Patent ID: 6671123
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A magnetic tape device comprising:a moving table which includes a bottom plate and a pair of side plates securely fixed to side edges of said bottom plate, and is positioned so as to move forward and backward between a cassette insertion position and a cassette mounting position located between a pair of guide plates; a tape cassette being inserted into and held in said moving table, located at said cassette insertion position, and said moving table being moved backward based on a detection signal produced upon the insertion of tape cassette, so that said tape cassette, in said moving table, being mounted at said cassette mounting position; a pair of integrally formed float prevention members, which project inward from the upper ends of said side plates, toward the center of said moving table, and engage the upper edge of said tape cassette that is held in said moving table; and a pair of projecting gripping members contact both side faces of said tape cassette inserted into and held in said moving table; wherein said gripping members have a substantially trapezoid shape in plan view, said gripping members extending forward and backward along said side plates and inclining at both longitudinal ends toward the center of said moving table; said bottom plate, made of flexible steel, is bent in the center to form a substantially longitudinal reinforcing projection extending upward toward said moving table; and when said side faces of said tape cassette inserted into said moving table are brought into contact with said gripping members, said bottom plate is flexed, and the urging force thus generated presses said gripping members flexibly against said side faces of said tape cassette.