Tape loading/unloading arrangement for magnetic recording and/or reproducing apparatus
US4672479A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 1, 1985 |
| Grant date | Jun 9, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 1, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B15/6656
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A tape loading/unloading arrangement for use in a magnetic recording and/or reproducing apparatus, such as an 8 mm video cassette recorder, includes a pair of tape guides which pull a portion of a tape out of a tape cassette so as to extend it around a tilted guide cylinder. An improvement is made to the tape guide which comprises a support plate, an upright post perpendicularly mounted on the support plate, a slanted post mounted on the support plate adjacent the upright post for movement closely adjacent a surface of the guide cylinder, and an auxiliary post movably mounted on the support plate and adapted to be located, during the movement of the support plate between home- and operating-positions, in front of a common tangent face to the upright post and the slanted post, which common tangent face is located on the side of said upright and slanted posts facing the operating-position, but is located, when the support plate terminates at the operating-position, behind the common tangent face.
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