Patent ID: 7420767
Filing Date: 2008-09-02
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A recording and/or reproducing device comprising: a grabber to be coupled to a leader pin, said leader pin being connected to a magnetic tape wound on a reel hub of a supply reel in a cartridge that is adapted to be loaded to the recording and/or reproducing device, and said grabber being connected to a first end of a leader tape which has a second end connected to a reel hub of a take-up reel of the recording and/or reproducing device; and a retaining member for retaining said grabber when the magnetic tape is rewound from said take-up reel to said supply reel in said cartridge, wherein said retaining member comprises a positioning arrangement for fixing said grabber in place; wherein said grabber has a front surface and a rear surface, and the rear surface has a pair of hollows at upper and lower end portions thereof, respectively; wherein said positioning arrangement comprises: wherein said leaf springs are disposed to be apart from each other in an up and down direction of the grabber, and said pair of leaf springs comprise a pair of projection that are engageable with the pair of hollows, respectively.