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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
May. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoshio Higuchi, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/548 ; G11B 1/518 ; G11B 1/512 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/548 ; G11B 1/518 ; G11B 1/512 ;
Abstract
A magnetic tape drive has a brake mechanism section which can transfer the state of a reel table from a non-brake state to a brake state by using an electric power that remains after a start of a power failure of a commercial power source. The drive further has a first power failure detecting section which, when a power failure of the commercial power source is detected, transmits a first power failure detection signal; and a controlling section which, when the first power failure detection signal is transmitted in a fast-forwarding state or a rewinding state, transfers the non-brake state of the brake mechanism section to the brake state.