Tape recorder

A tape recorder comprising a frame, a deck provided with a pair of reel drive shafts, a motor, means connecting said motor to selectively drive either one of said reel drive shafts, a cassette guide member having an opening for receiving the reproduce side of a cassette, a pivotally movable frame means including a pivot shaft and resilient plates pivotally attaching said cassette guide means to said deck for lowering the cassette guide member to a predetermined lower operative position and to raise it to an inoperative position, said pivotally movable frame having a protrusion, a head mounting plate provided with a recording and reproducing head and at least one pinch roller, a slide piece having a pin, means slidably mounting said slide piece on said deck;

• a suspending piece having a tip, means loosely pivoting said suspending piece at one end to said pivotally movable frame, a toggle spring hooked across the tip of said suspending piece and the pivot shaft of said pivotally movable frame, a locking lever, means pivotally attaching said locking lever to said frame, said slide piece having a guide hole that engages with the protrusion provided on said pivotally movable frame, a spring expanded between said locking lever and said pivotally movable frame and forming a locking part releasably engaging the pin of said slide piece and further having an engaging part that engages with said suspending piece, said suspending piece having a pair of downwardly extending protrusions engaging with the reproduce side and the step formed on said reproduce side of a cassette, said pivotally movable frame formed with a cut-out for receiving said downwardly extending protrusions, and further having a guide member engaging the tip of said suspending piece in said cut-out for guiding the motion of said suspending piece, and further having an upwardly tilted part in said cut-out for pushing-up said suspending piece when moved, said suspending piece further having a contact part which releasably engages with said tilted push-up part whereby when the cassette is being inserted, the reproduce side pushes the protrusion on one side of the suspending piece and then the contact part is released from the tilted push-up part, so that other protrusion of the suspending piece comes into contact with the step of the cassette, and under this condition the restoring action of the toggle spring in passing its dead point automatically pulls the cassette into the front opening.