Patent ID: 6762903
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A tape drive for a single reel type tape cassette, in which a tape shaped recording medium is wound around a single cassette reel rotatably supported in a case operating with a loading mechanism that draws out the tape shaped recording medium from an outlet of the case and feeds the drawn out tape-shaped recording medium, the tape drive comprising:a drum around which the tape shaped recording medium drawn out of the case is wound in slidable contact; a pull back guide shaft for pulling back the tape shaped recording medium that has been drawn out by the loading mechanism to a predetermined position in a vicinity of the outlet of the case; and a pair of guide pins arranged for movement toward or away from the drum and positioned so that the pair of guide pins are facing away from each other in a circumferential direction of the drum when the pair of guide pins are moved toward the drum, wherein the tape shaped recording medium, which has been drawn out of the case by the loading mechanism, is pulled back in sequence by the pull back guide shaft and the pair of guide pins moved toward the drum so that the tape shaped recording medium positioned between the pair of guide pins is wound around the drum.