Data storage tape cartridge with misinsertion notch
AssigneesDimation Corp, Storage Technology Corporation
InventorsWilliam J. Vanderheyden, G. Phillip Rambosek, David T. Hoge, Christian A. Todd
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Abstract
A data storage tape cartridge having a misinsertion notch. The data storage tape cartridge includes a housing, a tape reel and a storage tape. The housing includes a base and a cover, each defining a front, a back, a first side and a second side. The misinsertion notch is defined in the base, extending from the front of the base and along the first side of the base. The misinsertion notch has a length less than approximately one-half a length of the first side of the base for facilitating proper insertion into a receiving frame.
Claims22
A data storage tape cartridge comprising:
- a housing including a base and a cover, each defining a front, a back, a first side and a second side;
- a first and second tape reel disposed within the housing, wherein a portion of each of the first and second tape reels is accessible through a respective opening in the base;
- a storage tape maintained by the first and second tape reels;
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- a misinsertion notch defined in the base, the misinsertion notch extending from the front of the base along the first side of the base and having a length less than approximately one-half a length of the first side of the base.
A data storage tape cartridge for use with a storage device having a receiving frame including an alignment finger, the data storage tape cartridge comprising:
- a housing including a base and a cover, the housing defining a front, a back, a first side, a second side and an available internal area having a height sufficient to maintain various components;
- first and second tape reels disposed within the available internal area of the housing, wherein a portion of each of the first and second tape reels is accessible through a first and second opening in the base, respectively;
- a storage tape maintained by and extending between the first and second tape reels;
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- a misinsertion notch defined in the base, the misinsertion notch extending from the front of the housing and along the first side, the misinsertion notch configured to minimize a reduction in the available internal area of the housing and provide clearance about an alignment finger in a receiving frame upon insertion of the data storage tape cartridge into a receiving frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.