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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
May. 25, 2001
John Anthony Hamming, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Robert Ralph Heinze, San Clemente, CA (US);
Scott Louis Hanson, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Kempton William Redhead, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Walter Fehlmann, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Russell Allen Bauer, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Turguy Goker, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Seagate Removable Storage Solutions, LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for loading tape from a single reel tape cartridge into a take-up reel. The hub filler is securely and releaseably attached to the take-up reel upon the hub filler entering the take-up reel. This attachment provides adequate securement between the hub filler and the take-up reel for the tape to be wrapped around the take-up reel during loading of the tape without the hub filler partially ejecting from the take-up reel. By preventing the hub filler from partially ejecting from the take-up reel, damage to the tape and the tape drive loading mechanism is mitigated. Upon unloading of the tape from the tape drive, the hub filler can be readily released from its attachment to the take-up reel.