Patent ID: 7262933

Claim:
A magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus, in which a single reel cartridge having stored a magnetic tape is freely attached and detached, comprising: a take-up reel for winding up a magnetic tape drawn from a cartridge; a rotating drum type magnetic head for performing recording and reproduction on the magnetic tape; a transporting/connecting mechanism for transporting and connecting a leading edge of the magnetic tape to the take-up reel when the cartridge is mounted; and a plurality of guide posts disposed at predetermined unloading positions when the magnetic tape is not connected to the take-up reel and, after the leading edge of the magnetic tape is connected to the take-up reel, moved to predetermined loading positions to guide the magnetic tape to be wound around the rotating drum type magnetic head along predetermined moving paths, wherein the take-up reel has a hub formed with a notch corresponding to the moving path of at least one of the guide posts passing between the rotating drum type magnetic head and the take-up reel.