Patent ID: 6945489
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
1. A tape cartridge comprising: a reel; a data tape to store data, the data tape being wound on the reel and having side edges; a leader tape; and a splicing tape to link the leader tape to the data tape, the splicing tape having an edge with a slanted portion that is slanted with respect to the side edges of the data tape, wherein the data tape has a first end portion attached to the splicing tape and the leader tape has an end portion attached to the splicing tape, the first end portion of the data tape having a first end edge generally perpendicular to the side edges of the data tape, and the end portion of the leader tape having an end edge generally parallel to the first end edge of the data tape, wherein the data tape has a second end portion having a second end edge, the second end edge being slanted with respect to the side edges of the data tape.