Recording tape cartridge
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorKazuo Hiraguchi
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Abstract
A case of a recording tape cartridge, which accommodates a reel on which a recording tape is wound, has a substantially rectangular opening at a rear end wall which is at a rear side in a direction of loading the recording tape cartridge into a drive device. A block, which is equipped with a memory on which various types of information such as a recording capacity and the like are stored, is fit into and mounted to the opening. The memory is mounted to the block so as to be inclined at substantially 45° with respect to a rear surface and a bottom surface of the case. The block can be attached to and removed from the case. Access to the memory in order to read and write information from and onto the memory is possible from the rear and from beneath.
Claims19
A recording tape cartridge accommodating a recording tape, and loaded into a drive device from a predetermined direction, said drive device capable of performing at least one of recording information onto the recording tape and reading information from the recording tape, said recording tape cartridge comprising:
- a case accommodating the recording tape in an interior of the case;
- a memory for recording one or more predetermined types of information, said memory being capable of communicating information between the memory and an exterior of the case;
- and
- a block holding the memory, said block being detachably mounted to the case,
- wherein said block is configured such that after assembly of the case, the block can be detached from the case without disassembling the case.
A recording tape cartridge accommodating a recording tape, and loaded into a drive device from a predetermined direction, said drive device capable of performing at least one of recording information onto the recording tape and reading information from the recording tape, said recording tape cartridge comprising:
- a case accommodating the recording tape in an interior of the case;
- a memory for recording one or more predetermined types of information, said memory being capable of communicating information between the memory and an exterior of the case;
- and
- a block holding the memory, said block being detachably mounted to the case,
- wherein the case has an opening formed in an outer rear wall with respect to the predetermined direction, and the block is fit into and attached in the opening.
- wherein said block is configured such that after assembly of the case, the block can be detached from the case without disassembling the case.
A recording tape cartridge accommodating a recording tape, and loaded into a drive device from a predetermined direction, said drive device capable of performing at least one of recording information onto the recording tape and reading information from the recording tape, said recording tape cartridge comprising:
- a case accommodating the recording tape in an interior of the case;
- a memory for recording one or more predetermined types of information, said memory being capable of communicating information between the memory and an exterior of the case;
- and
- a block holding the memory, said block being detachably mounted to the case,
- wherein the block which is mounted to the case, has a portion which includes at least one surface exposed from the case, said exposed surface of the portion forming a substantially uniform surface with an outer surface of the case.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.