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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1999
Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A magnetic tape recording/reproducing apparatus for recording information to and reproducing information from a magnetic tape extracted from a cassette loaded in the apparatus, the magnetic tape recording/reproducing apparatus having a tape guide post mechanism having a tape guide post provided on a rotatably supported tape guide post arm which rotates until pressing against a stopper, the tape guide post extracting a magnetic tape from the cassette loaded in the apparatus; and a contacting part provided on a portion of the arm, the contacting part contacting a bottom surface of the loaded cassette when the arm is rotated so as to extract the magnetic tape from the cassette and the arm restricting a tilting of the arm in a direction in which the tape guide post tilts in a state in which the arm presses against the stopper.