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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1990
Junji Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Fujiki, Tokyo, JP;
Hidetoshi Matsuoka, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroo Edakubo, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Abstract
A recording or reproducing apparatus mounting a cassette housing a magnetic tape wound around a supply reel and a takeup reel, for performing an operation of moving the cassette in a predetermined direction, drawing the magnetic tape out of the cassette and loading the tape on a magnetic head unit, and for performing an operation of moving the cassette in a direction which is reverse to the above-described direction, taking up the tape around the takeup reel in the cassette and withdrawing the tape from the magnetic head unit. The apparatus includes structure for locking the supply reel in the cassette during the withdrawing operation and for releasing the lock during the loading operation. The locking/releasing structure is linked with the movement of the cassette during the loading and withdrawing operations of the magnetic tape.