摘要 |
An apparatus for driving an information recording tape housed in a cartridge having a case accommodating a pair of spools rotatable around shafts, the information recording tape wound on the both spools, a drive roller, a rotation transmission mechanism transmitting the rotation of the drive roller to the pair of the spools comprises a cartridge holding mechanism holding the cartridge, a drive motor having a stator and a rotor, the rotor being arranged outside of the stator and covering the stator, the drive motor having a roller member formed of an elastic material provided on an outer circumferential surface of the rotor, and a pressing mechanism pressing the roller member of the drive motor against the drive roller in the cartridge.
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