Winding – tensioning – or guiding – Unwinding and rewinding a machine convertible information... – Cartridge system
Patent
1998-03-02
1999-05-11
Darling, John P.
Winding, tensioning, or guiding
Unwinding and rewinding a machine convertible information...
Cartridge system
2423381, 242343, 2423452, G11B23/087
Patent
active
059019166
ABSTRACT:
A tape cartridge and reel lock that allows the reel lock to be released away from the center of rotation of the tape reel while keeping the frictional interface between the moving and fixed parts at the center of rotation of the reel. The tape cartridge includes a housing, a tape reel rotatably disposed in the housing, a tape drive interface on the reel, a rotatably fixed locking member operatively coupled to the reel and a release mechanism engagable by the tape drive at the tape drive interface on the reel. The release mechanism is movable between a first position in which the release mechanism is not engaged by the tape drive and the locking member is locked and a second position in which the tape drive engages the release mechanism and the locking member is unlocked.
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McAllister Jeffrey S.
von Alten Thomas W.
Darling John P.
Hewlett--Packard Company
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