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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1994
Shuji Koseki, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording and reproducing apparatus includes a head supporting member supported on a head slider and having a first head holder for supporting a recording and reproducing head and a second head holder for slidably supporting an erase head so that the erase head can be moved linearly and independently of the recording and reproducing head. The head supporting member is rotatable to reverse the orientation of the recording and reproducing head and of the erase head in accordance with a switching operation that reverses the travel direction of the tape. A record button is attached to a record lever that engages a recording operation slide member when the record button is depressed to release the recording operation slide member from holding the erase head away from a contact surface of the tape.