TAPE CASSETTE LOADING AND EJECTING DEVICES IN A MAGNETIC RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING APPARATUS

A tape cassette loading and ejecting device comprises a cassette holder which accommodates and holds a tape cassette, a moving mechanism for moving the cassette holder between a cassette loading position and a cassette ejecting position, a motor for operating the moving mechanism, and a restricting mechanism for resiliently restricting the cassette holder in the cassette loading position and the cassette ejecting position. The restricting mechanism undergoes a resilient deformation in a final stage of the cassette loading operation and in a final stage of the cassette ejecting operation, and pushes the cassette holder against stoppers so that the cassette holder is positively maintained in the cassette loading position and the cassette ejecting position with a satisfactory precision.