Patent ID: 7380738
Filing Date: 2008-06-03
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A magnetic tape device comprising a take-up reel onto which a tape-shaped recording medium held in a loaded tape cartridge is wound, a leader tape fixed at its one end to the hub of said take-up reel, a tape pull-out member connected to the other end of said leader tape and engaged with an end portion of the recording medium within said tape cartridge, and a tape driving portion which drives said take-up reel to wind the recording medium together with said leader tape and said tape pull-out member, and that said tape pull-out member has a first shaft and a second shaft disposed in parallel and along a direction substantially perpendicular to a pull-out direction of said leader tape, and said leader tape has a folded portion formed about the end of said leader tape so as to connect to said tape pull-out member, said folded portion is turned to form an opening at its top turned portion so as to allow said first shaft to pass through the opening, and said folded portion is then turned around said second shaft to approach said first shaft.