Patent ID: 6450432
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A tape cartridge including a single tape reel around which a length of magnetic tape is wound and which is turnably held within a housing, the beginning of the tape being fixed to a leader so that it can be drawn out through an opening formed in the housing by a tape drawing-out member of a recorder which has a pin-like or hooked end capable of engaging the tape end, said leader comprising a center pin member on which the beginning of the tape is wound and a pair of engaging members joined to the upper and lower ends of said center pin member so as to engage the tape drawing-out member of the recorder, said engaging members being identical in structure, having a plurality of recesses each for engaging said drawing-out member in such a manner that the recesses of said engaging members as joined to the center pin member being parallel in mirror symmetry.