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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1992
Kazufumi Oouchi, Saijo, JP;
Shinichi Yasui, Saijo, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus includes a main printed circuit board on which at least a part of a signal processing circuit is provided, a frame into which the main printed circuit board is fixed, a chassis on which a rotary head cylinder carrying a magnetic head, a supply reel table, a take-up reel table, and at least one motor for driving the cylinder, the supply reel table, and the take-up reel table are mounted, and a hinge mechanism for providing an electrical connection between the main printed circuit board and the chassis and for permitting the chassis to pivot between a first position in which said chassis, at a part of a bottom thereof, is in contact with and in parallel to the main printed circuit board and a second position in which the chassis is apart from the main printed circuit board to project out from the frame.