A ROTARY HEAD TYPE TAPE RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING APPARATUS

摘要

A rotary head type tape recording and/or reproducing apparatus comprises a rotary head drum (23) having a rotary head for recording and/or reproducing information signals onto or from a magnetic tape helically wrapped around the rotary head drum with a predetermined wrap angle and an outer peripheral surface of the drum being free of leads for restricting the movement of the wrapped magnetic tape in the width direction; a pair of tape guides (9,10) having flange portions which are located near both sides of the rotary head drum means and restrict the movement of the magnetic tape in the width direction; and a head drum supporting and moving arrangement for fixing the rotary head drum and the pair of tape guides and moving so as to be in contact with or away from a cassette loading arrangement which loads and supports a tape cassette (1) in which the magnetic tape (4) is enclosed.