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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2004
Akio Konishi, Sanda, JP;
Koichiro Hirabayashi, Hirakata, JP;
Hiroshi Kanchiku, Nara, JP;
Hitoshi Yasutomi, Daito, JP;
Takefumi Yanagihara, Saijo, JP;
Akio Konishi, Sanda, JP;
Koichiro Hirabayashi, Hirakata, JP;
Hiroshi Kanchiku, Nara, JP;
Hitoshi Yasutomi, Daito, JP;
Takefumi Yanagihara, Saijo, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma, JP;
Abstract
A magnetic recording and reproduction apparatus includes an arm section pivotable about a pivoting shaft; a tape guide section provided on the arm section for guiding a magnetic tape; a capstan section for driving the magnetic tape so as to run; and a maintaining section provided on the capstan section. The arm section is pivotable between a first location and a second location. The first location is a location at which the information recording to and/or information reproduction from the magnetic tape is possible. The second location is a location at which the information recording to and/or information reproduction from the magnetic tape is not possible. When the arm section pivots from the second location to the first location, the maintaining section maintains a relative position of the arm section, which is in the first location, to the capstan section.