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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 85 ;
Abstract
A tape loading mechanism for helically winding a tape around a guide cylinder by drawing the tape out of a tape cassette, including a tape take-off pin functioning also as a pin for detecting tension of the tape, a tape loading device for winding the tape around the guide cylinder over a predetermined winding angle, a cam driven in response to displacement of the tape loading device and formed with a cam groove, a shaft and a back tension lever pivotal about the shaft and provided with the tape take-off pin. The back tension lever is operatively associated with the cam groove so as to be controlled in its pivotal movement.