Patent ID: 7372668

Claim:
A recording and/or reproducing device comprising: a chassis; a magnetic head; a head actuator for holding said magnetic head and for moving said magnetic head up and down; a take-up reel rotatably mounted on said chassis; a grabber connected to said takeup reel via a leader tape; a cleaning brush for cleaning said magnetic head; a brush driving mechanism for moving said cleaning brush between a retracted position and an operation position at which said cleaning brush is opposed to said magnetic head; wherein said brush driving mechanism includes a main arm having a tip coupled to said cleaning brush via a shaft; wherein said chassis has a chassis slit in which said shaft is inserted such that said cleaning brush is movable from said retracted position to said operation position by operating said main arm; wherein said brush driving mechanism comprises a positioning arrangement for positioning said cleaning brush with respect to said magnetic head; wherein said recording and/or reproducing device is adapted to load a cartridge for accommodating a magnetic tape that is connected to a leader pin at one end portion thereof, and said grabber and said leader pin are adapted to be coupled to form a pull-out assembly when said cartridge is loaded in said recording and/or reproducing device; wherein said brush driving mechanism is operable by rotating a cam gear for use in detaching said leader pin from and attaching said leader pin to said grabber, and said main arm is interlocked to said cam gear; and wherein said brush driving mechanism is driven by rotation of said cam gear at least one of after said cartridge is loaded in said recording and/or reproducing device and after said magnetic tape is rewound in said cartridge, to move said cleaning brush from said retracted position to said operation position.