Apparatus for the receiving, storing and restitution of recording tapes

Claim 1

A reel for receiving, storing or restitution of a recording tape comprising: a molded hub adapted for being mounted on a support axis and having a tape receiving surface, said hub having cylindrical parts of unequal diameters and a conical part connecting said cylindrical parts to permit fastening of an axle on said reel, a notch on said hub adapted for receiving a circular closing plate to fasten said reel to said axle, a plurality of retaining leaves integrally molded with said hub and forming a portion of said tape receiving surface, said retaining leaves disposed in pairs, each pair having one leaf provided for retaining the tape on the reel during winding in one direction and another leaf provided for retaining the tape on the reel during winding in the other direction, said one leaf being opposed and in spaced relation to said other leaf, the reel having extremities provided with flanges integrally molded on said hub for guiding said tape on said reel, one of said flanges including a plurality of blades separated by openings and disposed in one plane around one extremity of said hub with said retaining leaves being disposed on said hub opposite the openings provided between the blades of said one flange, a second of said flanges including a plurality of blades separated by openings and disposed in another plane around the other extremity of said hub, each of said blades of said one flange being formed to substantially the shape of the openings in the opposed blades of said second flange, and said each of said blades of said one flange including a driving cavity, said driving cavity being provided with a peripheral flare which is adapted for receiving the extremity of a finger or of an object of appropriate form permitting the driving of said reel in a rotational movement in one sense or the other around its axis.