at the downstream portion of the pad as viewed in the direction of flow of air accompanying the rotating magnetic sheet.