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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. 20, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Steven W Sorensen, Maplewood, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2423482 ; 242336 ; 2423381 ; 360132 ;
Abstract
A single reel supply cartridge is provided with a lock clip which restrains a tape connector within the mouth of the cartridge. The lock-clip is released by the insertion of a release pin in to the cartridge as the cartridge is inserted into a cartridge adaptor.