Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7427043 | Tape cartridge with multiple keying features A combination includes a family of cartridge drives (12) including a first cartridge drive and a second cartridge drive, and a family of cartridges (14) including a first cartridge and a second cartridge. The first cartridge drive includes a first prot... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7327534 | Ultra fast backup (UFB) tape cartridge and method for loading same A cartridge for operatively housing a recording/playback medium comprising a first spool and a second spool located at offset positions inside a cartridge shell body; a recording/playback medium of a fixed width and length wound around the first and second spools; a... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7316367 | Recording tape cartridge A recording tape cartridge has a case rotatably accommodating a single reel on which a recording tape is wound, an opening formed in portions of a front surface and a side surface adjacent to a corner portion of the case, and a door opening and closing the opening b... | 01/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7287715 | Magnetic tape cartridge A tape cartridge capable of reliably identifying difference in type among tape cartridges without causing a tape drive side to have increased costs is provided. On the outer surface of a main case, an identification indicator is formed in a stripe shape having a gra... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7249761 | ATM currency presenter gate arrangement An ATM includes a currency note dispenser having a currency cassette, a note picker, a note transporter, and a note presenter. A cassette tambour door automatically opens during insertion of the cassette into the dispenser. The picker can pick notes through the open... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246765 | Recording tape cartridge In a recording tape cartridge, a reel, at which a magnetic tape is wound around a cylindrical tube portion of a reel hub provided at an axially central portion of the reel, is accommodated within a case so as to be movable in an axial direction between a ceiling pla... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7237740 | Recording tape cartridge The present invention provides a recording tape cartridge including an engagement portion formed on a hub of a reel; a brake member provided movable along an axial-direction, regulating reel rotation by engaging with the engaging portion and releasing the engagement... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7133256 | Recording medium cartridge having a cam actuated cover member A recording medium cartridge including a case with two main surfaces which are disposed substantially parallel to each other and side surfaces which connect the main surfaces. An opening is provided on one of the side surfaces which is disposed toward a direction in... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7113368 | Recording and reproducing apparatus for preventing erroneous erasure A recording and reproducing apparatus is provided in which recording and reproducing are performed with respect to an existing format cassette having an existing erroneous erasure prevention switch for preventing erroneous erasure of data recorded with the existing ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7099101 | Apparatus, system, and method for determining contact with a magnetic head in a tape drive An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for determining brush contact with a magnetic head. A digitally generated signal is provided in a system and a first gain constant is adjusted without the brush in contact with the magnetic head until the signal achieve... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7099102 | Multiple format magnetic storage media drive Methods and systems are provided for receiving and streaming storage tape by a tape head from storage tape cartridges of varying formats in a single tape drive. In one example, an exemplary tape drive system includes a receiver, a reel driver system configured to se... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7077353 | Tape cartridge with movable access door A tape cartridge, for use with a tape drive having an actuation member, includes a cartridge body that is insertable into the tape drive and a door movably associated with the cartridge body. The door is engageable with the actuation member when the cartridge body i... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7055773 | Recording tape cartridge A recording tape cartridge which can lead to smaller drive devices. The recording tape cartridge includes a case, an opening, a covering member and guide grooves. The case is substantially rectangular and rotatably accommodates a single reel on which recording tape ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7051968 | Recording tape cartridge A recording tape cartridge comprising: a rectangular case having, at a corner portion, an opening for pulling-out of one end of a recording tape, and accommodating the recording tape; and a cover member which opens and closes the opening. The opening is formed by cu... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6988686 | Recording tape cartridge A recording tape cartridge for enabling size reduction of a drive device. A substantially rectangular case rotatably accommodates a single reel on which a recording tape is wound. An opening, for drawing out a leader member attached to an end portion of the tape, is... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6978958 | Recording tape cartridge Structure of a lower case that reinforces a recording tape cartridge. At an inner side of the lower case, an annular projecting portion is provided along and at an inner side of a reel area rib that demarcates a reel area, raising stiffness of the case. At a periphe... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6974102 | Recording tape cartridge A recording tape cartridge in which, even if impact is applied to a vicinity of an opening of a case due to a drop or the like, a leader pin does not fall out from pin holding portions. The recording tape cartridge has a case which is substantially rectangular, and ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6948674 | Magnetic tape cartridge A tape cartridge is characterized by being provided with an opening to pull out a tape formed at a corner of a cartridge case; a curved door to open/close the opening; a slide mechanism to slide the door for the cartridge case; a door-side spring hooking portion for... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6918554 | Tape cartridge format identification in a single reel tape handling device Methods and apparatuses for identifying a single reel tape cartridge format, in a single reel tape handling device, from a plurality of available formats. According to one aspect of the invention, cartridge identification information is provisioned on a single reel ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6915976 | Recording tape cartridge and drive device thereof A tape cartridge includes a case, which is made of a lower case and an upper case, for accommodating a reel wound with a magnetic tape. The lower case includes a bottom surface disposed with two positioning holes formed separately from each other on a straight line ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6867942 | Storage device mounted in portable data storage media type cartridges A data storage cartridge having an data storage device, such as an encased magnetic disk drive assembly, is, in one embodiment, of generally an exterior dimensional form factor of a tape cartridge having a leader block with a hole therethrough for engagement by a th... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6854678 | Recording tape cartridge and drive device In the cartridge, the opening is formed diagonally to an arrow A direction by cutting away a corner portion at a drive device loading side of a case, and the opening faces both the arrow A direction and an arrow B direction. A leader pin and a magnetic tape are draw... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6840473 | Recording tape cartridge In the cartridge, the opening is formed diagonally to an arrow A direction by cutting away a corner portion at a drive device loading side, and the opening faces both the arrow A direction and an arrow B direction. A leader pin and a magnetic tape are drawn out alon... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6817561 | Magnetic tape cassette At both sides of an opening (14) of a cassette case (10a), there are formed tape guides (18) having guide faces (18a), and a magnetic tape (T) is stretched between the guide faces (18a). On back faces (18 | 11/16/2004 |
| 6786660 | Detectable spool and associated hub An improved detectable spool for use with a ribbon includes an improved hub which includes a core and an indication member. The indication member is a generally planar metallic member that is substantially embedded in the core, with the indication member including a... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6742738 | Recording tape cartridge A recording tape cartridge which can enable size-reduction of a drive device. A substantially rectangular case rotatably accommodates a single reel on which a recording tape is wound. An opening, for drawing out a leader member attached to an end portion of the tape... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6666397 | Tape cassette and cassette holder A tape cassette, in which a mouth portion opened forward, upward, and downward is provided in a front portion of a cassette shell containing tape reels around which a tape-like magnetic recording medium is wound, and part of the tape-like recording medium... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6407886 | Tape cassette having a biased locked member A tape cassette having a case body including an upper case and a lower case, a recessed portion formed on the side of a lower surface of the case body, and a slider so provided in the case body as to be slidable for opening and closing the recessed portio... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6311915 | Buckler for a tape drive An improved tape drive (10) includes a cartridge receiver (18) and a buckler (20). The cartridge receiver (18) receives a cartridge (22) having a cartridge leader (28). The buckler (20) selectively retains a drive leader (32) of the tape drive (10). The t... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6305630 | Magnetic tape having hexadecimal hole patterns A data cartridge includes a length of magnetic tape which is formed at one end with a first pattern of holes to enable identification of the end of the tape and a second pattern of holes located within the first pattern of holes and configured to provide ... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6286775 | Magnetic recording apparatus A magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus is disclosed which has a first state in which a tape cassette is placed on a chassis and a second state which includes a PLAY mode, a REV mode and a STOP mode. The apparatus comprises: a reel base rotatably moun... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6270030 | System for controlling compatibility of tape cartridges having the same form factor A tape cartridge and cartridge drive system for controlling the compatibility of first and second tape cartridges having the same form factor in first and second tape drives. The system permits backward compatibility of the first tape cartridge in the sec... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6227477 | Data storage cassette and data recording and reproducing device A data storage cassette includes an upper cassette half and a lower cassette half and containing therein a tape for storing data. The cassette has an outer shape of a predetermined dimension, and the lower cassette half is formed with a reel lock release ... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6186430 | Tape drive connection sensing assembly A sensing assembly for use in determining if magnetic tape within a single reel tape cartridge properly connects to a takeup reel within a tape drive during loading of the tape cartridge, so that the magnetic tape can be wound between the tape cartridge a... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6160679 | Recording medium device for use with a tape cartridge having an auxiliary memory viewable through a cartridge discrimination opening A recording medium device including a cartridge body within which a tape-shaped recording medium on which information signals are recorded is accomodated, wherein a cartridge discrimination opening (hole) indicating the specification of the recording medi... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6155509 | Mechanism for adjusting a spacing of tape reel drive members for different size cassettes A multi-cassett loading and unloading system having a housing which has defined locations for different size cassettes such as the Standard (large size) and Mini (small size) cassettes of the DVC (digital video) format, which are distinguished by differen... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6126106 | Cassette adapter and magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus A casette adapter in which an S-casette (first casette) of the professional digital video format is housed and having a shape identical with an different-sized M-casette (second casette) operates without fail under a simple constitution, without accompany... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6095445 | Cartridge buckler for a tape drive A tape drive includes a receiver adapted to receive a cartridge having a cartridge leader, a buckler which selectively retains a drive leader of the tape drive, and a buckler motor coupled to the buckler. The buckler motor selectively moves the buckler re... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6095446 | Tape drive with movable centering guide and door opening arrangement A tape drive for accommodating tape cartridges of different sizes and capacities is provided with a tape insertion opening, a first guide at a first side of the tape insertion opening, and a second guide at a second side of the tape insertion opening. The... | 08/01/2000 |
