Recording and/or reproducing apparatus

Abstract

There is provided a recording and/or reproducing apparatus which may include a cassette insertion slot formed at a front panel, an opening/closing lid for opening/closing the cassette insertion slot, a cassette compartment, and cassette double insertion blocking means. The cassette compartment may include a cassette loading holder for loading and unloading a cassette inserted through the cassette insertion slot while pushing the opening/closing lid open inward by moving between a cassette loading position and a cassette ejecting position along a substantially L-shaped path extending horizontally and vertically. The cassette double insertion blocking means may be disposed in the cassette compartment and moved to a cassette double insertion blocking position inward of the cassette insertion slot in synchronization with an operation of loading the cassette by the cassette loading holder, thereby blocking insertion of additional cassette after one cassette is already inserted without blocking an opening/closing operation of the opening/closing lid.

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