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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Erik Rueger, Ockenheim, DE;
Markus Schafer, Heiligenmoschel, DE;
Stefan Wiedemann, Kaiserslautern, DE;
Robert Beiderbeck, Wassenberg, DE;
Ole Asmussen, Henstedt-Ulzburg, DE;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
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.