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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1995
Yasuhiro Okuda, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Toshiro Tsukahara, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Hirofumi Matsuo, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Nobuzumi Kurihara, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Kiyoshi Yanagiguchi, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus being able to use a normal-sized cassette and a small sized cassette according to a user's selection. The apparatus comprises a supply reel stand for engaging with a supply reel; a supply reel stand base for supporting the supply reel stand; a take-up reel stand for engaging with a take-up reel; a take-up reel stand base for supporting the take-up reel stand; a reel stand displacing mechanism for displacing the supply reel stand base and the take-up reel stand base according to a size of the normal-sized cassette and a size of the small sized cassette. The reel stand displacing mechanism displaces the supply reel stand base and the take-up reel stand base by using a drive force transmitted from the tape loading mechanism.