Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Record transport with head stationary during transducing – Tape record
Patent
1982-11-15
1986-02-25
Heinz, A. J.
Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval
Record transport with head stationary during transducing
Tape record
360 965, 360105, G11B 5008, G11B 1500, G11B 1700
Patent
active
045730911
ABSTRACT:
A drive for a tape cartridge having an access door along one side edge thereof. The drive includes a housing having a front panel and an elongate tray dimensioned to have the cartridge inserted endwise thereon. The tray is supported within the housing for longitudinal movement from a retracted position in which the tray is substantially contained within the housing to an extended position in which a portion of the tray extends through a slot in the front panel of the housing. A mechanism is provided for opening the access door of the cartridge while the cartridge is supported on the tray and the tray is being moved from its extended position to its retracted position. Another mechanism is provided for moving a read/write head and a capstan drive within the housing between operative engagement and disengagement with the cartridge after the cartridge has been inserted onto the tray and the tray has been moved to its retracted position.
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Barton, Jr. William M.
Fisher Richard G.
Murphy John F.
Offerman Karl B.
Cipher Data Products, Inc.
Heinz A. J.
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