Tape loading apparatus having a tape preventive member for preventing magnetic tape from being inserted between a tape drawing member and a tape guide member thereof

A tape loading apparatus for drawing magnetic tape in a tape drawing direction out of a tape cassette which is inserted and lowered to a set position therein and for urging a portion of the tape around a tape guide cylinder, said apparatus comprising:

• first and second tape drawing means movable in said tape drawing direction between a first unloading position that is rearward of the magnetic tape with respect to the tape drawing direction when the cassette is at said set position and a second loading position at which the portion of the magnetic tape is drawn out from the cassette and urged around the tape guide cylinder, said first and said second tape drawing means each including a tape drawing member and a tape guide member spaced therefrom which are mounted on a movable base and extend therefrom to respective top ends thereof, said movable base slidable between said unloading position and said loading position, and said tape drawing member of said first tape drawing means being positioned ahead of said tape guide member of said first tape drawing means with respect to said tape drawing direction, said tape drawing member of said first tape drawing means initially contacting the portion of the magnetic tape when the cassette is in said set position and said first tape drawing means is moved from said first unloading position toward said second loading position;
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• a tape protective member mounted on the top end of the tape guide member of said first tape drawing means and extending over only a portion of the top end of the tape drawing member of said first tape drawing means leaving a forwardmost portion of the top end thereof exposed with respect to said tape drawing direction for preventing the magnetic tape from being inserted between the tape guide member and the tape drawing member of said first tape drawing means when the tape cassette is lowered to the set position while allowing the portion of the magnetic tape to be positioned immediately ahead of the forward most part of the top end of the tape drawing member of said first tape drawing means when the first tape drawing means is in said first unloading position and the cassette is lowered to said set position.