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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mikio Togami, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Akira Tomitaka, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/5665 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/5665 ;
Abstract
In a recording and/or reproducing apparatus, at least one of tape guiding members provided for wrapping a tape around a rotary drum pulls out the tape from a cassette before a cassette mounting member is moved in a direction of approaching the rotary drum and, after that, the tape guiding members and the cassette mounting member are moved in directions of approaching the rotary drum.