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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2005
Morimasa Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Takateru Satoh, Tokyo, JP;
Morimasa Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Takateru Satoh, Tokyo, JP;
TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information recording medium of the present invention includes a pair of tape reels around which a magnetic tape is wound, a case main body having first windows and second windows formed to the side walls thereof and rotatably accommodating the pair of tape reels, wherein the first windows cause detection light to enter the inside of the case main body to detect the tape ends of the magnetic tape and the second windows cause the detection light to outgo to the outside of the case main body, a front cover turnably attached to the case main body to open and close a drawing-out port of the magnetic tape; and a reel brake, and the reel brake includes a main body disposed to the case main body so as to slide along a direction in which the main body comes into contact with and separates from the tape reels, and arms formed to the main body as well as slinging the main portion by moving along the direction in which they come into contact with and separate from the tape reels between the first windows and the second windows as the front cover is turned to thereby regulate the rotation of the tape reels and release the regulated rotation of the tape reels.