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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7440231 | Single reel tape cartridge having guide surface In one example of one aspect of the invention, a single reel data storage cartridge is provided. The single reel data storage cartridge includes a housing having an access window and a reel rotatably disposed within the housing and having storage tape wound on the r... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7317593 | Tape cartridge with pivotable 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. The cartridge body includes first and second faces that extend at an angle to each other. The first face has a first opening and t... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7295402 | Magnetic tape cartridge and recorder/reproducer a magnetic tape cartridge A magnetic tape cartridge and A magnetic tape cartridge recording/reproducing apparatus, which can prevent a magnetic tape from being charged to avoid damage of a magnetic head while lowering the resistance of the magnetic tape and maintaining optimum electromagneti... | 11/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7274528 | System and method for protecting head elements of a tape drive A method and apparatus is provided to protect head elements on a head of a head guide assembly, having a magnetic tape, and a leader coupled to the magnetic tape at a first end, such that the height of the leader is less than the height of the magnetic tape. ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7261250 | Roller guide tape path A tape guide mechanism in a storage device is disclosed for defining an improved roller guide tape path. A cartridge reel is provided for supplying tape to a take-up reel. Multiple flanged guides are provided located remotely from the cartridge and take-up reels. A ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7251093 | Tape system with adjustable wrap angles and method for adjusting tape wrap angle A method for adjusting a tape wrap angle is described comprising the steps of operating the tape system to generate or regenerate an electrical signal in the head from the tape, either increasing or reducing the tape wrap angle as appropriate until a signal from the... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7227716 | Two tape, four reel cartridge and drive for wide magnetic recording tape A cartridge for a magnetic recording tape has a first pair of reels rotatably mounted therein which carry a first wide magnetic recording tape, and a second pair of reels disposed therein which carry a second wide magnetic recording tape. The reels are disposed in t... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7207367 | Method and apparatus for joining adhesive tape In an adhesive tape joining method for joining an adhesive tape to a surface of an article, cutting out the adhesive tape along an outer peripheral edge of the article and, then, collecting the unnecessary adhesive tape which has been cut out, the unnecessary adhesi... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204446 | Data storage tape guiding systems using tapered guides The invention is directed to arrangements of tapered data storage tape guides which can improve the guiding of data storage tape. Tapered data storage tape guides having specific sizes relative to the data storage tape are also disclosed. The tapered data storage ta... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7204445 | Guide arrangements for data storage tape guiding systems The invention is directed to arrangements of tape guides which can improve the guiding of data storage tape. Tape guides having specific sizes relative to the data storage tape are also disclosed. The disclosed tape guides and arrangements of tape guides can improve... | 04/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7052194 | Apparatus and method for controlling a ribbon transport mechanism An apparatus for controlling a ribbon transport mechanism of a ribbon feed system includes a supporting structure carrying a plurality of ribbon transport devices including a ribbon storage spool, a ribbon take-up spool, and at least one ribbon guide around which ro... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7016136 | Method and system for adjusting a magnetic tape head A method of adjusting a magnetic head of the invention includes the steps of: setting a cleaning cartridge into a drive unit; identifying the set cartridge as the cleaning cartridge by checking a cleaning bit in a non-volatile memory; performing an adjustment-operat... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7011262 | Fishing bobbin A fishing reel comprises a bobbin and a bracket. The bobbin comprises first and second ends and an elongate body extending between the first and second ends. The bobbin has a pair of protrusions at each end and a gathering region between each pair of protrusions. Th... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6969021 | Variable curvature in tape guide rollers An apparatus is provided for reducing tape media edge damage in data regions and controlling the position of the tape media in a passive manner. A curved tape guide surface of a tape guide roller controls tape media edge damage by restoring the tape media to a prope... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6923396 | Recording tape cassette In order to provide a recording tape cassette in which a recording tape can run stably even if a non-recording surface side of the recording tape warps, there is provided a recording tape cassette including a guide shaft, around which the recording tape is wound suc... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6915982 | Single reel data storage tape cartridge with internal tape guide 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... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6892978 | Tape guide for biasing a tape path within a tape transport system, such as a data storage tape cartridge A tape guide for limiting lateral tape movement within a tape transport system component, such as a data storage tape cartridge. The storage tape, having a tape width, extends between two tape reels along a tape path defined, at least in part, by the tape guide. The... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6874720 | Data storage tape cartridge with subambient pressure feature A subambient pressure feature for assisting in guidance of storage tape within a tape transport system such as a data storage tape cartridge and/or a tape drive. The storage tape is extended between two tape reels along a tape path defined, in part, by a tape guide.... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6814505 | Roll-form image recording material magazine An image recording material magazine is provided that has a constitution such that a roll-form image recording material rotatably provided within a casing is drawn out through a slot provided along its whole length in the longitudinal direction with a resilient plat... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6607155 | Magnetic tape cassette A magnetic tape cassette for use in an apparatus having a light source and a light sensor (5a, 5b) for detecting a tape end by the difference of light transmittance of a tape. The magnetic tape cassette (1) is composed of a cassette housing for having a t... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6563670 | Data storage tape cartridge with guide having wear pattern A data storage tape cartridge (10) includes two tape guides (23, 24). The tapes guides (23, 24) have a foil (43, 143, 243) which is constructed from material which causes a wear pattern (200) to be formed in the foil (43), thereby removing localized force... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6405957 | Data storage tape cartridge and tape path with an idler wrap guide for reduced lateral tape movement A data storage tape cartridge including a housing, first and second tape reels, a storage tape, first and second corner guides and an idler wrap guide. The housing defines a head access window. The tape reels are rotatably disposed within the housing, wit... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6353514 | Two-sided compliant tape guide A data storage cartridge includes a length of magnetic tape wound on a pair of tape reels within a housing to define a tape path. A tape guide disposed along a portion of the tape path includes a top and bottom flange. Each flange is resilient so that it ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6343757 | Elongated clearance-type guide for magnetic tape A clearance-type tape guide for guiding a recording tape along a tape path having two tape reels. The tape slidably engages the tape guide along a surface having a length L1. The tape travels along the tape path for a distance L2 between the tape guide su... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6299087 | Data cartridge having a reduced static charge The surface of the base plate of the data cartridge is treated with chromate so as to coat the surface with a conductive film, with which the grounding means such as the elastic arms and cartridge positioning rollers provided on the chassis of the data ca... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6288872 | Lifter device for magnetic tape cartridge A lifter device, and a method of maintaining contact between a magnetic tape in a tape cartridge and an external read/write device using the lifter device that provides tension on the tape sufficient to maintain contact between the tape and a read/write d... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6142404 | Compliant tape guide with planar stiffness body for a data storage tape cartridge A compliant tape guide having a compliant member with optimized planar stiffness. The compliant tape guide includes a top support plate, a bottom support plate, a bearing piece, the compliant member and a biasing member. The bearing piece extends between ... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6125096 | Dynamic/stationary tape guide A tape guide in a tape cartridge for use with a tape drive includes a fixed shaft and a cylindrical sleeve positioned around the shaft. The sleeve has an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface of the sleeve engages the shaft such that there... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6118630 | Compliant edge guiding and following system for tape Disclosed is a compliant edge guiding and following system for recording tape. Two tape bearings are provided which define a tape path, each having a bearing surface for supporting lengthwise travel of the recording tape along the tape path. A movable tap... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6116535 | Tapered rolling tape edge guide mechanism and methods A mechanism and method for guiding a tape across a transducer, and a method for making the mechanism. The mechanism has one rolling guide on either side of the transducer. Each guide has a tapered surface and a flange at one end of the tapered surface. Ea... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6057993 | Lifter device for magnetic tape cartridge A lifter device is provided, with an adhesive for attaching the lifter device to a magnetic tape cartridge, the cartridge including a magnetic tape, and a bay portion where the magnetic tape is exposed outside of the tape cartridge. A read/write device ca... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6057992 | Tape cartridge employing tape guides with upper and lower flanges secured to the tape guide by deforming ends of the tape guide In a tape cartridge in which a magnetic tape wound around a pair of tape reels is driven by a drive belt and in which a traveling of the tape is guided by a tape guide, there is arranged a construction which has upper and lower flanges each of which is a ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6018445 | Belt-drive tape cartridge having an offset drive roller and flanged tape guides A belt-drive tape cartridge includes tape guides arranged on both sides of a recess of a base plate for receiving a magnetic head, each tape guide having flanges formed at upper and lower ends thereof, and a drive roller arranged to be offset with respect... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5979814 | Invertible portable container having two separate lengths of recording tape Disclosed is an invertible portable tape container for containing two separate lengths of recording tape for providing rapid access to data. The container may be inserted into a tape drive, preferably by an automated data storage library robot, in either ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5911379 | Tape cartridge for two separate lengths of recording tape Disclosed is a portable tape cartridge for containing two separate lengths of recording tape for providing rapid access to data by a single tape drive. Two access openings on the inboard side (with respect to the tape drive) of the tape cartridge are resp... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5893526 | Tape guides for data cartridges An elongated tape guide for magnetic tape transported in a data cartridge provides an elongated support wall to guide the tape. The elongated tape guide has a tape guide wall and at least one flange for supporting an edge of the tape as it moves across a ... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5868336 | Tape guides for tape cassette Tape guides for guiding a magnetic tape in a tape cassette including a two-half cassette housing one half of which holds a pair of tape reels and a length of magnetic tape wound on the reels, said housing half having openings formed on the front side for ... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5865389 | Entrainment air dam An air dam (35) is place between free tape (13) extending to a reel (11) and the reel (11). During high speed winding operations, the air dam (35) interrupts air flow toward the convergence (17) of the free tape (13) with the reel (11). This reduces a ten... | 02/02/1999 |
