Magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus of rotating head type

摘要

Disclosed is a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus of the rotating head type in which a magnetic tape is drawn out from a tape cassette by means of tape lead-out pins and brought into close contact with a head cylinder containing rotating heads. Each of the tape lead-out pins is mounted on a slide member which is adapted to be driven by a drive means and slideably guided along a guide path consisting of a guide slot formed in a base plate of the apparatus. With such arrangement, the guide path need not coincide with the path of the driving means, whereby the tape loading mechanism and hence the apparatus as a whole can be small in size.