Abstract: A feed roller for a recording medium 1 includes a roller shaft 2 supplied with rotating force for feeding the recording medium, a roller body 3 made of an elastic material and provided with a center bore extending in a longitudinal direction through which the roller shaft 2 is inserted, and a pair of holding members 5a, 5b which rotate in association with the roller shaft 2 and hold the roller body 3 in a longitudinally compressed state by clamping opposite ends of the roller body 3.

Abstract: A feed roller for a recording medium 1 includes a roller shaft 2 supplied with rotating force for feeding the recording medium, a roller body 3 made of an elastic material and provided with a center bore extending in a longitudinal direction through which the roller shaft 2 is inserted, and a pair of holding members 5a, 5b which rotate in association with the roller shaft 2 and hold the roller body 3 in a longitudinally compressed state by clamping opposite ends of the roller body 3.

Abstract: There is provided a loading/ejecting mechanism which comprises a moving mechanism for engaging with a cassette and for moving the cassette between an inserting position and a reproducing position. A sliding member is capable of applying a driving force to the moving mechanism so as to cause the moving mechanism to move between the inserting position and the reproducing position. A first gear is driven by a motor and provided such that in a cassette loading operation, the first gear engages with the sliding member thereby causing the sliding member to move in the loading direction. A second gear is driven by the first gear and provided such that in a cassette ejecting operation, the second gear rotates in an opposite direction to the first gear.