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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:
Mar. 04, 1997
Filed:
May. 25, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mitchell R Steinberg, Upton, MA (US);
George A Saliba, Northborough, MA (US);
Assignee:
Quantum Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 69 ; 360 746 ;
Abstract
A single reel tape cartridge includes a type of magnetic recording tape having characteristics which are identified to a cartridge tape handling system in accordance with size variation of a tape type hole following a beginning of tape (BOT) hole by a predetermined, qualifying distance. A cartridge tape handling system for identifying the particular tape type, and for formatting the tape in accordance with determined tape type is also described.