Patent ID: 6396541
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A recording and/reproducing apparatus comprising:a) a holder for housing and holding a cassette within said apparatus, said holder having an opening part for ejecting the cassette and being arranged to be movable between a first position in which a tape can be pulled from the cassette and a second position in which the cassette can be inserted or ejected through the opening part; b) a cover provided separately from said holder and arranged to be lockable in a state of covering the opening pan of said holder; c) ejecting instruction means for generating an ejecting instruction which makes said holder move from the first position to the second position; and d) a lock part for holding said cover in the state of covering the opening part of said holder and releasing said cover in response to the ejecting instruction output from said ejecting instruction means, so as to uncover the opening part of said holder and move said holder from the first to the second position.