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US 4,787,570 AGranted
Apparatus for guiding a leader block in a tape cartridge for a magnetic instrument
AssigneeNakamichi Corporation
InventorFuyuki Nakagome
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Abstract
An apparatus for guiding along a guide path a leader block in a tape cartridge for a magnetic instrument comprising means to prevent the leader block from being moved in a backward direction along the guide path.
Claims5
An apparatus for guiding along a guide path a leader block contained in a tape cartridge for a magnetic instrument having a single reel and connected to a leader end of a tape in the tape cartridge characterized by:
- drive means including an arm at an end thereof having a drawing pin which is guided along said guide path so as to guide said leader block along said guide path and a rotary member pivotally supporting said arm at another end thereof and having a rotary axis:
- and means including a member to engage with said one end of said arm at the position of said arm where said axis of said rotary member, a pivotal axis of said arm, and said drawing pin are arranged in a substantially straight line to prevent said leader block from being moved in a backward direction along said guide path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.