Recording and reproducing device

A recording and/or reproducing apparatus comprising:

• cassette housing means comprised of a plural number of cassette holders arranged in an annular array on the same horizontal plane with a preset distance from one another;
• a recording and/or reproducing unit arranged within an area defined by said cassette holders for recording signal on a cassette tape or reproducing signals from a cassette tape;
• and
• cassette tape inserting/ejecting means for loading the cassette tape on said recording and/or reproducing unit and ejecting the cassette tape therefrom,
• wherein an annular stationary substantially upstanding cassette stopper plate is provided facing inner openings of the plural toroidally arrayed cassette holders, said cassette stopper plate having an opening or cut-out to permit passage of a cassette tape when said cassette tape is extruded from said cassette holder into said recording and/or reproducing unit.

A recording and/or reproducing apparatus comprising:

• cassette housing means comprised of a plural number of cassette holders arranged in an annular array on the same horizontal plane with a preset distance from one another;
• a recording and/or reproducing unit arranged within an area defined by said cassette holders for recording signal on a cassette tape or reproducing signals from a cassette tape;
• and
• cassette tape inserting/ejecting means for loading the cassette tape on said recording and/or reproducing unit and ejecting the cassette tape therefrom,
• a cabinet having a cassette tape insertion/ejection opening on a front side thereof;
• rotational driving means for rotationally driving a rotational plate to move said cassette housing means;
• and
• movement means for moving said cassette tape inserting/ejecting means between a position proximate to said cassette holder and a position spaced apart from said cassette holder,
• wherein the centers of the insertion/ejection opening, cassette housing means, recording and/or reproducing unit and the movement means are arrayed substantially in alignment with one another.