Patent ID: 6104580
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A cassette adaptor comprising:a housing having a shape mountable interchangeably with a cassette tape reproduced in a cassette tape reproduction apparatus, and having at least an opening into which a capstan and a pinch roller of said cassette tape reproduction apparatus are inserted;a magnetic head for outputting a signal, which is built in said housing and arranged to face a reproduction head of said cassette tape reproduction apparatus for reproducing said cassette tape, so as to transmit a signal to said reproduction head;a head cover for accommodating and holding said magnetic head in a predetermined positional relationship with said housing, said head cover having at least a dummy tape member for engaging a tape guide of said cassette tape reproduction apparatus and guiding said magnetic head to a position in opposed relationship with said reproduction head;at least a reel having a reel hub driven by a reel driving mechanism of said cassette tape reproduction apparatus; andan endless pseudo tape suspended over said reel with a predetermined tension through said opening of said housing in which said capstan and said pinch roller are inserted, said endless pseudo tape being driven at a substantially constant speed by said capstan and said pinch roller.