A tape loading apparatus having a first swinging arm. When a loading pin of
the first swinging arm is elastically pressed against a positioning
stopper at a loading position by an elastic force of a spring member, a
joint portion of the first swinging arm maintains bent attitude having an
angle smaller than 180.degree. and no-tooth portion of a loading gear is
in contact with a no-tooth portion of a mode gear. Even in case where a
reactive force of the spring member causes the loading gear to generate a
rotation force, the rotation force is received by a shaft member
supporting the mode gear.
