Low-profile tape cartridge

Details Low-profile tape cartridge Low-profile tape cartridge

1998-04-27

2000-03-28

Renner, Craig A.

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

Record medium

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242348, G11B 2302

Patent

active

060439637

ABSTRACT:
A low profile tape cartridge has a reel which rotates within an outer protective shell. The reel has flanges which define a slot containing a roll of magnetic tape. The shell only surrounds the reel along its circumference and the flat upper and lower surfaces of the flanges are exposed. When assembled, the reel and shell have axial thicknesses which are substantially equal. The shell moves between locked and unlocked positions for engaging and disengaging the reel. The cartridge uses and fits within a shell retainer for creating uniform spacing around the reel when the shell is in the unlocked position. The tape is accessed by loading a cartridge into the retainer in a tape drive. The tape drive unlocks the shell to rotate the reel and extract the tape. After use, the tape is retracted onto the reel and the cartridge is then returned to the locked position.

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