Cassette loading device in a cassette tape recorder

摘要

In a cassette tape recorder having a loading space for accommodating a cassette loaded thereinto and having a capstan adapted to enter relatively into a capstan receiving opening in the cassette and to drive a tape within the cassette, a cassette loading device comprises a cassette holder for receiving and holding the cassette inserted thereinto, and a cassette holder supporting member rotatably supporting said cassette holder by means of a first pivot shaft. The cassette holder supporting member is rotatably supported by a second pivot shaft. The second pivot shaft is disposed in a fixed position such that the distance between the second pivot shaft and said capstan is relatively small. The capstan receiving opening undergoes a displacing movement resulting from a combination of a rotational displacing movement thereof about the second pivot shaft and a rotational displacing movement thereof about the first pivot shaft, whereby the capstan is inserted relatively into said opening, and the cassette is loaded into said loading space.