Patent ID: 7195189
Filing Date: 2007-03-27
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A tape recorder system, comprising: a head assembly; a first pair of guides for supporting a tape; and a second pair of guides movable from an unloaded position to a loaded position, the second pair of guides separated by a gap from the first pair of guides when in the unloaded position, the gap providing a path along a plane for loading the tape from a supply reel to a take-up reel without contacting any of the first pair of guides, the second pair of guides, and the head assembly, the second pair of guides located on either side of the head assembly when in the loaded position to engage the tape into wrapping contact with the first pair of guides and with the head assembly, when in the loaded position, a free span of tape between the second pair of guides being short to provide tape-head interface stability.