Patent ID: 6322014
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A recording and/or reproducing device (1), into which a cassette (3) can be loaded, which cassette comprises a housing (4) and a rotationally drivable supply reel (19) accommodated in the housing (4) and a record carrier (20) in the form of a tape wound onto the reel hub of the supply reel (19) and a coupling element (21) connected to the record carrier (20) in the area of the free end of the record carrier (20) and held in a coupling position, and which comprises a rotationally drivable take-up reel (45) having a reel hub (47), andwhich comprises a pull-out element (50) constructed to be coupled to the coupling element (21), andwhich comprises retaining means (51) constructed to retain the pull-out element (50) and enabling the pull-out element (50) to be retained in an area in which a coupling to the coupling element (21) can be effected, andwhich comprises actuating means (70) by which the pull-out element (50) together with the coupling element (21) coupled thereto, can be moved away from the retaining means (51) and up to the reel hub (47) of the take-up reel (45), in order to bring into engagement with one another, on the one hand, the reel hub (47) and, on the other hand, the pull-out element (50) and the coupling element (21) coupled thereto, characterized in thatthe retaining means (51) are movable between a standby position and an operating position, a movement of the retaining means (51) into the operating position resulting in a movement of the pull-out element (50) in a coupling direction (69) and in the pull-out element (50) and the coupling element (21) being coupled, and a movement of the retaining means (51) out of the operating position resulting in a movement of the pull-out element (50) in a direction opposite to the coupling direction (69) and in a disengagement of the pull-out element (50) and the coupling element (21), andof the pull-out element (50) and the coupling element (21) one of these elements (50, 21) has been provided with a locking element (113) which is movable with respect to said one element (50), and the locking element (113) is mounted on said one element (50) so as to be movable transversely to the coupling direction (69), andwith the coupling element (21) coupled to the pull-out element (50) the locking element (113), which is movable with respect to said one element (50) cooperates with a portion (22) of the other element (21) in order to hold the two elements (50, 21) together.