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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2003
Takateru Satoh, Tokyo, JP;
Motohiko Shima, Nagano, JP;
Takateru Satoh, Tokyo, JP;
Motohiko Shima, Nagano, JP;
TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This tape cartridge includes a tape reel on which a sheet-like recording medium is wound in the inside. A door member for opening and closing an opening in order to pull out the sheet-like recording medium from the tape reel to an outside is biased using a spring member so as to be closed upon non-using and opened upon using. The spring member is pushed in the concave fitting portion provided at the door member from the tip part and fitted therewith. When the tape cartridge is produced, the spring member can be temporally assembled, readily and securely. According to this tape cartridge, assembling performance of the spring member which biases the door member for opening and closing the opening and the door member can be enhanced, the assembly process can be automated, and there is no interference with sliding motion of the door member.