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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2007
Yasuo Inugai, Ibaraki, JP;
Hideyuki Tanaka, Ibaraki, JP;
Masashi Adachi, Ibaraki, JP;
Hitachi Maxwell, Ltd., Ibaraki-shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
There are provided a tape cartridge which can reliably remove contamination adhering to the surface of a head and a tape loading system using the same. A tape such as recording tapes and leader tapes is unreeled from a case body housing the tape and is taken up to the take up reel of a tape drive through a loading path of the tape drive. A brush which can bend elastically is placed on a leading end side of the tape in a protruding manner. The brush moves in the state of being in contact with a head placed along the loading path of the tape drive upon unreeling of the tape, so that the head of the tape drive is cleaned by the brush.