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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8157198 | Tape reel, recording tape cartridge, take-up reel, and drive device There are provided a tape reel, a recording tape cartridge, a take-up reel, and a drive device at which, when a recording tape is wound on a hub, fluctuations in an axial direction of the hub can be suppressed and occurrence of tape edge damage can be prevented. At ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8038089 | Leader member in recording tape cartridge, manufacturing method thereof, and recording tape cartridge The present invention provides a leader member in a recording tape cartridge that is excellent in terms of strength, rigidity, corrosion resistance, a low frictional property, and abrasion resistance, have excellent productivity, and is manufactured with a low cost,... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8033493 | Leader block rotating mechanism, read/write device, and method of rotating leader block A leader block rotating mechanism for selectively rotating a leader block to a holding position of holding a film of a web, and to a release position of releasing the film of the web, includes an elastic member that biases the leader block to the holding position. | 10/11/2011 |
| 7913943 | Tape drive A tape drive, which is configured to receive a tape cartridge having a cartridge leader attached to magnetic tape, includes a take-up reel and a drive leader that is attachable to the cartridge leader. The drive leader has an attachment location attached to the take... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7861961 | Method and apparatus for utilizing a tape leader in a tape drive system A system for utilizing a tape leader in a tape drive system. The tape drive system receives a first tape leader and buckles the first tape leader to a drive reel leader. Then the tape drive system threads the first tape leader and a second tape leader connected to t... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7815140 | Recording tape cartridge A magnetic tape cartridge containing a tape reel to which a magnetic tape with a leader pin attached to a leading end is wound is equipped with a leader pin retaining structure for safe and secure retention of the leader pin immediately behind a tape egress/ingress ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7793879 | Apparatus and method for reversing tapewind direction According to one embodiment, the present technique provides a reel. The exemplary reel comprises a hub and a guide member coupled to the hub. The guide member may be configured to guide magnetic tape from a magnetic tape source to the reel. The guide member may coop... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7770834 | Recording tape cartridge Outer diameters of upper and lower flanges of a reel are formed equal to each other irrespective of a diameter of a hub, and a cylindrical wall having the same inner diameter as the hub of the reel having the small diameter hub is provided in the reel having the lar... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7690594 | Recording tape cartridge A recording tape cartridge is provided that includes a leader pin attached, directly or through a leader tape, to an end portion of a recording tape, and includes flange portions formed at both ends thereof, an opening formed at a case, and from which the leader pin... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7661619 | Buckler for tape drives An apparatus includes a holder for a drive leader of a tape drive. The drive leader is for coupling with a buckle attached to tape spooled in a tape cartridge. The holder may rotate about a tower attached to a housing of the tape drive. The apparatus further include... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7562839 | Recording tape cartridge A recording tape cartridge includes a leader member that is attached to an end portion of recording tape and on both ends of which flange portions are formed, and holding portions that are formed in an upper case and a lower case and hold the leader member in the vi... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7540443 | Magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus and tape threading method thereof It is an object of the present invention to provide a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus and a tape threading method thereof capable of preventing cut or slip of a leader tape, and capable of effectively preventing the fixing force from being deteriorated due ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7540442 | Apparatus for threading a tape from a cartridge An apparatus for threading a tape from a cartridge is to be provided. In the apparatus, a leader block rotates to capture a coupling element of the tape, a rod linearly moves to rotate the leader block, and a loader cam gear moves the rod. ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7530515 | Data storage tape cartridge and system having a radio frequency write medium A data storage tape cartridge is disclosed. The data storage tape cartridge includes a housing, at least one tape reel assembly, a storage tape, and a radio frequency write medium. The housing defines first and second housing sections that are reciprocally mated to ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7484681 | Cartridge buckle reinforcement and damage indicator A data storage cartridge that uses a tape buckling mechanism to connect a reel of tape to a tape drive is enhanced with a buckle reinforcement feature on the cartridge door. The reinforcement feature fits between two buckle clips of the buckling mechanism, and provi... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7419114 | Leader tape A leader tape that is joined at an end portion of a recording tape wound on a reel and that, when pulling out the recording tape, is pulled out by a pullout member of a drive device and conveyed on a predetermined path by guide members of the drive device, wherein r... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7420767 | Recording and/or reproducing device having a positioning arrangement for fixing a grabber in place A retaining member for retaining a grabber has a positioning arrangement for fixing the grabber in place. The grabber has a rear surface having a pair of hollows at upper and lower end portions. The positioning arrangement has a retainer opposed to a front surface o... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7407125 | Recording tape cartridge and driving device In a recording tape cartridge provided with a reel having a hub at which a recording tape is wound, a case that accommodates the reel such that the reel is rotatable, and an opening formed at the case from which a leader member attached to a distal end of the record... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7398940 | Leader tape, method for manufacturing the same, and magnetic tape cartridge The present invention provides a leader tape, method for manufacturing the same, and a magnetic tape cartridge with a leader tape having surface properties and conductive properties for securing slide durability suitable for a magnetic tape drive using a magnetic ta... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7380738 | Magnetic tape device The present invention provides a magnetic tape device capable of reliably securing a leader tape to a tape pull-out member with a simple structure. The tape pull-out member comprises a through hole which is extended along a direction substantially perpendicular to t... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7372668 | Recording and/or reproducing device having a positioning arrangement for positioning a cleaning brush A brush driving mechanism, which drives a cleaning brush from a retracted position to an operation position opposed to a magnetic head, has a main arm having a tip coupled to the cleaning brush through a shaft. A chassis has a chassis slit, in which the shaft is ins... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367521 | Storage medium leader mechanism, a storage medium leader apparatus, a web storage device, and a method of forming a storage medium leader mechanism A storage medium leader mechanism for threading a film of a storage medium on a machine reel in a storage medium apparatus along a guide includes a rotational shaft and a leader block. The leader block includes a first contact unit that is contactable with the guide... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7344100 | Recording and/or reproducing device wherein shaft is out of contact with pull-out assembly on rotating take-up reel A driving mechanism, which drives a pull-out assembly up to an interior of a reel hub of a take-up reel, has a shaft which is inserted in a through hole bored in a grabber with a clearance. A shutter fixes the pull-out assembly in a receiving portion at a predetermi... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7338002 | Locking dual hub tape reel for tape drives A dual hub reel for a tape drive comprises an inner hub operatively connectable to a motor and a flexible leader connected at a first to the inner hub so as to be wound on to the inner hub when driven, to rotate by the motor. An outer hub is disposed about the inner... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337246 | Apparatus, system, and method for quick access grid bus connection of storage cells in automated storage libraries An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for quick access of stored removable storage media. The apparatus includes an automated data storage library, a communications processor, and a media interface module. The automated data storage library has a plurality ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334750 | Tape drive with leader connecting mechanism A tape drive for use with a tape cartridge having a cartridge leader includes a drive body, a take-up reel supported by the drive body, and a drive leader connected to the take-up reel. The tape drive further includes a leader connecting mechanism for connecting the... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7325763 | Magnetic tape guiding system guide roller with single flange oriented at lower debris tape edge Magnetic tape guiding system takes advantage of characteristics of slit magnetic tape wherein one of the two tape edges has a higher tendency to shed tape debris than the other, and the slit tape is consistently loaded into tape cartridges in the same direction. A t... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7318559 | Tape cartridge A tape cartridge that has a clamp force to a block body and that secures a leader tape to a leader block is provided. Nail portions (63a, 64a) formed on the outer surface sides of a pair of leg portions (63, 64) of a clamper... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7290729 | Recording tape cartridge A recording tape cartridge which can prevent positional offset of a case with respect to a cartridge accommodating device. Accompanying operation of loading the cartridge in an arrow A direction into a drive device, a door is moved to a side of opening an opening wh... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7275297 | Device for attaching leader pin, device for processing end portion of tape type recording medium, and method for attaching leader pin A leader pin attaching device for attaching a leader pin to a pin attachment portion of the leader tape (a device for processing end portion of tape type recording medium) is provided. The device includes a transport suction block for holding a portion of the leader... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7252257 | Tape drive apparatus, tape extraction apparatus and tape cassette The invention proposes a tape drive apparatus, tape extraction apparatus and tape cartridge that enable a reliable chucking and chucking release, and a stable carrying of a tape being extracted from a cartridge. The invention is constituted by a magnetically recordi... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7243871 | Data storage tape cartridge and leadering mechanism interaction A data storage tape cartridge providing robust interactions with leadering mechanisms of data storage tape drives. In one relevant aspect, a data storage tape cartridge includes improved leader member access area features, such as a docking ramp configured to transi... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243827 | Devices for drawing in a web of material A device for drawing a web of material into a machine, such as a printing press includes a draw-in mechanism that can be advanced along a draw-in path, and to which the web of material can be coupled. The draw-in mechanism can be driven by an electric motor that can... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239474 | Leader connecting mechanism A leader connecting mechanism is for connecting a first leader to a second leader includes a guide member having a track. The mechanism further includes an engaging member that is engageable with the first leader. The engaging member is slidable along the track of t... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7226014 | Recording tape cartridge A recording tape cartridge has: a case rotatably accommodating a single reel with which one end portion of a recording tape is engaged and on which the recording tape is wound, the case having an opening which is formed at a corner portion of the case at a side of l... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7227721 | Multi-directional cartridge memory antenna designs A method and system for transmitting tape cartridge information using a bi-axial tape cartridge antenna design. A contactless tape cartridge memory device is provided in which the memory device is accessible from multiple surfaces of the cartridge. A single flexible... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7210644 | Cartridge case and information recording medium A cartridge case includes a first case and a second case that are fitted together to form a cartridge body capable of housing an information recording carrier therewithin. The first case is constructed by attaching a reference hole forming member, in which a positio... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7201341 | Recording tape cartridge Retention portions that retain a leader member of recording tape are formed inside a case, and a spring member pushes the leader member toward the retention portions. The spring member contacts support point members, and the support point members serve as support po... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195190 | Recording and/or reproducing device having a retaining mechanism to be stably attachable/detachable A pin retainer locks a leader pin during a movement of a pull-out assembly where the leader pin is coupled to a grabber between a grabber holder and a take-up reel. The pin retainer is urged toward a locking position by a spring. When the grabber comes close to a ca... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7172149 | Long tape path guide system and method In a tape system and method for guiding a tape from a tape reel to a read/write tape head and then to a take-up reel, the tape is guided along a tape path such that the path surrounds the take-up reel and then begins winding on the take-up reel. With such a long tap... | 02/06/2007 |
