Data storage tape cartridge
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsErik Rueger, Markus Schafer, Stefan Wiedemann, Robert Beiderbeck, Ole Asmussen
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Abstract
A data storage tape cartridge includes a housing having a reel within and rotatably supported by the housing. Two or more data storage tapes are wound up on the same rotary axis of the reel. Each subsequent winding of a first one of the tapes is separated from the previous winding of the first tape by at least another one of the other tapes. A leader pin is attached to a free end of each of the tapes. The leader pins may be connected to one another. The leader pins may be disconnected from one another as part of process for mounting the cartridge in a tape drive.
Claims19
A data storage tape cartridge, comprising:
- a housing;
- a reel, the reel being rotatably supported by the housing;
- at least two data storage tapes, the tapes being wound up on a same rotary axis of the reel, wherein each subsequent winding of a first one of the tapes is separated from a previous winding of the first tape by at least one second tape of the tapes;
- and
- at least two leader pins, each free end of each tape being attached to one of the leader pins.
A method for making a data storage tape cartridge, comprising:
- providing a housing having a reel within the housing, the reel being rotatably supported by the housing;
- simultaneously winding two data storage tapes on a same rotary axis of the reel, wherein each subsequent winding of a first one of the tapes is separated from a previous winding of the first tape by at least one second tape of the tapes;
- and
- attaching a leader pin to a free end of each tape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.