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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1992
Nobuo Tezuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for recording and/or reproducing information using a flexible magnetic disc housed in a cassette having a recording or reproducing mechanism for recording and/or reproducing the information on and/or from the disc, a rotary driving device for engaging an engaging part formed on the disc and for rotating the disc, a cover movable from a first position where the cover can receive the cassette to a second position where the cassette can engage with the rotary driving device, a pressing device having a pressing part for pressing the engaging part of the disc, wherein as the disc is moved by the cover from the first position to the second position, the pressing part is caused to come into contact with the engaging part and the pressing part is pressed against the engaging part under the action of a pressing force of the pressing device to press the engaging part onto the rotary driving device to mount it thereon, and the pressing of the pressing device is released to separate the pressing part from the engaging part and a control part for enabling operation of the recording or reproducing mechanism after the pressing of the pressing device against the engaging part of the disc has been released.