Patent ID: 7239473

Claim:
A tape guide mechanism of a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus that comprises a movable chassis having a tape guide arm member on which a tape guide is erected and a pair of reels stands thereon and a fixed chassis having a magnetic rotary head thereon, in which when said movable chassis moves to one position of said fixed chassis, loading and unloading of a cassette is performed and when said movable chassis moves to the other position, a magnetic tape is taken out from the reel of the loaded cassette to perform tape loading of said magnetic tape being wound around said magnetic rotary head, wherein after completing the tape loading, said tape guide is fixed to a predetermined position by a guide receiving member having a guide receiving portion that is provided on said fixed chassis to receive the tape guide, wherein, in the middle of said tape guide traveling to said predetermined position, said tape guide arm member is made to move along a groove provided in said fixed chassis to determine the position in the chassis plane direction, and wherein the tape guide arm member is guided and moved by contact between a projection provided on a lower surface of said tape guide arm member and a surface of the guide receiving member, to determine the position in the height direction.