Tape cartridge and recording reproduction apparatus for the tape cartridge

A tape recording/reproduction apparatus for performing recording and/or reproduction on and/or from a tape in a tape cartridge including a casing body having in a front portion thereof a pocket for receiving a head of said apparatus when the tape cartridge is loaded in said apparatus, a front lid movably attached to the casing body so as to open and close a front side of the pocket, and an upper lid movably attached to the casing body so as to open and close an upper side of the pocket, in which when the upper lid is in an opening position for opening the upper side of the pocket, the upper lid is positioned above an upper surface of the casing body so that a lower surface of the upper lid faces the upper surface of the casing body through a gap therebetween allowing pressing means for depressing the cartridge to be placed therein, said apparatus comprising:

• a recording/reproduction apparatus body having an aperture through which the tape cartridge is inserted;
• and
• cartridge transport means for moving the tape cartridge to a predetermined position in said apparatus body by pressing an upper surface of the cartridge inserted in said apparatus body;
• said cartridge transport means having a pressing portion adapted to be placed at least partially in the gap between the lower surface of the upper lid in the opening position above the casing body and the upper surface of the casing body to downwardly press the upper surface of the tape cartridge.