US 4,457,473 AGranted

Tape cartridge housing

AssigneeData Electronics, Inc.

InventorsEdward Mroz, Richard J. Wesendunk

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Abstract

An improved tape cartridge includes a housing having a rigid base member and means for covering the base member. The base member is a one-piece structure having a bottom of flat-cross-section and a plurality of holes extending through the bottom. The base member includes three side walls with two side walls being opposed and the side walls extending upwardly generally perpendicular to the bottom. Preferably, the base member is die casted and made from aluminum alloy. The housing includes a resilient cover, preferably made from plastic which does not distort the base member's flatness upon assembly. The cover has a front wall which extends downward generally perpendicular to a top portion of the cover and the front wall has an open face. Means for connecting the cover and base member are included.

Claims7

Dependent claims

A belt driven magnetic tape cartridge housing, comprising:

a rigid one-piece base member including a bottom wall having a flat cross-section and a plurality of holes extending through the flat bottom of the base member, the base member including three side walls, two of which side walls are opposed, said side walls extending upwardly generally perpendicular to the bottom wall;
a resilient covering means for covering the base, the covering means including a top wall and a front wall, said front wall extending downwardly generally perpendicular to the top wall, said front wall having a generally open face;
means for connecting the covering means and the base member, whereby, when assembled, the base member remains flat in cross-section and undistorted by the resilient covering means;
and
a plurality of pins secured in the holes through the flat bottom of the rigid base member for aligning and maintaining the installed pins perpendicular to the base member bottom for precision transport of a tape wound on rotating spools mounted on the pins.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.