Patent ID: 6612512
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A recording and/or reproducing device (1) adapted for loading a cassette (2), the cassette comprising a housing (3) and a rotationally drivable supply reel (4) accommodated in the housing (3) and a record carrier (5) in the form of a tape wound onto the reel hub of the supply reel (4) and a coupling element (6) connected to the record carrier (5) in the area of the free end of the record carrier (5), wherein the coupling element is held in an initial position permitting the coupling element to be pulled out of a cassette (2) in a pull-out direction (10), andsaid recording and/or reproducing device comprising a rotationally drivable take-up reel (19) having a reel hub (20), and which has a pull-out element (24) constructed to be coupled to the coupling element (6) and to pull the coupling element (6) out of the cassette (2), and which has a retainer (35) adapted to detachably retain the pull-out element (24) by a retaining actuator (90) and which is movable between a standby position and an operating position, so as to permit a coupling of the pull-out element (24) to the coupling element (6) during a movement from the standby position to the operating position, and from said retainer the pull-out element (24) is disengageable after coupling to the coupling element (6), and on which, when the coupling element (6) has become disengaged from the pull-out element (24) and operation is normal, the pull-out element (24) is positioned in a nominal position, which has a first actuator (60) with which the pull-out element (24), together with the coupling element (6) coupled to it, is first movable in the pull-out direction (10) and subsequently away from the retainer (35) and up to the reel hub (20) of the take-up reel (19), so that (a) the reel hub (20), and (b) the pull-out element (24) and the coupling element (6) coupled thereto, are brought together, further comprising: coupling element retrieval means for retrieving the coupling pin (6) when the coupling pin (6) has been pulled out of the cassette (2) and the pull-out element has disengaged from the coupling pin (6), and with said pull-out element (24) being located out of its nominal position, said coupling element retrieval means including an actuating means (80) having an actuating element (89) that is arranged for cooperation with the actuator element (90) of the retainer (35) in order to move the pull-out element (24), so that during movement of the retainer (35) from the operating position into the standby position, when the pull-out element (24) has been moved out of its nominal position and disengaged from the coupling pin (6), the actuating element (89) is brought into operative engagement with the pull-out element (24) in order to move the pull-out element (24) into its nominal position.