Patent ID: 7104488
Filing Date: 2006-09-12
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A gripped part structure of recording tape cartridges for allowing recording tape cartridges with at least one of different sizes and different types of leader member, each recording tape cartridge comprising a case rotatably housing therein a reel wound with recording tape and gripped parts that are formed in the case and gripped by a gripping mechanism of a library, to be housed in a same library, wherein a height of the gripped parts in a thickness direction of the recording tape cartridges is identical for each recording tape cartridge regardless of the leader member or the size of the case of the recording tape cartridge, a distance between the gripped parts in both side walls of the case parallel to a direction in which the recording tape cartridge is housed in the library is identical for each recording tape cartridge regardless of the leader member or the size of the case of the recording tape cartridge, and wherein the case comprises an upper case and a lower case, the gripped parts are formed in the lower case, and steps are formed at a juncture where the upper case and the lower case are joined, which juncture is near the gripped parts.