Patent ID: 6042038
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: B65H,G11B

Abstract:
A tape winding device provided on an apparatus body and engaged with a long tape-like material winding reel of a tape cassette set in the apparatus body for transmitting a drive force from a drive source of the apparatus body to the reel, comprising:a rotating body having a portion which fits into the reel so as to drive the reel in a winding direction;a rotational shaft non-rotatably thrust-fitted to said rotating body and having an abutting portion which abuts slidably on a frictional member;a relay member pressed against the abutting portion and receiving the drive force from the apparatus body; anda biasing member disposed between said relay member and said rotating body for separating said relay member and said rotating body from each other with a biasing force and for biasing said relay member so that said relay member is pressed against the abutting portion of said rotational shaft through said frictional member so that said rotational shaft is driven by said relay member,wherein the reel has a thickness which depends on the width of the long tape-like material wound thereon,wherein said rotating body which is engaged with the reel is structured to be lowered, depending on the width of the tape-like material, against the biasing force of said biasing member, andwherein the apparatus body comprises a positioning device which fixes the vertical-direction position of the tape cassette on the winding device and against the biasing force of said biasing member.