Patent ID: 7012779

Claim:
A recording and/or reproducing apparatus comprising: cassette housing means comprised of a plural number of cassette holders arranged in an annular array on the same horizontal plane with a preset distance from one another; a recording and/or reproducing unit arranged within an area defined by said cassette holders for recording signal on a cassette tape or reproducing signals from a cassette tape; cassette tape inserting/ejecting means for loading the cassette tape on said recording and/or reproducing unit and ejecting the cassette tape therefrom; a cabinet having a cassette tape insertion/ejection opening on a front side thereof; rotational driving means for rotationally driving a rotational plate to move said cassette housing means; and movement means for moving said cassette tape inserting/ejecting means between a position proximate to said cassette holder and a position spaced apart from said cassette holder, wherein the centers of the insertion/ejection opening, cassette housing means, recording and/or reproducing unit and the movement means are arrayed substantially in alignment with one another, and wherein a space which permits passage of said cassette tape inserting/ejecting means therethrough is provided in said cassette holder.