Patent ID: 6954335

Claim:
A magnetic tape cartridge comprising: a reel around which a magnetic tape is wound; a cartridge case for accommodating the reel in a locked state; and a release pad inserted into a cup-shaped hub of the reel and releasing the locked state of the reel, the release pad including a pad body having a plurality of corners to be faced proximately to the inner peripheral surface of the cup-shaped hub, and a plurality of lock releasing pins projecting downwardly from a bottom surface of the pad body at the respective corners and inserted through a bottom surface of the cup-shaped hub, wherein said release pad is provided with a flank extending from each corner downwardly through the respective lock releasing pin so that an assembling clearance is formed with respect to an inner periphery of a flange positioned in an open side of the cup-shaped hub when the pad body is in linear alignment with the flange.