Patent ID: 6883741
Filing Date: 2005-04-26
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A magnetic tape cartridge comprising a cartridge casing formed by upper and lower casing halves connected together, and a single reel around which a magnetic tape with a leader pin fixed to the leading end thereof is wound and which is contained in the cartridge casing for rotation, the leader pin being removably held in a tape draw-out opening with its axial direction directed in the vertical direction under urging force of a spring member acting on upper and lower end portions of the leader pin sideways with the upper and lower end portions received in recesses respectively formed in the upper and lower casing halves, and the tape draw-out opening being opened and closed by a slide door wherein the improvement comprises that the slide door is provided on the back side thereof with a rib having an inclined surface which is brought into abutment against the upper surface of a head portion of the leader pin and presses downward the leader pin in response to movement of the slide door to the closing position.