Cassette ejection mechanism of a cassette tape recorder

Claim 1

A cassette ejection mechanism of a cassette tape recorder comprising a pair of guide plates facing each other, a cassette holder including a holder support rockingly attached to the guide plates and a holder body supported by the holder support, said cassette holder and holder body being movable between upper and lower positions between the guide plates and capable of housing a tape cassette therein, and a magnetic head and a pinch roller arranged movably to come into contact with a magnetic tape in a tape cassette in the cassette holder when the cassette holder is located in the lower position thereof, wherein a tape cassette located together with the cassette holder in the lower position of the cassette holder, along with the cassette holder, moves to the upper position of the cassette holder after the magnetic head and the pinch roller move to positions where the magnetic head and the pinch roller do not hinder the movement of the cassette holder, and then a tape cassette slides in the cassette holder to be ejected, and further comprising: an ejecting plate attached to one of the guide plates to be movable between first and second positions, whereby the magnetic head and the pinch roller are moved to the positions where the magnetic head and the pinch roller do not hinder the movement of the cassette holder as the ejecting plate moves from the first position to the second position thereof, and whereby a tape cassette in the cassette holder is slid to be ejected as the ejecting plate moves from the second position to the first position; a boosting plate attached to said one guide plate to be movable between first and second positions, whereby the cassette holder is moved from the lower position to the upper position thereof as the boosting plate moves from the first position to the second position thereof; urging means stretched between the ejecting plate and the boosting plate, whereby the boosting plate is urged to move from the first position to the second position thereof as the ejecting plate moves from the first position to the second position thereof; and a stop member attached to said one guide plate for engaging the boosting plate, thereby locking the boosting plate in the first position thereof, said ejecting plate including pressing means for pressing the stop member to disengage the stop member from the boosting plate when the ejecting plate reaches the second position thereof.