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Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 29, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Robert Biskeborn, Hollister, CA (US);

Hoodin Hamidi, San Francisco, CA (US);

Edwin Ralph Childers, Tucson, AZ (US);

Donald Charles Acosta, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 23/087 (2006.01); G11B 23/037 (2006.01); G11B 23/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 23/037 (2013.01); G11B 23/08757 (2013.01); G11B 23/18 (2013.01); G11B 2220/90 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus, in accordance with one approach, includes a receiving area configured to receive a plurality of mounts, each mount being configured to support at least one tape spool pair thereon. A magnetic head is configured to perform data operations on magnetic recording tapes of the tape spool pairs. A positioning mechanism is configured to selectively align the magnetic head to a selected one of the tape spool pairs. A product apparatus, in accordance with another approach, includes a mount having a tape spool pair thereon. The mount is configured to be inserted in a receiving area of an apparatus configured to receive a plurality of mounts.


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