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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1997
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The magnetic recording reproducing apparatus is of a type in which magnetic tape is loaded approximately parallel to a reference plane of a cassette, and in a tape guide group on magnetic tape take up side of a rotary head drum, a first take up side inclined guide on which magnetic tape is wound around immediately after it moves away from rotary head, a take up side guide roller arranged downstream and a second take up side inclined guide are included. Height of a lead formed at a fixed portion of rotary head drum is set such that it becomes lower than the lower end of the magnetic tape for its entire region, at the time of loading and unloading of the magnetic tape. By this structure, contact between the lower end of the magnetic tape and the edge of the lead at the time of loading and unloading of the magnetic tape can be avoided, and therefore damage on the magnetic tape caused by the lead edge can be prevented, and the life of the tape can be made longer.