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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 1987
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1986
Kaoru Matsuoka, Osaka, JP;
Tadashi Maeoka, Neyagawa, JP;
Jirou Kajino, Neyagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Minabe, Neyagawa, JP;
Tetsurou Tanaka, Hirakata, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A magnetic tape recording and/or reproducing apparatus is provided with a motor for driving a capstan, a cassette loading mechanism for loading a tape cassette at a predetermined position, a tape loading mechanism reciprocable between an inoperative position where the tape is ready be drawn out from the tape cassette and an operative position where the tape is drawn out and wound onto a guide drum, an operating mode changing mechanism driven by the motor for changing operating mode of the apparatus, a reel turntable driving mechanism for transmitting a rotational driving force of the motor to reel turntables, and a clutch for transmitting intermittently the driving force of the motor to the cassette loading, tape loading and operating mode changing mechanisms, whereby cassette loading operation, tape loading operation, operating mode changing operation and tape transporting operation and performed by the single motor.