Patent ID: 7770834

Claim:
A recording tape cartridge comprising: a reel having a low capacity reel hub and upper and lower flanges, wherein a recording tape is wound around the hub, the upper and lower flanges are provided at upper and lower end surfaces of the hub, and the upper and lower flanges regulate end portions in a width direction of the recording tape; a cylindrical wall positioned concentrically within the low capacity reel hub, the cylindrical wall configured to interact with a cartridge brake member and a cartridge lock member and the cylindrical wall has substantially same diameter as a high capacity reel hub; a case which rotatably accommodates the reel; and a leader member which is attached to an end portion of the recording tape, wherein the recording tape drawn from the reel is arranged substantially along a sidewall of the case during nonuse in which the leader member is held in the case; and wherein the low capacity reel hub and the cylindrical wall are joined to each other by an annular joint portion, and a region where the annular joint portion is joined to the low capacity reel hub is located half of the distance between the upper flange and the lower flange or toward the lower flange side at the outer peripheral surface of a drum of the low capacity reel hub.