RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING APPARATUS INCLUDING A REEL DISC HAVING A MAGNETIC CIRCUIT ELEMENT AND DRIVE TEETH REALIZED BY INSERT-MOLDING

Abstract: In a recording and/or reproducing apparatus (1) having a reel drive device (35) with a drive shaft (46A) and with a disc-shaped drive member (47) made of a plastic and with drive teeth (48), and with a second magnetic circuit element (49), and with a third magnetic circuit element (50), which is connected to the drive member (47) by insert-molding of the third magnetic circuit element (50), the drive shaft (46A) is connected directly to the third magnetic circuit element (50) in a rotationally interlocked manner and the third magnetic circuit element (50) is formed by an element which is finished by means of a turning operation, and the third magnetic circuit element (50) is dimensioned in such a manner with respect to the drive member (47) that the third magnetic circuit element (50) is not subjected to any deformation by the drive member (47) made by insert-molding.

Description: Recording and/or reproducing apparatus including a reel disc having a magnetic circuit element and dπve teeth realized by insert-molding The invention relates to a recording and/or reproducing apparatus as defined in the opening part of claim 1. Information about a known recording and/or reproducing apparatus as defined in the opening part of claim 1 and information about a cassette with a magnetic tape as record carrier tape for such a recording and/or reproducing apparatus is obtainable via the internet, namely at the internet address "www.lto-technology.com". In connection with the known recording and/or reproducing apparatus and the known cassette reference may also be made to the two patent documents WO 98/44506 A2 and WO 98/44499 Al In a known recording and/or reproducing apparatus, whose reel drive device 35 is shown in sectional view in Fig 11, a sleeve B is press-fitted onto the dπve shaft 46A in the area of one end of the dπve shaft 46A, which sleeve B has two circumferential recesses C and D, the third magnetic circuit element 50 being accommodated in the area of the recess C situated nearer the free end of the dπve shaft 46A and having a clearance with respect to the recess C of the sleeve B and a πng-shaped portion E of the plastic dπve member x formed by insert-molding of the sleeve B and the third magnetic circuit element 50 being accommodated in the second recess D, which precludes a relative axial movement between the dπve member 47 and the sleeve B and, consequently, the dπve shaft 46A, because of the force fit (press fit) between the sleeve B and the dπve shaft 46A In this construction the third magnetic circuit element 50 is formed by a comparatively thin steel disc 50 having a thickness of approximately 1 0 mm, which is made by a punching operation and serves as a magnetic return path An annular magnet 49 forming a second magnetic circuit element 49 is connected to the comparatively thin steel disc, namely by means of an adhesive joint In the known recording and/or reproducing apparatus it has been found that as a result of the insert-molding of the comparatively thin steel disc 50 in a plastic in order to form the dπve member 47 including its dπve-member-side dπve teeth 48 the comparatively thin steel disc 50 is subject to substantial mechanical loads owing to so-called shπnkage of the plastic, which gives πse to distortion and warping as well as an additional twisting of the steel disc 50. These deformations of the steel disc 50 result not only in the steel disc 50 having a non-perfect flat shape but also in the dπve teeth 48 of the dπve member 47 being subjected to such a strong deformation that this has an undesired and negative effect on the effective tooth height, which should be as constant as possible. Owing to the afore-mentioned deformation the dπve-member-side dπve teeth 48 are disposed at different axial levels, as a result of which these dπve-member-side dπve teeth 48 do not guarantee a satisfactory uniform cooperation with the dπve teeth of the reel toothing of a supply reel accommodated in a cassette. In operation of the known recording and/or reproducing apparatus a consequence of the varying axial height positions of the dπve-member-side dπve teeth 48 is that via the reel teeth and the supply reel the dπve-member-side drive teeth 48, whose height position vanes, exert a disturbing influence in the direction of the tape width on the magnetic tape unwound from or wound onto the supply reel, as a result of which vanations occur in the height position of the magnetic tape, the frequency of said vanations being dependent on, inter aha, the winding diameter These vanations in the height position can no longer be compensated by an actuator device carrying a magnetic head for scanning the tracks on the magnetic tape, as a result of which a correct recording and reproduction may be adversely affected or may even be impossible. It is an object of the invention to preclude the afore-mentioned problems and to provide an improved recording and/or reproducing apparatus. To achieve the af ore-mentioned object, according to the invention, the characteπstic features defined in the characteπzing part of claim 1 are provided in a recording and/or reproducing apparatus as defined in the opening part of claim 1 Owing to the provision of the characteπstic features in accordance with the invention it is achieved in a simple manner that as a result of the direct connection of the dnve shaft to the third magnetic circuit element and as a result of the finish of the magnetic circuit element by a turning operation, which is preferably effected after the connection of the third magnetic circuit element to the dπve shaft, the third magnetic circuit element is oπented exactly perpendicularly to the dπve shaft and, owing to its dimensioning in accordance with the invention, has such a πgid and non-deformable construction that insert-molding of the third magnetic circuit element, in order to form the dπve member including its dπve-member-side dnve teeth, cannot lead to any warping, twisting or deformation of the third magnetic circuit element and, consequently, of the dπve teeth connected to the third magnetic circuit element Thus, by means of the measures in accordance with the invention it is achieved that all the dπve-member-side dπve teeth are disposed at the same axial level with a high accuracy This has the advantage that dunng cooperation of the dπve-member-side dπve teeth with reel teeth of a supply reel of a cassette no undesirable influences are exerted on the magnetic tape and, consequently, the height position of the magnetic tape is not adversely affected, as a result of which a correct recording and reproduction is not disturbed or impaired by causes attnbutable to the dπve-member-side dπve teeth or the reel dnve device In a recording and/or reproducing apparatus in accoi dance with the invention it has proved to be very advantageous when, in addition, the measures defined in claims 2 to 8 are taken Tests have shown that these measures are particularly advantageous, particularly in view of an optimum compromise between, on the one hand, the size, the stability and non- deformabi ty of the dπve member and, on the other hand, the required space and the required mass of the dπve member The above-mentioned as well as further aspects of the invention will become apparent from the embodiments descπbed hereinafter by way of example and will be elucidated with reference to these examples The invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the drawings, which show two embodiments given by way of example but to which the invention is not limited Fig 1 is a plan view which shows a recording and/or reproducing apparatus in accordance with a first embodiment of the invention, which apparatus includes a disc-shaped dπve member for dπving a supply reel Fig 2 shows in an oblique view from underneath the disc-shaped dπve member of the recording and or reproducing apparatus shown in Fig 1 and a supply reel placed on the dπve member Fig 3 shows, in a manner similar to Fig 2, the disc-shaped dπve member and the supply reel of Fig 2, the supply reel being shown in a situation in which it is lifted off the dπve member Fig 4 is an oblique plan view which shows the disc-shaped dπve member of Figs 2 and 3 Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view which shows the disc-shaped dπve member of Figs. 2, 3 and 4 and the supply reel of Figs. 2 and 3, the relative axial position of the supply reel with respect to the disc-shaped dπve member being defined by dπve teeth. Fig. 6 shows a part of Fig. 5 to an enlarged scale in compaπson with Fig. 5. Fig. 7 shows the disc-shaped dπve member and the supply reel in a manner similar to Fig. 5, the relative axial position of the supply reel with respect to the disc-shaped dπve member being defined by three projections of the disc-shaped dπve member. Fig. 8 shows a part of Fig. 7 in a manner similar to Fig. 6. Fig. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the reel dπve device of the recording and reproducing apparatus shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 10 shows, in a manner similar to Fig. 9, a reel drive device of a recording and reproducing apparatus in accordance with a second embodiment of the invention Fig. 11 shows, in a manner similar to Figs. 9 and 10, a reel dnve device of a pnor-art recording and reproducing apparatus. Fig. 1 shows a recording and reproducing apparatus 1 which serves to and is configured for the recording and reproduction of digital data and by means of which a large amount of data can be stored. The recording and reproducing apparatus 1 is briefly referred to hereinafter as the storage apparatus 1 The storage apparatus 1 is a development of a recording and reproducing apparatus which includes features forming the subject matter of nine patent applications in total, namely the European pπoπty patent applications beaπng the application numbers 98 890 332.4, 98 890 333.2, 98 890 334.0, 98 890 335.7, 98 890 336.5, 98 890 337.3, 98 890 338.1, 98 890 339.9 and 98 890 340 7 filed on 12 November 1998. Said recording and reproducing apparatus was already shown at the Comdex fair of Las Vegas in the USA from 15 November 1998 and is consequently known. The disclosure represented by the exhibited recording and reproducing apparatus and for a substantial part contained m the nine aforementioned European pπoπty patent applications is incorporated herein by reference. For this reason, the remainder of the descπption of the storage apparatus shown in Fig. 1 is limited to only those areas and parts which are relevant in the present context. Furthermore, in the present context reference is also made to the two European pπoπty patent applications beaπng the application numbers 99 890 360 3 and 99 890 361.1 , both filed on 11 November 1999 The storage apparatus is adapted to hold a cassette 2, which is shown only in dash-dot lines in Fig. 1. The cassette 2 accommodates a supply reel 3, which is rotationally dπvable with respect to a reel axis 3 A and which serves to and is adapted to take up (wind) a magnetic tape 4, which tape as well as the supply reel 3 are shown merely as dash-dot lines in Fig. 1 The magnetic tape 4 can be scanned along a plurality of tracks which extend in the longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape 4, in order to record or reproduce digital data The storage apparatus 1 has a chassis 5 which carπes the individual constructional units and parts of the storage apparatus 1 Hereinafter, only those of the constructional units and parts are mentioned which are relevant in the present context For holding a cassette 2 and moving it from a loading position into an operating position in the storage apparatus 1 the storage apparatus 1 has a movable cassette holder 6 The movable cassette holder 6 is movable along an L-shaped path of movement between a loading position, m which a cassette 2 can be inserted into the cassette holder 6, and an operating position, in which an inserted cassette 2 is in its operating position To move the cassette holder 6 and further movable apparatus parts of the storage apparatus 1 the storage apparatus 1 has dπve means 7 The dπve means 7 include a motor 8 and a gear mechanism 9, by means of which a πng-shaped dπve gear wheel 10 is dπvable With the aid of the πng-shaped dnve gear wheel 10 cam devices, by means of which the movable cassette holder 6 is movable, can be dnven via gear racks When the cassette holder 6 is in its operating position a cassette 2 loaded into the cassette holder 6 is also in its operating position As already stated, the cassette 2 accommodates a supply reel 3 on which the magnetic tape 4 is wound At the free end of the magnetic tape 4 the magnetic tape 4 is connected to a coupling pin 11 In the operating position of the cassette 2 pull-out means 12 can be coupled to the coupling pin 11, which means include a pull-out element 13 and a pull-out tape 14 For the clanty of the drawing the pull-out tape 14 is shown as a dash-dot line in Fig 1 The pull-out tape 14 is passed from pull-out element 13 to a take-up reel 15 and is fixedly connected to a hub portion 16 of the take-up reel 15 The hub portion 16 has a recess 17 which is adapted to receive the pull-out element 13 By means of a first motoi, not shown, of the storage apparatus 1 the take-up reel 15 is rotationally drivable in a direction indicated by an arrow 18 The rotational drive of the take-up reel 15 enables the pull-out tape 14 and, consequently, the pull-out element 13 to be dnven, as a result of which, after coupling of the pull-out element 13 to the coupling pin 11, the magnetic tape 4 can be pulled out of the cassette 2 with the aid of the pull-out tape 14 and can be moved up to the take-up reel 15 and can be wound onto the take-up reel 15, upon which recording on or reproducing from the magnetic tape 4 is possible. The storage apparatus 1 has dnve means 19 for dπving the magnetic tape 4. The dπve means 19 include the first motor, not shown, which has been provided in the storage apparatus 1 in order to dπve the take-up reel 15 and which dnves the take-up reel 15 with the aid of a dπve member, not shown, which also forms a part of the dnve means 19 The dnve means 19 further include a second motor, which is not shown completely Fig. 1 only shows a stator section 20 of the second motor, which stator section carπes excitation coils, not shown, by means of which a rotor, not shown, of this second motor can be dnven The second motor can dnve crown-like gear teeth which mesh with mating gear teeth provided on the supply reel 3, the supply reel 3 thus being dπvable in a direction indicated by an arrow 21 by means of the second motor to wind the magnetic tape 4 onto the supply reel 3 Thus, the supply reel 3 also forms a part of the dnve means 19. The two kinds of gear teeth will be descπbed in greater detail hereinafter. The storage apparatus 1 further has guide means 22 for guiding the magnetic tape 3. In the present case the guide means 22 include two tape guide rollers 23 and 24 Each of the two tape guide rollers 23 and 24 has a guide shafts, 25 and 26 respectively, which are stationaπly connected to the chassis 5, and a guide surface, 27 and 28 respectively, which is cyhndncal with respect to the respective guide shaft 25 or 26. Further, each of the two tape guide rollers 23 and 24 has an end flange, 29, 30 and 31, 32 respectively, in the area of each of the two axial ends of the respective cyhndncal guide surfaces 27 and 28, which end flanges extend transversely to the respective guide shafts 25 and 26 The storage apparatus 1 further has a multi-track magnetic head 33 which serves for scanning the magnetic tape 4. The magnetic head 33 is mounted on an actuatoi device 34 by means of which the magnetic head 33 is movable in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape 4 to keep the individual magnet systems of the multi-track magnetic head 33 constantly aligned with respect to the scanning tracks of the magnetic tape 4, so as to guarantee an exact tracking The magnetic head 33 is arranged in the area between the two tape guide rollers 23 and 24 With the aid of the actuating device 34 the magnetic head 33 can follow vanations in the height position of the magnetic tape 3 As already stated hereinbefore, the storage apparatus 1 further includes a second motor, of which only the stator section 20 is shown in Fig 1 The second motor forms a part of a reel dπve device 35 which serves to and is adapted to rotationally dnve the supply reel 3 of the cassette 2 As regards the supply reel 3 it is to be mentioned in addition (see Figs. 2 to 8) that the supply reel 3 consists of a plastic and has a substantially pot-shaped hub portion 36 which is integral with a first reel flange 37 and a second reel flange 38. The pot-shaped hub portion 36 has a bottom wall 39 and a cyhndncal circumferential wall 40. In a manner not shown the magnetic tape 4 has one end attached to the circumferential wall 40 and is subsequently wound up, the tape spool thus formed being disposed between the two reel flanges 37 and 38. In the area of the bottom wall 39 the supply reel 3 is connected to, i.e. is integral with, a reel-side reel dnve means 41. Here, the reel-side reel dnve means 41 is formed by reel teeth 41. In the area of its bottom wall 39 the supply reel 3 is further connected to a first magnetic circuit element 42, which serves to form magnetically acting holding means 43 for holding the supply reel 3 in the storage apparatus 1 The first magnetic circuit element 42 is formed by a circular disc, which forms a magnetic yoke and which consists of a low-carbon steel having a nickel cladding to protect it. The first magnetic circuit element 42 has a total of three angularly equispaced bores 44, which are each engaged by a projection 45 which extends from the bottom wall 39. The first magnetic circuit element 42 is connected to the bottom wall 39 of the supply reel 3 by insert-molding The reel dπve device 35 has a rotationally dπvable dπve shaft 46A and a disc- shaped dπve member 47 which is rotationally drivable with respect to a disc axis 46 by means of the dπve shaft 46A and which is shown only as a dash-dot line in Fig 1. The discshaped drive member 47 has a dnve-member-side reel drive means 48, which in the present case is formed by dπve teeth 48. The dnve teeth 48 serve to and are adapted to cooperate in a dπving fashion with the reel teeth 41, l e with the reel-side reel dnve means 41 The drive teeth 48 are integral with the drive member 47 The dnve member 47, just as the supply reel 3, is made of a plastic The dnve member 47 is connected to a second magnetic circuit element 49 provided with the magnetically acting holding means 43 for holding the supply reel in the storage apparatus 1. Here, the second magnetic circuit element 49 is formed by an annular magnet 49 The magnet 49 consists of a neodymium-iron-boron compound Furthermore, a third magnetic circuit element 50 is connected to the discshaped dπve member 47, the connection being made by insert-molding. The third magnetic circuit element 50 is basically annular and also forms a magnetic yoke The third magnetic circuit element 50 consists of a stainless steel The provision of the third magnetic circuit element 50 results in a small stray field and a high efficiency of the magnetically acting holding means 43 It is to be noted that the second magnetic circuit element 49, which is formed by a magnet, and the third magnetic circuit element 50 are connected to one another by the magnetic force of attraction In addition, an adhesive joint, not shown in the Figures, is provided between the second magnetic circuit element 49 and the third magnetic circuit element 50, in order to guarantee an increased reliability for the connection between the second magnetic circuit element 49 and the third magnetic circuit element 50 In the storage apparatus 1 the disc-shaped dnve member 47 is advantageously provided with magnetic-force-of-attraction limiting means 51 which serve to and are adapted to cooperate with the first magnetic circuit element 42 With the aid of the magnetic-force-of- attraction limiting means 51 the magnetic force of attraction produced between the first magnetic circuit element 42 and the second magnetic circuit element 49 can be limited to a given value This given value is dictated by a given minimum axial distance between the first magnetic circuit element 42 and the second magnetic circuit element 49 In the storage apparatus 1, l e in the disc-shaped dnve member 47 the magnetic-force-of-attraction limiting means 51 are formed by three projections 52, 53 and 54, which project from the dnve member 47 in the direction of the disc axis 46 The three projections 52, 53 and 54 are situated on a circle which is coaxial with the disc axis 46 and are angularly equispaced The construction of the three projections 52, 53 and 54 is apparent from Figs 4 to 8 Each of the three projections 52, 53 and 54 consists of a block-shaped basic portion 55, 56 and 57, respectively, and of a stud portion 58, 59 and 60, respectively Each of the three basic portions 55, 56 and 57, as is shown for the second projection 53 in Figs 5 to 8, is integrally connected to the disc-shaped dπve member 47 via a limb 61 Figs 5 and 6 illustrate a normal operating situation, in which the first magnetic circuit element 42 of the supply reel 3 is properly and faultlessly connected to the bottom wall 39 of the supply reel 3 In this normal operating situation the three projections 52, 53 and 54 have no effect, as is apparent particularly from Fig 6 In fact, the three projections 52, 53 and 54 do not come into contact with the first magnetic circuit element 42 Therefore, the relative axial position of the supply reel 3 and, consequently, of the first magnetic circuit element 42 with respect to the disc-shaped dπve member 47 and, consequently, with respect to the second magnetic circuit element 49 is determined by the reel teeth 41 and the dnve teeth 48, which teeth 41 and 48, I e their tooth flanks, intermesh under the influence of the force exerted bv the magnetically acting holding means 43 Thus, in this normal operating situation the magnetic force of attraction between the first magnetic circuit element 42 and the second magnetic circuit element 49 is determined by the axial distance between the first magnetic circuit element 42 and the second magnetic circuit element 49, which distance is defined by means of the reel teeth 41 and the dπve teeth 48 Figs 7 and 8 show a supply reel 3, whose first magnetic circuit element 42 - whatever the cause - does not occupy a specified correct position on the supply reel 3. As is apparent from Figs 7 and 8, the first magnetic circuit element 42 shown in Figs 7 and 8 has too large an axial distance from the bottom wall 39 of the supply reel 3. This excessive distance may have oπginated dunng the production of the supply reel 3. Alternatively, the excessive distance may have ansen after frequent use of the supply reel 3 or rather of the cassette 2 including the supply reel 3. When the supply reel shown in Figs 7 and 8 has been loaded into the storage apparatus 1 shown in Fig 1 and no precautionary measures in the form of the magnetic- force-of- attraction limiting means 51 had been provided in the storage apparatus 1 and the disc-shaped dπve member 47 of the storage apparatus 1 , this would result in the first magnetic circuit element 42 being situated at such a small axial distance from the second magnetic circuit element 49 that a given maximum permissible magnetic force of attraction between the first magnetic circuit element 42 and the second magnetic circuit element 49 would be exceeded. The result of this might be that the first magnetic circuit element 42 could no longer be detached from the second magnetic circuit element 49 or could be detached only through an undesired separation of the connection between the first magnetic circuit element 42 and the bottom wall 39 of the supply reel 3, which is obviously undesirable The provision of the magnetic-force-of-attraction limiting means 51 precludes the undesirable situation descnbed above in the storage apparatus 1 and the disc-shaped drive member 47 in an advantageous manner, namely in that - as is apparent in particular from Fig 8 - the three projections 52, 53 and 54 operatively engage with the first magnetic circuit element 42, as a result of which the first magnetic circuit element 42 abuts with the stud portions 58, 59 and 60 in this operating situation. This guarantees that the axial distance between the first magnetic circuit element 42 and the second magnetic circuit element 49 is determined by the difference in axial level between the free ends of the stud portions 58, 59 and 60 and the free end surface of the second magnetic circuit element 49 Thus, it is guaranteed by simple means and in a vei y reliable manner that the distance between the first magnetic circuit element 42 and the second magnetic circuit element 49 defined by said difference in level can never become smaller, as a result of which the magnetic force of attraction between the two magnetic circuit elements 42 and 43 can never exceed a given value. Thus, undesirably high magnetic forces of attraction are precluded in a reliable manner. With regard to the reel dπve device 35 it is to be noted that the dnve shaft 46A is preferably mounted in a bore of the third magnetic circuit element 50 and is locked in rotation to the third magnetic circuit element 50. In the present case, the connection between the dπve shaft 46A and the third magnetic circuit element 50 is made by pressing, so that a press fit exists between the dπve shaft 46A and the third magnetic circuit element. The third magnetic circuit element 50 is suitably formed by an element which is finished by means of a turning operation. To manufacture the reel dnve device 35 a preformed element is pressed onto the dnve shaft 46A and is subsequently finished by means of a turning operation, which guarantees that the element forming the third magnetic circuit element 50 has bounding surfaces which extend exactly perpendicularly to the dnve shaft 46A and the third magnetic circuit element 50 consequently cannot cause axial wobbling Furthermore, it is advantageous for the reel dnve device 35 when the outer diameter Dl of the dnve-member-side dπve teeth 48 and the outer diameter D2 of the third magnetic circuit element 50 are in a ratio of 3:2 at the most, l e of 1.5 at the most, the ratio in the present case being 3.8 : 2.9, i.e. 1.31, as can be seen in Fig. 9. In the construction of the reel dπve device 35 as shown in Fig. 9 the third magnetic circuit element 50 has an axial thickness Tl of approximately 3.5 mm in a radial area RBI which extends away from its peπphery towards the disc axis 46, which area in the present case corresponds to the whole outer radius of the third magnetic circuit element 50 The construction of the reel dπve device 35, which is illustrated clearly in particular in Fig. 9, is a construction which is very stable as regards its shape, which is deformation-proof and which exhibits substantially no axial wobble, as a result of which the dπve teeth 48, i.e. all the dπve teeth 48, are disposed in level range that can be realized within extremely narrow tolerance limits, so that there are no vanations in the axial height position of the dnve teeth 48 and, as a consequence, the dπve teeth 48 do not have any undesirable influence on the height position of a magnetic tape when the magnetic tape is driven with the aid of the dπve teeth 48 The reel dπve device 35 shown in Fig 10 is a modification of the reel dπve device 35 shown in Fig. 9. In the reel drive device 35 shown in Fig 10 the dnve shaft 46A is also mounted directly in a bore of the third magnetic circuit element 50 and is locked in rotation to the third magnetic circuit element 50. Rotational locking is achieved by means of four laser welds LS, shown diagrammatic ally in Fig. 10. In the reel drive device 35 shown in Fig. 10 the third magnetic circuit element 50 has a thickness T2 of approximately 3.5 mm in a radial area RB2 which extends away from its periphery towards the disc axis 46, which area corresponds to the substantially half the outer radius of the third magnetic circuit element 50. The comparatively thick outer portion of the third magnetic circuit element 50, which extends over the radial area RB2, is connected to the hub portion NB of the third magnetic circuit element 50 via a connecting portion VB of smaller thickness. However, the connecting portion VB of smaller thickness does not adversely affect the stable and deformation-proof construction of the third magnetic circuit element 50, because the stability and non-deformability of this element are primarily determined by the comparatively thick outer portion which extends over the radial area RB2. The invention is not limited to the embodiments described hereinbefore. Tests have shown that even with a thickness T of the third magnetic circuit element 50 of at least 2.0 mm satisfactory results can be obtained as regards the stable shape and non-deformability of the reel drive device 50 and of the drive member 47.

Claims: CLAIMS: 1. A recording and/or reproducing apparatus (1) adapted to hold a cassette (2) which includes a supply reel (3) which is rotationally drivable with respect to a reel axis (3A), which supply reel serves to and is adapted to take up a record earner (4) in the form of a tape and is connected to reel teeth (41) and is connected to a first magnetic circuit element (42), which magnetic circuit element serves to form magnetically acting holding means (43) for holding the supply reel (3) in the recording and or reproducing apparatus (1), and having a reel dπve device (35) for rotationally dπving the supply reel (3), which reel dπve device (35) has dπve shaft (46A), which is rotationally dπvable with respect to a disc axis (46) and a disc-shaped dπve member (47), which is rotationally dπvable with respect to the dπve shaft (46A), which dπve member (47) is made of a plastic and has dπve- member-side dπve teeth (48), which teeth serve to and are adapted to cooperate in a dπving fashion with the reel teeth (41), and which dnve member (47) is connected to a second magnetic circuit element (49), which serves to form the magnetically acting holding means (43) for holding the supply reel (3) in the recording and or reproducing apparatus (1), the connection between the third magnetic circuit element (50) and the dπve member (47) being made by insert-molding of the thud magnetic circuit element (50), characteπzed in that the dnve shaft (46A) is mounted directly in a bore of the third magnetic circuit element (50) and is locked in rotation to the third magnetic circuit element (50), and the third magnetic circuit element (50) is formed by an element which is finished by means of a turning operation, and the outer diameter (Dl) of the dπve-member-side dπve teeth (48) and the outer diametei (D2) of the third magnetic circuit element (50) are in a ratio of 3.2 at the most, and the third magnetic circuit element (50) has an axial thickness (Tl, T2) of at least 2 0 mm in a radial area (RB I, RB2) which extends away from its peπphery towards the disc axis (46), which area corresponds to at least one third of the outer radius of the third magnetic circuit element (50) 2. A recording and/or reproducing apparatus (1) as claimed in claim 1, characteπzed in that the outer diameter (Dl) of the dπve-member-side dπve teeth (48) and the outer diameter (D2) of the third magnetic circuit element (50) are in a ratio within a range of between 4:3 and 5:4. 3. A recording and or reproducing apparatus (1) as claimed in claim 1, characteπzed in that the third magnetic circuit element (50) has an axial thickness (Tl, T2) of at least 2.0 mm in a radial area (RBI, RB2) which extends away from its peπphery towards the disc axis (46), which area corresponds to at least one half of the outer radius of the third magnetic circuit element (50). 4. A recording and/or reproducing apparatus (1) as claimed in claim 3, characteπzed in that the third magnetic circuit element (50) has an axial thickness (Tl) of at least 2.0 mm in a radial area (RBI) which extends away from its penphery towards the disc axis (46), which area corresponds to the whole outer radius of the third magnetic circuit element (50). 5. A recording and or reproducing apparatus (1) as claimed in claim 4, characteπzed in that the third magnetic circuit element (50) has a thickness (Tl) within a range of between 2.0 mm and 5.0 mm. 6. A recording and/or reproducing apparatus (1 ) as claimed in claim 5, characteπzed in that the third magnetic circuit element (50) has a thickness of approximately 3.5 mm 7. A recording and/or reproducing apparatus (1) as claimed in claim 1, charactenzed in that the third magnetic circuit element (50) consists of a magnetizable steel and forms a magnetic yoke. 8. A recording and/or reproducing apparatus (1) as claimed in claim 7, characteπzed in that the second magnetic circuit element (49) is formed by an annular magnet which is connected to the third magnetic circuit element (50)

Inventors: HUETTENEGGER HEIMO, HUETTENEGGER, HEIMO
Applicants: KONINKL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV, KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
Application year: 2001
Main classification: G11B15
IPC codes: G11B15, G11B23