摘要 |
<p>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To downscale a tape drive unit and to improve traveling stability. SOLUTION: A tape drive unit 1 which pulls out and runs a tape-shaped recording medium 102 from the pullout port 101a of a case body 101 of a one- reel type tape cassette 100, is provided with a drum 17 around which the tape- shaped recording medium is wound and slide-contacted, a guide shaft 22a for turning the tape-shaped recording medium at a prescribed position near the pullout port of the case body, and a pair of guide pins 20a and 21a which can be moved in a direction which contacts/separates from the drum, and are separated in the peripheral direction of the drum near the drum when moved in a direction close to the drum. The tape-shaped recoding medium is turned in order by the guide shaft for turning and the pair of guide pin moved in the direction close to the drum, and then the tape-shaped recording medium located between the pair of guide pins is wound around the drum.</p> |