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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2000
Shinichi Yasui, Ehime, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A tape loading apparatus suitable for reducing the size of a magnetic recording/reproducing device. The apparatus moves a movable carriage having a tape guide pin imbedded therein along a guide channel using a toggle mechanism comprising a first arm and a second arm; causing the movable carriage to come in contact with a turntable disposed rotatably about an axle proximate to an end of the guide channel the movable carriage turns in a direction so that the tape guide pin gets close to a head cylinder by turning the turntable with a force for moving the movable carriage, and places a magnetic tape at a predetermined angle equal to or greater than 180° around the head cylinder.