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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2005
Philip Turner, Bristol, GB;
Mark Dillon, Bristol, GB;
Andrew Mark Fernihough, Bath, GB;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A cartridge loading device for magnetic tape cartridges comprises a first member, a second member, a guide arrangementfor guiding movement of the second member relative to the first member from a first position to a second position and a locking systemfor locking the second member in the first position. A second sized opening is sized to receive second sized magnetic tape cartridges having a predetermined height that is greater than the height of the first sized magnetic tape cartridges. The locking system is arranged to lock the second member in its first position and is actuable by insertion of a second sized cartridge into the first sized opening to release the second member to permit movement from the first position to the second position.