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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1997
Curtis Paul Gonzales, Boise, ID (US);
Jeffrey S McAllister, Boise, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A recording tape take-up reel assembly, comprising an annular hub having a top, a bottom, an axis of rotation and a radial surface, a first and second sub flange concentric with the annular hub, each sub flange having a top surface, a bottom surface and an outside circumferential edge surface, wherein the edge surface is adapted to have a tape wound thereon, and wherein the bottom surface of the first sub flange is concentrically attached to the top surface of the hub and the top surface of the second sub flange is concentrically attached to the bottom surface of the hub; and a first and second main flange concentric with the annular hub and the sub flanges, each main flange having a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the bottom surface of the first main flange is concentrically attached to the top surface of the first sub flange and the top surface of the second main flange is concentrically attached to the bottom surface of the second sub flange.