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US 5,845,859 AGranted
Tape reels and cartridges
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorMasanori Sato
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Abstract
A tape reel includes a main body including an outer peripheral cylinder on which a magnetic tape is wound, a cylindrical bearing disposed in the center of the outer peripheral cylinder, and radial ribs radially extending from the cylindrical bearing. An upper flange is mounted to the tape-reel main body through its protrusions press fit into holes of junctions of the radial ribs.
Claims20
A reel for a magnetic tape, comprising:
- a main body, said main body including a peripheral cylinder on which the magnetic tape is wound, a cylindrical bearing disposed in the center of said peripheral cylinder, ribs radially extending from said cylindrical bearing, a junction arranged to at least one of said ribs and having a hole;
- and
- a flange mounted to said main body, said flange including a protrusion being engaged to said hole of said junction when said flange is mounted to said body.
A cartridge, comprising:
- a casing;
- a pair of reels arranged in said casing, each reel having a magnetic tape wound thereon, at least one of said pair of reels comprising:
- a main body, said main body including a peripheral cylinder on which the magnetic tape is wound, a cylindrical bearing disposed in the center of said peripheral cylinder, ribs radially extending from said cylindrical bearing, a junction arranged to at least one of said ribs and having a hole;
- and
- a flange mounted to said main body, said flange including a protrusion being engaged to said hole of said junction when said flange is mounted to said body.
2 more elements
A reel for a magnetic tape, comprising:
- a main body, said main body including a peripheral cylinder on which the magnetic tape is wound, said peripheral cylinder having first and second open ends, a cylindrical bearing disposed in said center of said peripheral cylinder, and ribs radially extending from said cylindrical bearing;
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- a flange mounted to said main body and covering one of the first and second open ends of the peripheral cylinder, said flange including protrusions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.