Tape cassette device

A combination comprising a video tape recorder including a magnetic head, a tape driving mechanism and plurality of rollers, and a tape cassette device including:

• a cassette case;
• a stationary reel which is mounted inside said cassette case and which has a tape guide path extending from the outer circumference to the inner circumference of said stationary reel;
• an endless tape which is wound on the outer circumference of said stationary reel, and the innermost part of which is drawn out along said tape guide path to the inside of said stationary reel to be wound on the outer circumference of said stationary reel;
• said cassette case having a bottom plate which has a central opening and a plurality of first openings formed along the outer circumference of said stationary reel in a spaced relationship;
• a rigid blind plate which has a central opening in alignment with said central opening of said bottom plate, and a plurality of second inserting openings, said blind plate facing said bottom plate, and being pivotable between a first position where it closes said first openings and a position where said second openings are aligned with said first roller inserting openings;
• and
• a drive mechanism for displacing said blind plate between said first position and said second position,
• whereby, when the tape cassette device is loaded in the video tape recorder, the rollers of the video tape recorder are projected to the inside of the cassette case through the first and second openings and contacted with the lower surface of the endless tape wound on the outer circumference of said stationary reel.