Patent ID: 6938848

Claim:
A magnetic tape cartridge comprising a cartridge casing, a single reel around which a magnetic tape is wound and which is contained in the cartridge casing for rotation and a leader pin fixed to the leading end portion of the magnetic tape, wherein the improvement comprises that the leader pin comprises a pin body which is provided with a shaft portion on which the leading end portion of the magnetic tape is attached, a pair of engagement portions which are formed on opposite ends of the shaft portion and brought into engagement with a tape drawing mechanism of a recording and reproducing system when the magnetic tape cartridge is loaded in the recording and reproducing system, a pair of inner flanges formed between the shaft portion and the engagement portions and a pair of outer flanges which are formed on the outer ends of the engagement portions and are removably held in the cartridge casing, and a clamp member which is press-fitted sideways on the pin body with the leading end portion of the magnetic tape intervening therebetween, thereby clamping the leading end portion of the magnetic tape on the leader pin, and that when the distance between the outer surface of the engagement portion and the outer surface of the outer flange is represented by h, the distance between the outer surface of the shaft portion and the outer surface of the inner flange is represented by a, and the distance between the outer surface of the engagement portion and the outer surface of the inner flange is represented by b, at least one of a and b is not larger than 2h/3.