Abstract: A tape transport mechanism for dual capstan type tape recorders, which is designed so that a drive motor can be located at any desired position and rotational irregularities such as wow can most effectively be prevented. This mechanism includes a first flywheel provided with a first capstan for transporting a magnetic tape, and a second flywheel provided with a second capstan for imparting a back tension to the magnetic tape being transported. The first flywheel comprises a smaller-diameter portion on which said first capstan is provided, and a larger-diameter portion which is integrally provided on the bottom of the smaller-diameter portion. The larger-diameter portion of the first flywheel is coupled to the drive motor through a first belt, and the smaller-diameter portion thereof is connected to the second flywheel through a second belt.

Abstract: In a cassette tape recorder including cassette receiving means pivotable between an inclined position where a cassette can be inserted therein or removed therefrom and a horizontal position where the cassette is held so that a magnetic tape contained therein can be transported, a cassette eject mechanism comprising cassette force-out means mounted on the cassette receiving means and pivotable between a first position which it is made to assume when the cassette receiving means is at the inclined position and a second position which it is made to assume when the cassette receiving is at the parallel position, and lock means mounted on the cassette receiving means for acting to lock the cassette force-out means in the second position upon the cassette being fully inserted in the cassette receiving means and to unlock the cassette force-out means when the cassette receiving means is pivoted from the inclined position to the parallel position.