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Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2006

Filed:

May. 23, 2003
Applicants:

Masatoshi Okamura, Tokyo, JP;

Hiroshi Kaneda, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Masatoshi Okamura, Tokyo, JP;

Hiroshi Kaneda, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 23/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The invention is a tape cartridge including a single tape reel around which a length of magnetic tape is wound and which is turnably held within a housing. The beginning of the tape is fixed to a leader so that it can be drawn out through an opening formed in the housing by a tape drawing-out member of a recorder which has an end capable of engaging the tape end. The leader includes a metallic center pin member on which the beginning of the tape is wound and a pair of engaging members of synthetic resin joined to upper and lower ends of said pin member so as to engage the tape drawing-out member of the recorder. The engaging members are molded together integrally with the upper and lower ends of the pin member.


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