Multi-tape cartridge and multi-head drive for concurrent data tr

Details Multi-tape cartridge and multi-head drive for concurrent data tr Multi-tape cartridge and multi-head drive for concurrent data tr

1998-05-18

1999-10-05

Klimowicz, William J

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

Record transport with head stationary during transducing

Tape record

360132, G11B 2302, G11B 5008

Patent

active

059633956

ABSTRACT:
A multi-tape cartridge has a housing containing a central hub on which a number of magnetic tapes are wound in overlapping fashion, and a like number of peripheral hubs in the housing to which the tapes are respectively connected. The tapes proceed from the central hub to the respective peripheral hubs along respective tape paths, and the housing has a number of openings therein which respectively provide access to the tape paths from an exterior of the housing. A multi-head tape drive for use with the cartridge has a central drive motor and peripheral drive motors which are respectively engageable with the central hub and the peripheral hubs of the cartridge. A base plate is rotatable around the drive shaft of the central drive motor, and carries a number of data transfer heads, equal in number to the number of tapes in the cartridge, the data transfer heads projecting through the openings in the cartridge so as to be brought into data transfer contact with the respective tapes in the cartridge when the base plate is rotated.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4000519 (1976-12-01), Turk
patent: 4170407 (1979-10-01), Stella
patent: 4199794 (1980-04-01), Pfost et al.

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