Patent ID: 6018436
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
An apparatus for guiding and preventing slacking of tape in a video cassette tape recorder (VCR) including a head drum, the apparatus comprising:a tape guide member movable between a first position which does not guide a running of the tape and which is adjacent to a front side of the head drum, and a second position which guides the running of the tape in cooperation with a driving force of a driving force transmission unit;a support shaft fixed to an upper portion of one end of the tape guide member;a tape guide unit rotatably engaged to the support shaft; anda tape slackening prevention member disposed on an upper portion of the tape guide unit, the tape slackening prevention member being positioned between the head drum and the tape of a cassette when the tape guide member is positioned at the first position and being responsive to insertion of the tape to a play position within the video cassette recorder so as to contact the tape and apply a force to the tape prior to the tape contacting the head drum.