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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1992
William C Dodt, Broomfield, CO (US);
Jerry L Donze, Arvada, CO (US);
Michael L Leonhardt, Longmont, CO (US);
Charles A Milligan, Golden, CO (US);
Hari S Narahari, Boulder, CO (US);
John C Owens, Arvada, CO (US);
Kurt W Pyatt, Boulder, CO (US);
Storage Technology Corporation, Louisville, CO (US);
Abstract
This magnetic tape cartridge has the same exterior dimensions as a conventional 3480-type magnetic tape cartridge but houses different media. To clearly identify the media contained in the cartridge, a label receiving recess in included on the back of the cartridge. A human readable and machine readable label can be inserted into this recess to identify the media contained in this cartridge. Additional label recesses are provided juxtaposed to the media identification recess and on the top and side of the cartridge to receive user installed labels to uniquely identify the cartridge.