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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:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2004
Kenji Ota, Ibaraki, JP;
Keiji Ban, Ibaraki, JP;
Kosuke Amano, Ibaraki, JP;
Toshiro Nishiwaki, Ibaraki, JP;
Yasuo Inukai, Ibaraki, JP;
Akihiro Yasui, Ibaraki, JP;
Kenji Ota, Ibaraki, JP;
Keiji Ban, Ibaraki, JP;
Kosuke Amano, Ibaraki, JP;
Toshiro Nishiwaki, Ibaraki, JP;
Yasuo Inukai, Ibaraki, JP;
Akihiro Yasui, Ibaraki, JP;
Hitachi Maxell, Ltd., Ibaraki-shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to provide a tape drive capable of securely pressing and holding a thin-type or a thick-type loaded tape cartridge being different in case thicknesses, so as to be vertically immovable. The tape drive D accommodates within it a loading framefor receiving and supporting each tape cartridgeA,B being different in case thicknesses and a holderfor holding the tape cartridgeA,B by pressing the cartridge. The side wallof the loading frame is provided with a pair of upper and lower sensorsfor identifying the thin-type and the thick-type loaded tape cartridges. The holderis displaced to a height position matching with the loaded tape cartridgeA,B based on the tape cartridge size detected by the sensors
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