Magnetic Recording/Reproducing Apparatus

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus in which a step on an outer peripheral surface of a reel hub is eliminated and a tape is not damaged. In a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus, an end of a tape accommodated in a tape cassette has a coupling element 8, and the coupling element 8 is pulled out by a tape-pulling-out element 40 and the tape is taken up around a drive reel 20. The magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus comprises a leader tape 41 having one end connected to a drive shaft 24 of the drive reel 20 and the other end connected to the tape-pulling-out element 40, a reel hub 21 which is located on an outer periphery of the drive shaft 24 and which takes up the tape around an outer peripheral surface of the reel hub 21, a hub opening which is provided on a portion of the reel hub 21 and through which the leader tape 41 passes, and a positioning piece 80 which is located in the hub opening and which positions the tape-pulling-out element 40. The reel hub 21 is made of metal material, and the positioning piece 80 is made of resin material.

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