Apparatus and method for de-coupling grabber from take-up reel
US6378796B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 5, 2000 |
| Grant date | Apr 30, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 5, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B1/58
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of loading a tape from a single reel tape cartridge into a take-up reel. A guide arm decouples from a hub filler as the hub filler is moved into a take-up reel. This decoupling eliminates problems that occur from small misalignments of the hub filler axle with the axis of the take-up reel. The axle and drive arm are decoupled from the hub filler by the axle being lifted out of the hub filler upon insertion of the hub filler into the take-up reel, allowing for the take-up reel to rotate freely during winding and unwinding of the tape without interference from the axle.
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