Patent ID: 7522374

Claim:
A tape cassette recording/reproducing apparatus, comprising: a tape cassette holder that holds an inserted tape cassette; a tape cassette holder moving mechanism that moves the tape cassette holder in which the tape cassette is inserted between a tape cassette loading position and a tape cassette ejecting position; and a tape cassette pushing out mechanism that further pushes out the tape cassette by a predetermined distance from the tape cassette holder positioned at the tape cassette ejecting position; wherein the tape cassette holder moving mechanism comprises a motor, an arm which is rotated by the motor, and a sliding cam which is moved by a rotation of the arm, and the tape cassette holder is moved from the tape cassette loading position to the tape cassette ejecting position by a movement of the sliding cam to a predetermined position, and the arm is excessively moved after the sliding cam is moved to the predetermined position, and the tape cassette pushing out mechanism is disposed on the sliding cam and is moved by the excessive rotation of the arm; and wherein the tape cassette pushing out mechanism comprises; a tape cassette pushing out member that is slidably attached in the pushing out direction of the tape cassette from the tape cassette holder to the sliding cam: a stopping member that stops the tape cassette pushing out member; and a link mechanism, which is disposed between the arm and the stopping member, moves the stopping member in the same direction as the sliding direction of the tape cassette pushing out member by the excessive rotation of the arm; wherein the stopping member is moved by stopping the tape cassette pushing out member via the link mechanism by the excessive rotation of the arm, and the tape cassette pushing out member slides in the pushing out direction of the tape cassette from the tape cassette holder.