Patent ID: 6111721
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A tray loading type magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus for different size tape cassettes, comprising:a deck mechanism for accommodating said different size tape cassettes;a cassette housing affixed to an upper portion of said deck mechanism;a cassette tray rectilinearly combined with said cassette housing, wherein said cassette tray moves back and forth and selectively accommodates said different size tape cassettes;a cassette holder for selectively receiving said different size tape cassettes, which is provided in said cassette tray; anda tape cassette receiving device for receiving said different size tape cassettes, which is provided in the cassette holder,wherein said cassette holder is separated into a lower base and an upper base which is rotatable combined with a rear side of said lower base, andwherein said tape cassette receiving device comprises:a supporting pin which is combined with a supporting grove formed at both sides of a lower surface of a small tape cassette and which moves to an escaping groove formed in a hub of a standard tape cassette when said standard tape cassette is received, anddriving means for moving said supporting pin by said standard tape cassette that is received in said cassette holder.