Single reel tape cartridge with locking leader block

Details Single reel tape cartridge with locking leader block Single reel tape cartridge with locking leader block

1997-09-25

1999-03-16

Davis, David D.

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

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2423324, 2423482, G11B 2302, G03B 158, G03B 2302

Patent

active

058837710

ABSTRACT:
A tape cartridge for use with an operatively compatible tape drive having a tape reeling mechanism, the cartridge comprising a housing having an opening therein, a tape-supply reel within the housing, with magnetic tape wound on the reel and having a free end proximate the housing opening, and a leader block having a first end attached to the free end of the magnetic tape, a second end dimensioned to be operatively compatible with a tape drive leader block retriever, and a reel-locking surface, wherein the reel-locking surface of the leader block is located facing the reel when the leader block is in the housing. The leader block functions to lock the supply reel in a stationary position in the cartridge housing, when the leader block is resident in the housing with the supply reel.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3287777 (1966-11-01), Cranwill
patent: 4383660 (1983-05-01), Richard et al.
patent: 5002237 (1991-03-01), Hirayama
patent: 5492284 (1996-02-01), Sorensen
patent: 5547142 (1996-08-01), Cheatham et al.

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