Lever fixing apparatus of cassette housing and magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus with the same

A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus, comprising:

• a cassette holder receiving a cassette;
• a chassis installed on a deck;
• and
• a cassette holder elevating unit supporting the cassette holder on the chassis to move the cassette holder between a seating position where the cassette holder is seated on a tape reel on the deck and an ejecting position where the cassette holder is ejected to remove or receive the cassette,
• wherein the cassette holder elevating unit comprises:
• a first lever having a first end hingedly fixed on the cassette holder and a second end slidably supported on the chassis;
• a second lever having a first end slidably supported on the cassette holder and a second end hingedly fixed on the chassis;
• and
• at least one snap fixing unit connecting at least one of the first end of the first lever and the second end of the second lever to at least one of the corresponding cassette holder and the corresponding chassis in a snap or hinge manner, the snap fixing unit including
• an intermediate member installed between the at least one of the first end of the first lever and the second end of the second lever and the at least one of the corresponding cassette holder and the corresponding chassis;
• a first snap rotatably fixing the at least one of the first end of the first lever and the second end of the second lever on the intermediate member;
• and
• a second snap fixing the intermediate member to the at least one of the cassette holder and the chassis.