Patent ID: 7209425

Claim:
An apparatus for driving a tape-shaped optical recording medium comprising; a pair of reel means for supplying with a tape-shaped optical recording medium and for taking-up the tape-shaped optical recording medium; driving means for causing the tape-shaped optical recording medium to run from one of said reel means to the other of said reel means; and running guide means for guiding the tape-shaped optical recording medium running between said reel means, wherein said running guide means has a flat portion forming a guide face portion for facing to the tape-shaped optical recording medium and is operative to cause the tape-shaped optical recording medium to run along the flat portion, and wherein said running guide means is provided with a light transmittable portion constituting a part of the flat portion thereof and positioned between the tape-shaped optical recording medium and optical means for causing a light beam to be incident upon the tape-shaped optical recording medium so that said light beam is incident upon the tape-shaped optical recording medium through said light transmittable portion.