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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2005
Takumi Nishimura, Ehime, JP;
Takashi Kimura, Ehime, JP;
Takumi Nishimura, Ehime, JP;
Takashi Kimura, Ehime, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma-shi, JP;
Abstract
It is an object of the invention to provide a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus in which a special motor for driving the head cleaning mechanism is eliminated, and space can be saved with low cost. An end of a tape accommodated in a tape cassettehas a coupling element, the coupling elementis pulled out by a tape-pulling-out elementand taken up around a drive reel, the magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus comprises a head cleaning mechanismfor cleaning a magnetic head, the head cleaning mechanismincludes a head brush portion for holding a brush portion, and a cam mechanism for changing a position of the head brush portion, the cam mechanism is operated by a tape-pulling-out element moving memberand a loading lever