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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1999
Akio Konishi, Sanda, JP;
Koichiro Hirabayashi, Hirakata, JP;
Shuzo Takeda, Hirakata, JP;
Shinji Tanaka, Kyoto, JP;
Kazuo Shibukawa, Osaka, JP;
Kenji Kawamata, Saijo, JP;
Hisashi Takahashi, Kagawa-ken, JP;
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, forming a predetermined tape drive system with a group of tape guide posts while winding the magnetic tape around a rotary head cylinder, having a rotary head, for a predetermined arc, so as to perform recording/reproduction of the magnetic tape. The group of tape guide posts include at least one inclination adjustment tape guide post whose inclination angle can be adjusted.