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Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1999

Filed:

Sep. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

Kurt A Buckland, Yorba Linda, CA (US);

Walter Fehlmann, Fountain Valley, CA (US);

Assignee:

Seagate Technology, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242336 ; 242338 ; 2423384 ; 360 94 ;
Abstract

A tape drive for accommodating tape cartridges of different sizes and capacities is provided with a tape insertion opening, a first guide at a first side of the tape insertion opening, and a second guide at a second side of the tape insertion opening. The first and second guides are separated from one another to provide a first opening width that accommodates insertion of tape cartridges of a first size between the first and second guides. The first and second guides are movable within the tape insertion opening to provide a second opening width that accommodates insertion of tape cartridges of a second size.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Buckland, Kurt. (1999). Tape drive with movable centering guide and door opening arrangement (U.S. Patent No. 5890669). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5890669

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