Patent ID: 7408736

Claim:
A magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus that is arranged to receive a tape cassette accommodating a tape recording medium that is selectively loaded thereto, the loaded tape cassette being selected from a plurality of types of the tape cassettes accommodating tape recording media with differing widths, the apparatus comprising: a rotating drum unit to which the tape recording medium of the loaded tape cassette is wound, said rotating drum unit comprising: a rotating head; and a stationary tape guide for adjusting the position of one side edge of the wound tape recording medium of the loaded tape cassette to a fixed height position; and a loading mechanism that is configured to pull the tape recording medium of the loaded tape cassette out of the loaded tape cassette, wind the tape recording medium of the loaded tape cassette around the rotating drum unit over a winding angle, and form a tape path, the loading mechanism comprising: a plurality of loading poles dedicated for the different types of tape cassettes, the loading poles being selectively used according to the type of the loaded tape cassette to adjust the position of the opposite side edge of the tape recording medium of the loaded tape cassette to predetermined differing height positions, wherein the loading mechanism adjusts the winding angle for winding the tape recording medium of the loaded tape cassette according to a width of the tape recording medium of the loaded tape cassette.