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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:
Dec. 30, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey S Thiessen, Champlin, MN (US);
John M Enga, Crystal, MN (US);
Hector F Gonzalez, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
Geneva Group of Companies, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360132 ; 360128 ;
Abstract
A tape driving cleaning cartridge having a housing with recognition openings, a slide mechanism slidably movable to cover one recognition opening while leaving the other open. The slide mechanism is manually movable between the two positions. If additional recognition openings are employed, multiple slide mechanisms may be used.