Patent ID: 7344100

Claim:
A recording and/or reproducing device, into which a cartridge can be loaded, comprising a take-up reel for taking up a magnetic tape accommodated in said cartridge, said cartridge accommodating said magnetic tape and a coupling element connected to an end portion of said magnetic tape, said recording and/or reproducing device having a pull-out element coupled to said coupling element to form a pull-out assembly when said cartridge is loaded in said recording and/or reproducing device, said recording and/or reproducing device comprising a driving mechanism for driving said pull-out assembly so as to move said pull-out assembly up into an interior of a reel hub of said take-up reel, wherein said reel hub has an opening for passing said pull-out assembly through the interior thereof, said take-up reel having a receiving portion for receiving said pull-out assembly in the interior of said reel hub, wherein said driving mechanism has a shaft inserted in a through hole bored in said pull-out element with a clearance therebetween, wherein said recording and/or reproducing device comprises: a fixing arrangement for fixing said pull-out assembly in said receiving portion at a predetermined position on receiving said pull-out assembly in said receiving portion; a positioning member for positioning said shaft with a center of said shaft substantially coincided with a central axis of said take-up reel and with said clearance held between said shaft and an inner wall of said through hole when said pull-out assembly is received in said receiving portion.