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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 1996
Filed:
May. 31, 1995
Armando J Argumedo, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kenneth R Shelley, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A mechanism for opening a tape access door at the forward end of a tape cartridge which pivots about an axis perpendicular to a mount plate of the cartridge. The access door is spring biased to a closed position and includes a slot which opens along a side wall of the door and has a rearward end that angles open on an outer wall of the door. The door opening mechanism itself comprises an elongate door opener frame, a pin extending from a forward end of the door opener frame, a door opener bearing and a pivot shaft for pivotally mounting a rearward end of the door opener frame and a rear end of the opener bearing to a frame of a loader mechanism adjacent a cartridge insertion slot thereof.