Tape feed and rewind cartridge
US3974983A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 9, 1975 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 9, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B15/67
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A tape handling cartridge is provided for receiving and transporting a double-ended coded tape containing stored machine-readable information past a tape reader forming part of a memory loader in a computer, an elongated section of the cartridge being insertable into the computer and into cooperable relationship with the reader and a power source associated therewith, drive means of the cartridge serving thereafter to feed the tape from a supply compartment of the cartridge into readable relationship with the reader and to rewind the tape on a take-up spool in the cartridge in helically coiled form suitable for subsequent re-entry and re-reading.
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