Patent ID: 6702217
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A recording tape cartridge used with a drive device that accommodates a recording tape cartridge and includes a pull-out member connectable at an end of a recording tape accommodated in the recording tape cartridge to pull out the recording tape, with the pull-out member having two surfaces, each of the two surfaces having a circulating groove formed thereon, each circulating groove formed so as to circulate on its respective surface and including a starting end and a terminating end at the side edge of its respective surface, which side edge is at a side of the end of the recording tape, each starting end and terminating end being different from each other, said recording tape cartridge comprising:the recording tape; a case for accommodating a single reel wound with the recording tape; and a leader member fixed at the end of the recording tape and having a claw member that connects to the pull-out member when the recording tape is being pulled out, wherein the claw member engages with at least one of the circulating grooves of the pull-out member by the pull-out member being moved in a first direction relative to the leader member, and the claw member disengages from the at least one circulating groove by a subsequent pressing, thereby allowing the end of the recording tape to be joined to and released from the pull-out member.