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Data storage tape cartridge

US10957356B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Erik Rueger · Mainz, DE
Markus Schäfer · Horterhof, DE
Stefan Wiedemann · Munich, DE
Robert Beiderbeck · Wassenberg, DE
Ole Asmussen · Henstedt-Ulzburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 26, 2018
Grant date	Mar 23, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 5, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11B23/26
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data storage tape cartridge includes a housing having a reel within and rotatably supported by the housing. Two or more data storage tapes are wound up on the same rotary axis of the reel. Each subsequent winding of a first one of the tapes is separated from the previous winding of the first tape by at least another one of the other tapes. A leader pin is attached to a free end of each of the tapes. The leader pins may be connected to one another. The leader pins may be disconnected from one another as part of process for mounting the cartridge in a tape drive.

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