Patent ID: 7057846
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A recording and reproducing apparatus, comprising: a plurality of posts for pulling out a tape-shaped recording medium from a cassette, said plurality of posts including a supply-side guide post and a take-up-side guide post for pulling out the recording medium from the cassette and wrapping the recording medium around a rotary drum and a tension control post, which controls a tension of the recording medium; and a loading mechanism which causes the recording medium to be wrapped around the rotary drum by moving said supply-side guide post and said take-up-side guide post from a first position, in which the cassette can be loaded, to a second position, in which the recording medium is wrapped around the rotary drum by said supply-side guide post and take-up-side guide post and a recording or reproducing action can be performed, wherein, when said supply-side guide post and said take-up-side guide post are in the second position, said supply-side guide post, said take-up-side guide post, and said tension control post are substantially located on a line defined by connecting a center of said supply-side guide post to a center of said take-up-side guide post.