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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1997
Junji Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A reel braking device comprises a brake member integrally provided with an abutting contact portion and an engaging portion, and an urging member. The abutting contact portion has an approximately circular arc form and is capable of coming into abutting contact with a sliding portion of an outer periphery of a reel mount, and the engaging portion is capable of engaging with an engaged portion of the outer periphery of the reel mount. The brake member is arranged to be rotatable around near the center of the approximately circular arc form of the abutting contact portion and movable toward the reel mount. The urging member is provided separately from the brake member and is arranged to urge the brake member so as to move the brake member toward the reel mount.