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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2003
Michael A. Mewes, Fargo, ND (US);
Michael E. Reard, Fergus Falls, MN (US);
Jerome D. Brown, Wahpeton, ND (US);
G. Phillip Rambosek, Shafer, MN (US);
Geoffrey A. Lauinger, Campbell, MN (US);
James L. Albrecht, Wahpeton, ND (US);
Michael A. Mewes, Fargo, ND (US);
Michael E. Reard, Fergus Falls, MN (US);
Jerome D. Brown, Wahpeton, ND (US);
G. Phillip Rambosek, Shafer, MN (US);
Geoffrey A. Lauinger, Campbell, MN (US);
James L. Albrecht, Wahpeton, ND (US);
Imation Corp., Oakdale, MN (US);
Abstract
A single reel data storage tape cartridge is described that includes a housing having a tape access window. A single tape reel assembly is rotatably disposed within the housing and includes a hub about which a storage tape is wrapped. A tape guide is disposed within the housing adjacent the single tape reel assembly, opposite the tape access window, and is configured to define a pathway of the storage tape from the single tape reel assembly to the tape access window and limit lateral motion of the storage tape.