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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takehiko Tohjo, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Hidetoshi Watanabe, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242348 ; 2423324 ;
Abstract
A tape cartridge 1 including a cartridge body 2 including an upper half 2a and a lower half 2b, a magnetic tape 20 with a distal end being continuous with a leader tape 10, and a single tape reel 3 having the magnetic tape 20 taken up thereon and rotate-ably received within the cartridge body 2, wherein a thickness t2 of the leader tape 10 at an end edge portion 12 of a connecting portion 11 thereof connected to the magnetic tape 20 is larger than eight times but less than or equal to twenty times a thickness t1 of the magnetic tape 20.