Gripped part structure of recording tape cartridge
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorKazuo Hiraguchi
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Abstract
A gripped part structure of recording tape cartridges of different types housed in a same library, with each recording tape cartridge including a case housing therein recording tape, and two gripped parts that are gripped by a gripping mechanism of the library, wherein the gripped parts are formed in the case, and a distance from a side wall of the case facing the gripping mechanism of the library to the gripped parts, a height of the gripped parts in a thickness direction of the recording tape cartridge is identical for each recording tape cartridge regardless of the type of recording tape cartridge, and a distance between the gripped parts cartridge is identical for each recording tape cartridge regardless of the type of recording tape cartridge.
Claims17
A gripped part structure of recording tape cartridges for allowing different types of recording tape cartridges, which each comprise a case rotatably housing therein a reel wound with recording tape and gripped parts that are formed in the case and gripped by a gripping mechanism of a library, to be housed in a same library, wherein
- a height of the gripped parts from a housing chamber bottom surface when the recording tape cartridges are housed in respective housing chambers of the library is identical for each recording tape cartridge regardless of the type of recording tape cartridge, and
- a distance between the gripped parts in both side walls of the case parallel to a direction in which the recording tape cartridge is housed in the library is identical for each recording tape cartridge regardless of the type of recording tape cartridge.
A gripped part structure of recording tape cartridges of different types housed in a same library, with each recording tape cartridge comprising
- a case housing therein recording tape, and
- two gripped parts that are gripped by a gripping mechanism of the library, wherein
- the gripped parts are formed in the case,
- a distance from a side wall of the case facing the gripping mechanism of the library to the gripped parts is identical for each recording tape cartridge regardless of the type of recording tape cartridge,
- a height of the gripped parts in a thickness direction of the recording tape cartridge is identical for each recording tape cartridge regardless of the type of recording tape cartridge, and
- a distance between the gripped parts is identical for each recording tape cartridge regardless of the type of recording tape cartridge.
A method of forming gripped parts of recording tape cartridges of different types that include a case housing recording tape and are housed in a same library, which gripped parts are gripped by a gripping mechanism of the library, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) setting a distance from a wall surface of the case that faces the gripping mechanism of the library to positions at which the gripping mechanism grips the case;
- (b) setting a height of the gripped parts to be formed in a thickness direction of the recording tape cartridges;
- (c) setting a distance between the gripped parts to be formed;
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- (d) forming the gripped parts in the case of the recording tape cartridge on the basis of the set distance to the gripping positions, the height, and the distance between the gripped parts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.