Patent ID: 7420767

Claim:
A recording and/or reproducing device comprising: a grabber to be coupled to a leader pin, said leader pin being connected to a magnetic tape wound on a reel hub of a supply reel in a cartridge that is adapted to be loaded to the recording and/or reproducing device, and said grabber being connected to a first end of a leader tape which has a second end connected to a reel hub of a take-up reel of the recording and/or reproducing device; and a retaining member for retaining said grabber when the magnetic tape is rewound from said take-up reel to said supply reel in said cartridge, wherein said retaining member comprises a positioning arrangement for fixing said grabber in place; wherein said grabber has a front surface and a rear surface, and the rear surface has a pair of hollows at upper and lower end portions thereof, respectively; wherein said positioning arrangement comprises: a retainer which is opposed to the front surface of said grabber when said positioning arrangement retains said grabber; and a pair of leaf springs which are opposed to said retainer with a distance that is shorter than a thickness of said grabber; and wherein said leaf springs are disposed to be apart from each other in an up and down direction of the grabber, and said pair of leaf springs comprise a pair of projection that are engageable with the pair of hollows, respectively.