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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2000
Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus for magnetically recording information to and/or reproducing information from a recording medium, the magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus having an electrically grounded tape cassette loading/ejecting mechanism, the tape cassette loading/ejecting mechanism including a chassis adapted to be electrically grounded, a cassette holder for loading a tape cassette into and/or ejecting a tape cassette from the apparatus, a slider cam assembly mounted on the chassis and mechanically coupled to the cassette holder for moving the cassette holder to and from a predetermined loading position inside the apparatus, and a static electric charge removal mechanism electrically connected to the cassette holder for removing a static electric charge from the cassette holder.