Patent ID: 6125002
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A reel braking device comprising:(a) a brake member unitarily formed with a contact portion having an approximately circular arc form and capable of contacting with a portion of an outer periphery of a reel mount, and an engaging portion capable of engaging with an engaged portion of the outer periphery of the reel mount,said brake member being arranged to be rotatably supported around a shaft fixed near the center of the approximately circular arc form of said contact portion and to be shiftable toward the reel mount in a direction which said brake member contacts said contact portion to said portion of the outer periphery of the reel mount or separates said contact portion from said portion of the outer periphery of the reel mount; and(b) an urging member arranged to urge said brake member so as to move said brake member toward the reel mount.