Winding – tensioning – or guiding – Material guide or guard – With material confining portion
Reexamination Certificate
2005-07-12
2005-07-12
Rivera, William A. (Department: 3654)
Winding, tensioning, or guiding
Material guide or guard
With material confining portion
C242S348000, C242S315000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06915982
ABSTRACT:
A single reel data storage tape cartridge is described that includes a housing having a tape access window. A single tape reel assembly is rotatably disposed within the housing and includes a hub about which a storage tape is wrapped. A tape guide is disposed within the housing adjacent the single tape reel assembly, opposite the tape access window, and is configured to define a pathway of the storage tape from the single tape reel assembly to the tape access window and limit lateral motion of the storage tape.
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Albrecht James L.
Brown Jerome D.
Lauinger Geoffrey A.
Mewes Michael A.
Rambosek G. Phillip
Imation Corp.
Levinson Eric D.
Rivera William A.
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