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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2009
Hiroyuki Shimanuki, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Shimanuki, Tokyo, JP;
NECEmbeddedProducts, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A reel hub has a slot into which a leader block with a hook part holding a leader pin fixed to a beginning of a tape is inserted. The reel hub includes: a lever rotatably supported by the main body part and urged such that an end of the lever abuts the leader block inserted into the slot; and a lid rotatably supported by the main body part, urged in a direction to close the slot, restricted to rotate by other end of the lever when the leader block is not inserted, and forms a cylindrical surface together with the main body part when the lid covers the slot. When the leader block is inserted, the lever is pushed by the leader block to be rotated, the other end of the lever is separated from the lid, and the restriction of the rotation of the lid is canceled.