RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE

摘要

PURPOSE:To decrease a rotary angle which functions to separate a cassette lid from the upper end of a rotary drum and to attain the miniaturization of a recording/reproducing device without damaging a magnetic tape, by tilting the upper part of the rotary drum toward a cassette at a prescribed angle. CONSTITUTION:A cassette C is loaded on the 1st position by a cassette loading mechanism, and lead-out posts 2 and 3 are set within an opening part O for lead-out of a loading tape T. Then the cassette C is loaded by the loading mechanism toward a rotary drum 1, i.e., up to the 2nd position. In this case, the position of the upper end of the drum 1 opposite to a back lid BL of a cassette lid L is lowered since the drum 1 is tilted at an angle alpha. Therefore the rotary angle functioning to separate the lid L from the upper end of the drum 1 is reduced to decrease the dead space for rotation of the lid L. Furthermore, the application efficiency of the dead space is improved since the drum 1 is set close to the cassette C. This can decrease the side of a recording/ reproducing device in both the height and the depth.