Tape loading device for recording and/or reproducing apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasahiro Ando
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Abstract
A recording and/or reproducing apparatus comprises a tape loading mechanism arranged to place a tape at heads by pulling the tape out of a tape cassette loaded on the apparatus in a predetermined loading position, an operation mode setting mechanism arranged to shift its position according to each of a plurality of operation modes, and a tape driving mechanism which includes reel shafts. The operation mode setting mechanism is arranged to be capable of selecting a stop mode and a cassette ejecting mode in one and the same specific operation mode setting position thereof according to the state of the tape loading mechanism and to be capable of selecting two different high speed tape feeding modes also in another specific operation mode setting position thereof.
Claims18
A recording and/or reproducing apparatus, comprising:
- (a) tape loading means for loading a tape at a loading position in which said tape is wound around a rotary head drum by pulling said tape out of a cassette mounted on said apparatus;
- (b) first mode setting means arranged to move and change its position according to an operation mode selected among a plurality of operation modes of said apparatus;
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- (c) second mode setting means arranged to detect a state of said loading means and to be capable of setting different operation modes among said plurality of modes at the same position of said first mode setting means according to the detected state of said loading means.
A recording and/or reproducing apparatus comprising:
- (a) cassette loading means arranged to load a cassette on said apparatus in a given loading position or to eject said cassette from said loading position;
- (b) tape loading means for loading a tape at a loading position in which said tape is wound around a rotary head drum by pulling said tape out of a cassette mounted on said apparatus;
- (c) mode setting means having a stop position and arranged to move and change its position according to an operation mode selected among a plurality of operation modes;
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- (d) control means arranged to control the ejecting action of said cassette loading means at the stop mode position of said mode setting means in accordance with the position of said tape loading means.
A recording and/or reproducing apparatus of the type including heads, comprising:
- (a) tape loading means for placing a tape at said heads by pulling out said tape from a cassette loaded on said apparatus in a predetermined cassette loading position;
- (b) reel shaft driving means arranged to wind or rewind said tape by engaging and driving tape reel hubs which are disposed within said cassette, said reel shaft driving means including reel shafts;
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- (c) operation mode setting means arranged to change the position thereof according to each of a plurality of operation modes and to be capable of setting in one and the same position thereof a first tape fast feeding mode in which said reel shaft driving means is driven at a high speed prior to the tape loading action of said tape loading means and a second tape fast feeding mode in which said reel shaft driving means is driven in one of a fast forward or a rewind direction in said tape loading state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.