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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2002
Applicant:
Kenichi Ojima, Yonezawa, JP;
Inventor:
Kenichi Ojima, Yonezawa, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B015/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a tape threading mechanism having a threading arm for moving a leader block from a tape cartridge to a take-up reel, the take-up reel is provided with a guide groove having an intrusion port in the vicinity of the outer periphery of the take-up reel so as to guide a leader block toward the take-up center of the take-up reel. One of side walls of the guide groove, against which the tip of the leader block abuts when the leader block intrudes into the guide groove, is formed in such a manner that the leader block can smoothly move into the take-up-center of the take-up reel.