CASSETTE LOADER

PURPOSE:To enable an operation with a single hand and to improve the operation convenience by comprising a holder so as to be inclined when a cassette tray is draw out and a cassette is loaded. CONSTITUTION:In a tray system in which the cassette tray 30 loading the cassette C is drawn in an out from a recording and reproducing device main body, the device is comprised in such a way that the holder 40 of the cassette tray 30 holding the cassette C is inclined at a state where the cassette tray 30 is drawn out. Therefore, it is possible to load or take out the tape cassette C for the inclined holder 40 from the front of a drawn out cassette tray 30 i.e. the front of the device main body similarly as a recording and reproducing device of front loading type. In such a way, the operation to load or draw out the cassette C for the cassette tray 30 can be performed with the single hand, and loading and unloading operations can be simply and easily performed.