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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2008
Yosuke Sumiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Shozo Onmori, Kanagawa, JP;
Yosuke Sumiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Shozo Onmori, Kanagawa, JP;
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention of the present application provides a reel, which comprises a cylindrical resin hub with a base and an outer peripheral surface around which a recording tape is wound, a reel gear formed at an outer surface of a base portion of the hub which engages with a drive gear of a drive device, a metal reel plate provided at the outer surface of the base portion of the hub on a radially inner side of the reel gear by insert molding, a gate trace formed on the base portion of the hub, and a plurality of groove portions formed at regular intervals in a circumferential direction between the reel gear and the reel plate. The groove portions are formed at least at a predetermined area on a virtual straight line connecting a center portion of the hub and a gate trace.