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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1998
Takahiro Okuie, Nara, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A tension lever is pivoted to a chassis at one side of a reel support and has attached thereto in the vicinity of the pivoted portion opposite ends of a tension band reeved around the reel support. First and second two tension springs are provided between and fitted to a control lever and the tension lever each pivoted to the chassis and rotatable to different positions for different tape running modes. The second tension spring is fitted to the control lever with play in the direction of stretch of the spring. For reverse playback, the control lever rotates within the limits of play of the second spring to stretch the first spring only. The control lever stretches both the two springs for usual playback.