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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1992
Masanori Maehara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshio Kusui, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Kumano, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuji Yoshida, Saitama, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A tape tension mechanism for a recording and reproducing apparatus having a supply reel table and a take-up reel table, in which a tension arm is provided at the supply reel side and rotatably mounted thereon, a brake mechanism for the supply reel table is coupled to the tension arm, and the tension arm is biased by a tension spring so that the brake mechanism performs a braking operation, the tape tension mechanism further includes a movable operation member to which a fixed end of the tension spring for biasing the tension arm is connected, wherein the fixed end of the tension spring is moved close to and apart from a pivot of the tension arm.