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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2003
Hidetoshi Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidetoshi Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A tape cartridge is characterized by being provided with an opening to pull out a tape formed at a corner of a cartridge case; a curved door to open/close the opening; a slide mechanism to slide the door for the cartridge case; a door-side spring hooking portion formed at an end of said door; a case-side spring hooking portion formed on a bottom surface of the cartridge case; a coiled spring which is attached across the door-side spring hooking portion and case-side spring hooking portion, and energizes the door so as to close; and a regulation portion which is provided on one surface of the door, in which one end of a coiled spring is trial-fitted on a door-side spring hooking portion, and which is composed so as to regulate a position of the coiled spring when the coiled spring is pressed on one surface of the door.