Patent ID: 7540443

Claim:
A magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus in which an end of a tape accommodated in a tape cassette has a coupling element, and said coupling element is pulled out by a tape-pulling-out element and said tape is taken up around a drive reel, said magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus comprising a leader tape having one end connected to a drive shaft of said drive reel and the other end connected to said tape-pulling-out element, a reel hub which is located on an outer periphery of said drive shaft and which takes up said tape around an outer peripheral surface of said reel hub, and a lock member which connects said drive shaft and said reel hub with each other, wherein said reel hub includes a hub opening through which said leader tape passes, and said lock member is displaced by said tape-pulling-out element pulled into said hub opening and connects said drive shaft and said reel hub with each other.