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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 1984
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Barrett P Bingaman, Burbank, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cetec Corporation, El Monte, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242 683 ; 279 / ;
Abstract
A mechanism for centering and locking a tape reel or a tape hub on a drive shaft in a tape drive. A mechanism which can be actuated manually to lock a reel or hub in place and to unlock the reel or hub and also which will automatically lock the reel or hub in place by centrifugal force. A housing with radial passages for balls, with the housing and a subplate mounted on a drive shaft, and a plunger in the housing spring loaded to a non-locking position and manually movable to a locking position, with a latching mechanism for holding the plunger in the locking position.