Patent · US Expired

Cartridge arrangement comprising an adapter

US4201356A · kind A · utility

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8Claims

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Assignee

BASF SE

Inventors

Klaus Schoettle · Heidelberg, DE
Karl Uhl
Heinrich Wittkamp
Peter Dobler · Bischofswerda, DE
Helmut Lewin · Frankenthal (Pfalz), DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 21, 1978
Grant date	May 6, 1980
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 21, 1998

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11B25/066
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The cartridge arrangement of the present invention enables recording and/or playback apparatus to be used with cartridges of various sizes, the cartridges being provided with releasable locking means and, after the release of such means, being able to be opened to permit the tape roll(s) to be rotated on the recording and/or playback apparatus. The cartridge arrangement is applicable to every type of recording medium in tape or strip form in systems employing cartridges in which there is a need for using cartridges of various sizes, especially in the case of the recording and playback of magnetic signals.

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