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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1991
Tomohide Sorihashi, Katsuta, JP;
Shigemitsu Higuchi, Fujisawa, JP;
Hideo Nishijima, Katsuta, JP;
Yuji Inaba, Katsuta, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Chiyoda, JP;
Abstract
A cassette tape-loading apparatus applied to a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus using a cassette tape comprises a device for determining the amount of rotation of supply and take-up reels, a device for detecting the rotational direction of the reels, and a device for detecting the amount of tape drawn out of the cassette. Before loading the cassette tape, the ratio of winding diameter between the supply and take-up reels is computed, and the result is used to set the torque of the reel-driving motors and start the loading operation. At the time of loading, on the other hand, the amount of rotation of the two reels is determined, and the winding diameters of the reels computed from the winding diameter ratio and the amount of drawn-out tape thereby to set a proper tension of the magnetic tape. Since the tension applied to the magnetic tape and the torques of the reel motors are set in accordance with the winding diameter ratio and the winding diameters, magnetic tape of substantially equal amount is drawn out of each of the two reels, with the result that the magnetic tape is not subjected to an abnormal tension, thereby making possible a stable cassette tape-loading operation without damaging the tape or displacing the tape position.