Patent · US Expired

Cartridge for data recording media in tape form, in particular a single-reel cartridge

US6769640B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

3References

26Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Emtec Magnetics GmbH · DE

Inventors

Klaus Schoettle · Heidelberg, DE
Matthias Kuenstner · Schutterwald, DE
Edgar Hummel · Kehl, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 1, 2002
Grant date	Aug 3, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 1, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11B23/107
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Cartridge having a housing which includes a lower cartridge part and an upper cartridge part. The lower cartridge part and the upper cartridge part are connected together. Each of the lower cartridge part and the upper cartridge part include side walls and a recess which is adapted to receive a tape guiding pin. A reel is rotatably mounted in the housing. A tape guiding pin clasp fixes the tape guiding pin in the recesses of the lower cartridge part and the upper cartridge part. The tape guiding pin is located in a region of a tape exit opening that is located in a corner of the housing. The tape exit opening is adapted to be closed by a sliding door. The tape guiding pin clasp includes a mechanism that secures at least one side wall of the lower cartridge part to at least one side wall of the upper cartridge part. The tape guiding pin clasp engages with and secures together the at least one side wall of the lower cartridge part and the at least one side wall of the upper cartridge part.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.