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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2003
Kiyoo Morita, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hideaki Shiga, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Daisuke Takahashi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yusuke Ishihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Seiji Tsuyuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Jeffrey S. McAllister, Boise, ID (US);
Thomas Albrecht, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert Ralph Heinze, San Clemente, CA (US);
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Abstract
A magnetic tape cartridge has a cartridge casing, a single reel around which a magnetic tape is wound and which is contained in the cartridge casing for rotation and a leader pin fixed to the leading end portion of the magnetic tape. The leader pin is provided at its opposite ends with engagement portions which are brought into engagement with a tape drawing mechanism of a recording and reproducing system when the magnetic tape cartridge is loaded in the recording and reproducing system. The end face of each engagement portion is provided with a recess at which the tape drawing mechanism chucks the leader pin.