Recording tape cartridge
View Patent ↗Outer diameters of upper and lower flanges of a reel are formed equal to each other irrespective of a diameter of a hub, and a cylindrical wall having the same inner diameter as the hub of the reel having the small diameter hub is provided in the reel having the large diameter hub. Thereby, there is provided a low-capacity type recording tape cartridge, in which other parts can be used both as the reel having the small diameter hub and the reel having the large diameter hub only by changing the reels and a displaced angle of a recording tape does not vary with respect to a case sidewall of a leader member.
1. 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.
2. A recording tape cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the hub is equal to or larger than a thickness of the annular joint portion.
3. A recording tape cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein the upper flange of the hub and the annular joint portion are integrally made of a resin material, and a lower end surface of the hub abuts on the lower flange while welding is performed between the lower flange and a convex portion provided at a lower surface of the annular joint portion.
4. 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 leader member is formed in a film-tape shape, and the leader member is held by a slit-shaped housing portion formed along the sidewall of the case.
5. A recording tape cartridge according to claim 4 , further comprising an RFID which identifies the size of the reel hub.
6. A recording tape cartridge comprising:
a reel having a 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 hub, the cylindrical wall configured to interact with a cartridge brake member and a cartridge lock member and wherein the diameter of the cylindrical wall approximates the hub diameter of a smaller-diameter-hub recording tape cartridge reel;
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 leader member is formed in a film-tape shape, and the leader member is held by a slit-shaped housing portion formed along the sidewall of the case.
7. A recording tape cartridge according to claim 6 , further comprising an RFID which identifies the size of the reel hub.
8. A recording tape cartridge comprising:
a reel having a 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 hub, the cylindrical wall configured to interact with a cartridge brake member and a cartridge lock member and wherein the diameter of the cylindrical wall approximates the hub diameter of a smaller-diameter-hub recording tape cartridge reel;
a case which rotatablv 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 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 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 hub.
9. A recording tape cartridge according to claim 8 , wherein a thickness of the hub is equal to or larger than a thickness of the annular joint portion.
10. A recording tape cartridge according to claim 8 , wherein the upper flange of the hub and the annular joint portion are integrally made of a resin material, and a lower end surface of the hub abuts on the lower flange while welding is performed between the lower flange and a convex portion provided at a lower surface of the annular joint portion.