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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1989
Kazumasu Tsutsumi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Shinji Ohba, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A magnetic recording and/or reproducing apparatus for use with a tape cassette. A pair of tape loading posts are moved respectively by first and second drive gears to draw a portion of a magnetic tape out of the tape cassette to wrap the magnetic tape portion about a head drum. The tape loading posts are drivingly connected respectively to the first and second drive gears through respective lost-motion mechanisms such that subsequent angular movements of the respective first and second drive gears after movement of the tape loading posts to their respective tape loading positions are prevented from being transmitted respectively to the tape loading posts. The first drive gear is provided in its outer periphery with a cut-out. A tape loading gear is in facing relation to the cut-out in the first drive gear until the tape cassette moves to its loading position. After movement of the tape cassette to its loading position, the first drive gear is angularly moved slightly so that it is brought into mesh with the tape loading gear and is driven thereby for angular movement in its tape loading direction.