Data tape cartridge with modified hub mounting arrangement
AssigneeImation Corp.
InventorLeslie M. Collins
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Abstract
A tape cartridge including a cartridge housing, one or more tape hub pins substantially fixed at both ends to the cartridge housing, and tape hubs, carrying tape, e.g., magnetic tape, that are mounted around the tape hub pins for rotation within the cartridge housing. Also described is a method for preventing tilt of a tape hub including fitting a first end of the pin into a baseplate, which is part of the tape cartridge housing. The method also includes fitting a second end of the pin into a pin retention device formed into a cover, which is another part of the tape cartridge housing. The pin retention device of this method may take the form of a ring-like feature, provided in the cover, which retains the second end of the pin.
Claims12
A tape cartridge comprising:
- a cartridge housing including a baseplate and a cover mounted to the baseplate;
- a pin mounted within the housing, wherein the pin has a first end and a second end, both of the first and second ends being substantially fixed to a portion of the cartridge housing;
- a tape hub carrying data storage tape, the tape hub being mounted about the pin for rotation within the cartridge housing, and wherein the baseplate and the cover together define an enclosure for the tape hub and the pin;
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- a spring-biased flange mounted adjacent the second end of the pin, the spring-biased flange being positioned to exert a spring bias between the cover and the tape hub.
A method for preventing tilt of a tape hub pin in a data tape cartridge, wherein the cartridge includes a tape hub, a baseplate and a cover mounted to the baseplate, and the baseplate and the cover together define an enclosure, the method comprising:
- coupling a first end of the pin to the baseplate;
- coupling a second end of the pin to the cover;
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- mounting a spring-biased flange within the enclosure adjacent the second end of the pin, wherein the spring-biased flange exerts a spring bias between the cover and the tape hub;
- whereby the pin is generally fixed at both the first end and the second end to thereby resist shock-induced tilt of the pin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.