Patent ID: 6643092
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A magnetic tape device comprising:a pair of right and left guide plates; a tape cassette moving table placed between said pair of right and left guide plates to be movable forward and backward; a rocking lever engaged with said moving table; a driving member; a rotating member which is forward and reversely rotated by said driving member; and an interlocking mechanism by which said driving member and said rotating member are interlockingly connected to each other; wherein said rocking lever is swung by said driving member via said rotating member and said interlocking mechanism to move said moving table forward and backward between a cassette inserting position and a cassette placing position; wherein said interlocking mechanism includes a slide plate that has a slide plate body which is placed to be slidable along one of said guide plates and a bent piece which is bent into a substantially L-like shape from a lower edge of said slide plate body to elongate toward said rotating member; and wherein a rack which is engaged with a pinion formed on said rotating member is formed on said bent piece, an engaging hole which is to be engaged with an engaging pin protruding from said rocking lever is opened in said slide plate body, a lock lever which is engageable with said engaging pin is pivotally attached to said slide plate body, said rocking lever is backward swung to backward move said moving table toward the cassette placing position by backward sliding said slide plate to cause a peripheral portion of said engaging hole to be engaged with said engaging pin, and said rocking lever is forward swung to forward move said moving table toward the cassette inserting position by forward sliding said slide plate to cause said lock lever to be engaged with said engaging pin.