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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Norbert Kunze, Ehringshausen, DE;
Dieter Muller, Staufenberg, DE;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 962 ; 360105 ;
Abstract
A reversible tape cassette drive includes a support plate which is displaceable with respect to the magnetic tape and is also pivotable about a pivot axis. By pivoting the support plate, a selected one of two pressure rollers is driven against a corresponding capstan to control the direction of tape movement. The magnetic head is pivotally mounted on the support plate about the pivot axis. Straight guides guide the head to be perpendicular to the tape independent of the pivoting of the support plate.