Patent ID: 6283395
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A cassette adapter for use in a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus in which a first cassette is mountable, comprising an adapter having a same shape as a second cassette of a different size from the first cassette; said first cassette comprising a first reel, a second reel and a reel brake releasing member, wherein the first reel, the second reel and the reel brake releasing member of the first cassette are exposed to the outside of said adapter while the first cassette is mounted in the cassette adapter, wherein said first reel is exposed to the outside of the adapter through a first opening in said first cassette, said second reel is exposed to the outside of the adapter through a second opening in said first cassette, and said reel brake releasing member is exposed to the outside of the adapter through a third opening in said first cassette, wherein said third opening is distinct and isolated from said first and second openings.