Patent ID: 6801385
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A recording and/or reproducing apparatus for recording and/or reproducing data by drawing a tape from a cassette and winding the tape onto a rotating drum including a head, the recording and/or reproducing apparatus comprising:a non-rotatable inclined post for changing the position of the tape in a direction crossing the running direction of the tape and along the axis of the inclined post; and a tapered part disposed in the vicinity of an end of the inclined post, for restricting the position of the tape in a direction crossing the running direction by being in contact with the tape when the tape is loaded, wherein the tapered part is formed coaxially with the inclined post such that the tapered part protrudes so as to cover the inclined post at an upper end thereof, and the radius of the tapered part is smaller than the radius of the inclined post at an end of the tapered part toward the inclined post at which end the tapered part has a radius smaller than the radius at the other end thereof, whereby an outer surface of the tapered part at the end toward the inclined post is withdrawn from the outer surface of the inclined post so that the end of the tapered part toward the inclined post does not come into contact with the tape when the tape is wound onto the inclined post.