Patent ID: 6971603

Claim:
A reel brake assembly for a magnetic recording/reading apparatus, comprising: a sub-deck slidably disposed on a main-deck in which a head drum is mounted; a reel table, rotatably disposed in the sub-deck, and adapted to selectively drive a tape reel of a tape cassette; a brake unit, pivotably disposed on the sub-deck, and adapted to selectively brake the reel table, the brake unit includes a first brake rotatably disposed in the sub-deck and adapted to contact and become separated from the reel table; a spring, adapted to compress the first brake so that the first brake comes into contact with the reel table; and a second brake, disposed coaxially with respect to the first brake, and which is adapted to pivot with the first brake in a direction to separate the first brake from the reel table, and adapted to independently rotate in the reverse direction in contact with the reel table; and a cam gear, adapted to be rotated by a driving force of a driving motor, to move the sub-deck to load and unload the sub-deck, such that the brake unit is selectively brought into contact with and separated from the reel table in relation to movement of the cam gear when the sub-deck is loaded and unloaded.