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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hidetoshi Matsuoka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/566 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/566 ;
Abstract
A recording and/or reproducing apparatus for recording and/or reproducing data by drawing a tape from a cassette and winding the tape onto a rotating drum including a head, includes a non-rotatable inclined post for changing the position of the tape in a direction crossing the running direction of the tape and along the axis of the inclined post, and a tapered part disposed in the vicinity of an end of the inclined post, for restricting the position of the tape in a direction crossing the running direction by being in contact with the tape when the tape is loaded.