Tape cartridge assembly and tape transport apparatus for use therewith
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsKlaus Schoettle, Peter Dobler, Lothar Gliniorz, Werner Hoffmann
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Abstract
A tape cartridge assembly and tape transport apparatus for use therewith, comprising a cartridge housing which is provided internally with holding means for a hub bearing a roll of magnetic tape, the roll of tape being accessible from outside, receiving means for the cartridge housing and the hub being provided on the apparatus, by which means the peripheral surface of the roll of magnetic tape can be brought into contact with a drive member.
Claims14
A tape cartridge, in particular a magnetic tape cassette, comprising a housing having a bottom wall, a top wall, two side walls and front and rear walls, and in said housing at least one roll of tape wound on a hub,
- wherein the side walls and the rear wall are rigidly attached to the bottom wall, the front wall is releasably connected to the bottom of the side walls and the top wall is a lid which is hingedly connected to the rear wall and the front wall and is foldable into two lid portions, such that the lid, together with the front wall can be folded about an edge of the rear wall against the outer surface of the bottom wall;
- wherein the surfaces coming into contact after the folding operation possess releasable connecting means, and
- wherein locking means acting on the hub are provided to hold said tape roll(s) in the cartridge housing.
A tape cartridge assembly for use with a tape transport apparatus having a tape-driving capstan, a spindle mounted for rotation and also for movement transversely to its axis toward said capstan, and cartridge-receiving means, said tape cartridge assembly comprising:
- a housing with bottom and top faces and with peripheral faces including two side faces and front and rear faces, and with means including walls for closing said faces in the non-operative condition of the cartridge, and said housing, in the operative condition of the cartridge, providing an aperture at its top face and also an aperture at one of its peripheral faces,
- a flangeless hub having an opening for access, through the first-mentioned aperture, by said spindle,
- a roll of tape wound on said hub,
- locking means within said housing which hold the roll of tape, and
- means for disengaging the roll of tape from the locking means to permit said roll of tape to be moved by a displacement of said spindle toward said capstan for engagement, through said second-mentioned aperture, with the peripheral surface of said roll of tape while said cartridge is retained by said receiving means,
- wherein the two side walls and the rear wall are rigidly attached to the bottom wall, the front wall is releasably connected to the bottom and the side walls and the top wall is a lid which is hingedly connected to the rear wall and the front wall and is foldable into two lid portions such that the lid, together with the front wall, can be folded about an edge of the rear wall against the outer surface of the bottom wall, the surfaces coming into contact after the folding operation, possessing releasable connecting means, and said locking means having elements acting on the hub to hold the roll of magnetic tape in the cartridge housing, and wherein on the apparatus there are provided
- a hub receiving member for carrying and driving the hub and roll of magnetic tape, said hub receiving member possessing releasable hub-catching means,
- said cartridge-receiving means being movable toward the hub-receiving member during loading, and
- an actuating device for effecting a relative movement between the hub-receiving member and the cartridge and simultaneously causing release of the hub from its locking means in the cartridge and producing contact between the roll of magnetic tape and the capstan.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.