Patent ID: 6104569
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A tape guide angle controlling apparatus for a magnetic tape recorder-player for tilting a tape guide which guides magnetic tape in a reverse running mode, comprising:a main base;a rotation shaft provided in the main base;a tape guide arm having at one end portion thereof a hub through which the rotation shaft is rotatably inserted and at another end portion thereof a tape guide mounted thereto;a cam gear mounted on an upper surface of the main base and being operatively connected to said tape guide arm; anda tape guide vertical-operating cam means formed on a portion of a peripheral edge of the cam gear for inclining said tape guide to said upper surface of the main baseswherein the tape guide vertical-operating cam means includes a forward running cam portion and a reverse running cam portion, each for varying an angle of the tape guide depending upon a tape running mode, wherein the reverse running cam portion is formed higher than the forward running cam portion so as to tilt the tape guide to a desired extent when the reverse running cam portion contacts a lower surface of the tape guide arm to thereby raise the tape guide arm.