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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:
Apr. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Geoffrey W Mansbridge, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2423327 ; 2423324 ; 2425321 ;
Abstract
A tape block and take-up reel assembly for use in a non-continuous cartridge based magnetic tape transport system. The take-up reel assembly includes a leader tape and a leader block. The tape block connection features and the leader block receiving features allow for a connection to be established therebetween as a result of orienting the tape block and leader block from a pre-connective orientation to a pre-connective mated orientation. These orientations are primarily achieved by moving the cartridge into the tape transport system and by winding the take-up reel assembly.