Abstract: There is provided a drive device including: a hub around which a recording tape is wound; a pair of flanges that are provided at both axial direction sides of the hub so as to be able to rotate relative to the hub, and that restrict a position, in a transverse direction, of the recording tape; a connecting member that connects outer peripheral portions of the pair of flanges together at least at a portion other than a traveling path of the recording tape; and a casing having, at an interior, a space in which the hub and the pair of flanges are accommodated and in which the recording tape travels, a fixing portion, that is provided at at least one of the pair of flanges or at the connecting member, being fixed to the casing.

Abstract: An installation method includes: holding a first reel and a second reel at an upper cartridge so as to be unable to rotate, by reel holding mechanisms; detaching a lower cartridge from the upper cartridge; conveying the upper cartridge, that is in a state of holding the first reel and the second reel by the reel holding mechanisms, to a drive device, and positioning and placing the first reel and the second reel respectively on a pair of rotating members of the drive device; releasing holding of the first reel and the second reel by the reel holding mechanisms; removing the upper cartridge from the drive device; and fixing the first reel and the second reel to the respective rotating members.

Abstract: A film winding/rewinding device has a power transmitting shaft extended between the film spool chamber and the film cartridge chamber of the camera. The rotation of the output shaft of a motor disposed with the axis of the output shaft perpendicular to the axis of the power transmission shaft is transmitted by a first worm gearing to the power transmission shaft. When winding the film held on the film holding spool of a film cartridge, the rotation of the output shaft of the motor in the normal direction is transmitted to a film winding spool by a second worm gearing connected to the power transmitting shaft to wind the film. When winding the film, any power is not transmitted to a film rewinding fork disposed within the film cartridge chamber. When rewinding the film, the rotation of the output shaft of the motor in the reverse direction is transmitted to the film rewinding fork disposed within the film cartridge chamber by a third worm gearing connected to the power transmission shaft to rewind the film.