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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 1976
Filed:
May. 05, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gregory Gene Vogel, Loveland, CO (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ; G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242198 ; 360 96 ;
Abstract
A cartridge latching mechanism is provided in which a few simple elements function to position and latch a tape cartridge into a housing containing driving elements for the tape cartridge and magnetic heads for reading and writing on the tape. Manual insertion of the cartridge rotates the latching mechanism about a pivot point whereupon a spring force engages to create a torque which positively engages the cartridge and latches it into position. Depression of an eject button disengages the latching mechanism and rotates it in an opposite direction, whereupon the same spring generates an oppositely directed torque to positively eject the cartridge.