Cassette loading apparatus

A cassette loading apparatus for transporting a tape cassette from an insertion opening through which said tape cassette is inserted to a playing position, said tape cassette having one of a plurality of different specific sizes including a large size and a small size, said tape cassette having an upper face with leading and trailing edges with respect to a direction in which said tape cassette is inserted into said insertion opening and opposed depthwise edges extending between said leading and trailing edges, the apparatus comprising:

• a holder for receiving said tape cassette, said holder being arranged so that a tape cassette of any one of said sizes is received in said holder with a center line in a widthwise direction of said tape cassette being positioned at the center of said holder;
• first resiliently urging means disposed above said holder for resiliently pressing against said upper face of said tape cassette received in said holder, said first resiliently urging means contacting said upper face at an area substantially midway between said leading and trailing edges of said upper face if said tape cassette is of said small size, said first resiliently urging means contacting said upper face at an area closer to said leading edge than to said trailing edge if said tape cassette is of said large size;
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• a pair of second resiliently urging means disposed above said holder for resiliently pressing against said upper face of said tape cassette received in said holder if said tape cassette is of said large size, said second resiliently urging means contacting said upper face at respective areas that are closer to said trailing edge than to said leading edge, said areas contacted by said second resiliently urging means each being adjacent a respective one of said depthwise edges, said pair of second resiliently urging means being arranged so as not to contact said upper face of said tape cassette received in said holder if said tape cassette is of said small size.