Belt-drive tape cartridge having an offset drive roller and flan

Details Belt-drive tape cartridge having an offset drive roller and flan Belt-drive tape cartridge having an offset drive roller and flan

1997-06-25

2000-01-25

Miller, Brian E.

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

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242346, G11B 23087

Patent

active

060184450

ABSTRACT:
A belt-drive tape cartridge includes tape guides arranged on both sides of a recess of a base plate for receiving a magnetic head, each tape guide having flanges formed at upper and lower ends thereof, and a drive roller arranged to be offset with respect to the center position of the base plate. A reproducing apparatus adapted to belt-drive tape cartridges includes a drive capstan roller having a diameter increased in accordance with the offset amount of the drive roller of the tape cartridge, or arranged to be offset with respect to the center position of a cartridge compartment.

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