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US 2006/0092553 A1Published application
Cartridge loading devices
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsPhilip Turner, Mark Dillon, Andrew Fernihough
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AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsPhilip Turner, Mark Dillon, Andrew Fernihough
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A cartridge loading device 10 for magnetic tape cartridges comprises a first member 12, a second member 14 and a guide arrangement 30, 32, 36, 38 for guiding movement of said second member relative to said first member from a first position to a second position. The first and second members cooperate when in the first position to define a first sized opening having a height sized to receive first sized magnetic tape cartridges having a predetermined height and, when in the second position, cooperating to define a second sized opening that has a height that is greater than the height of the first sized opening and is sized to receive second sized magnetic tape cartridges having a predetermined height that is greater than the height of the first sized magnetic tape cartridges.
A cartridge loading device for magnetic tape cartridges, said device comprising a first member, a second member and a guide arrangement for guiding movement of said second member relative to said first member from a first position to a second position, said first and second members cooperating when in said first position to define a first sized opening having a height sized to receive first sized magnetic tape cartridges having a predetermined height and, when in said second position, cooperating to define a second sized opening having a height that is greater than the height of said first sized opening, said second sized opening being sized to receive second sized magnetic tape cartridges having a predetermined height that is greater than the height of said first sized magnetic tape cartridges.
A cartridge loading device for magnetic tape cartridges comprising housing means defining a housing for magnetic tape cartridges, said housing means being controllably expandable from a first size to a second size, said first size having a first height and said second size having a second height, said second height being greater than said first height and said sizes being selected such that said housing can receive magnetic tape cartridges of two different predetermined sizes for loading into a digital data storage device.
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