Reel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9481546-B2
Application number	US-201414294166-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 3, 2014
Priority date	Mar 30, 2012
Publication date	Nov 1, 2016
Grant date	Nov 1, 2016

Abstract

A reel includes: a hub in which plural through holes are formed at a connecting portion that interconnects a cylinder portion and an axial center portion; a first flange disposed on one end portion of the hub and equipped with first insertion portions that are inserted into the through holes; a second flange disposed on the other end portion of the hub and equipped with second insertion portions that are inserted into the through holes; and joint portions configured to join the first insertion portions and the second insertion portions, with spaces between radial direction inside wall surfaces of the through holes and radial direction inside wall surfaces of the first insertion portions and the second insertion portions being smaller than spaces between radial direction outside wall surfaces of the through holes and radial direction outside wall surfaces of the first insertion portions and the second insertion portions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A reel comprising:
a hub that is equipped with an axial center portion, a cylinder portion, and a connecting portion that interconnects an outer peripheral surface of the axial center portion and an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder portion in a position away from axial direction end surfaces of the cylinder portion, with recording tape being wound around an outer peripheral surface of the cylinder portion and a plurality of through holes being formed at the connecting portion;
an annular first flange that is disposed on one axial direction end portion of the hub and is equipped with first insertion portions that are inserted into the through holes in the connecting portion;
an annular second flange that is disposed on the other axial direction end portion of the hub and is equipped with second insertion portions that are inserted into the through holes in the connecting portion; and
joint portions that are configured to join a surface of the first insertion portions directly with a surface of the second insertion portions, with spaces between radial direction inside wall surfaces of the through holes and radial direction inside wall surfaces of the first insertion portions and the second insertion portions being smaller than spaces between radial direction outside wall surfaces of the through holes and radial direction outside wall surfaces of the first insertion portions and the second insertion portions.

2. The reel according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first insertion portions are projectingly disposed on a first inner peripheral portion of the first flange that is inserted on an inner peripheral surface side of the cylinder portion,
the second insertion portions are projectingly disposed on a second inner peripheral portion of the second flange that is inserted on the inner peripheral surface side of the cylinder portion, and
spaces between the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder portion and radial direction outside wall surfaces of the first inner peripheral portion and the second inner peripheral portion are the same as or larger than the spaces between the radial direction outside wall surfaces of the through holes and the radial direction outside wall surfaces of the first insertion portions and the second insertion portions.

3. The reel according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting portion is formed on an axial direction center portion of the cylinder portion.

4. The reel according to claim 3 , wherein the first flange and the second flange are formed in the same shape.

5. The reel according to claim 1 , wherein the axial center portion and the connecting portion are interconnected via a deformation absorbing portion that is formed in an annular shape and has a substantially U-shaped cross section.

6. The reel according to claim 1 , wherein fastening portions for fastening to a rotation transmitting member of a drive device are formed at the axial center portion.

Assignees

• Fujifilm Corp

Inventors

• Mori Yasuhiro

Classifications

• G11B23/044 Primary

  Reels or cores; positioning of the reels in the cassette · CPC title

• G11B23/037

  Single reels or spools · CPC title

• G11B23/113

  Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of magazines or cassettes {, e.g. initial loading into container (processes involving a single technical art and for which provision exists elsewhere, see the relevant class, e.g. B21, B29, B65)} · CPC title

• B65H75/14 Primary

  with two end flanges · CPC title