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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1999
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus of the present invention is a magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus for pulling out a magnetic tape from a tape cassette and winding the magnetic tape around a rotary head cylinder, having a rotary head, for a predetermined arc, for recording/reproducing the magnetic tape. The magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus includes: a rotary head cylinder; a first base member on which the tape cassette is mounted; a second base member for guiding a reciprocal movement of the first bane member toward/away from the rotary head cylinder; first to fifth vertical posts for guiding the magnetic tape, wherein a winding contact line, along which the magnetic tape contacts each of the first to fifth vertical posts, is perpendicular to a tape driving direction in which the magnetic tape is driven; and first to third inclined posts for guiding the magnetic tape, wherein a winding contact line, along which the magnetic tape contacts each of the first to third inclined posts, is not perpendicular to the tape driving direction.