Three point reference system for a cartridge in a tape drive

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Record transport with head stationary during transducing – Tape record

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242192, G11B 5008

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053232801

ABSTRACT:
A housing of a tape drive is adapted for sideways loading of a cartridge. The cartridge is loaded such that three reference points defining a fixed plane within the housing engages the cartridge in a fixed orientation with respect to a head within the drive. The cartridge is canted after the cartridge is engaged at a first one of the three reference points so as to fixedly engage the cartridge at each of the three reference points.

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