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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1999
Paul Y. Hu, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A magnetic media tape cartridge has a housing with a spool of magnetic tape wound on the spool. The tape is two-sided so that information can be recorded on both sides. The sides of the tape maintain an orthogonal planar orientation relative to the axis of the spool at all times. The housing has separate openings for accessing each side of the tape. A leading end of the tape protrudes through a third opening in the housing for offloading the tape onto a take-up reel. A door is pivotally mounted to the housing at each of the first two openings for covering and uncovering each side of the tape. The tape cartridge also has an indicator for indicating which side of the tape is being recorded or accessed.