Tape end detecting device in a recording and/or reproducing apparatus for a miniature type tape cassette

摘要

A tape end detecting device in recording and/or reproducing apparatus for a miniature type tape cassette comprises a rotation detecting circuit for detecting rotation of a supply reel and a take-up reel of the miniature type tape cassette and producing rotation detection signals in accordance with the rotation of the supply reel and the take-up reel, and a control circuit for carrying out counting with a predetermined time interval according to the rotation detection signals from the rotation detecting circuit during a tape rewinding or tape fast-forwarding mode of the recording and/or reproducing apparatus and stopping the tape rewinding or tape fast-forwarding mode when a count within the predetermined time interval is zero. The supply reel and the take-up reel stop rotating when all of the tape is fed out from one reel to the other reel and an end of the tape is reached. The rotation detecting circuit produces no rotation detection signal when the reels stop rotating.