PURPOSE: To wind the tape pulled out by rotating a reel stand from the external part at the time of the power failure by inserting a stick-shaped object from the prescribed guide hole at the time of the power failure and repeating the press-contacting and detaching of the brake shoe of the reel stand.

CONSTITUTION: At a supporting shaft a10 of a reel base 3a, a brake device constituted of a brake 7, a brake shoe 7a, etc., is provided and the brake shoe 7a is provided at a reel stand 5a press-contactably and detachably. When the power is turned off during the recording and reproducing, a solenoid 13 becomes off and the braked condition is obtained. At this time, from the hole of a driving guide 19, a driver, etc., are inserted, a driving plate 18 is lightly hit and the press-contacting and detaching to the reel stand 5a of the brake shoe 7a are repeated. As this result, the reel stand 5a is rotated in the (o) direction, that is, in the direction to wind the tape, and by lightly hitting the driving plate 19 periodically, the pulled-out tape can be wound.