Magnetic tape cartridge with notched leader block pin
CA 2114881 C · Owner: International Business Machines Corporation · Inventors: Sendelwick, Michael Lynn; Robles, Guillermo Santa Maria
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A new generation magnetic tape cartridge of the type having a leader block is provided along with a new generation leader block pin so as to prevent interlocking with respect to prior art leader blocks and leader block pins. The magnetic tape cartridge is a generally rectangular container which has four corners. One of the corners of the container is beveled and is provided with a well to receive the new generation leader block in a nested position. The new generation leader block has a notch which has top, bottom and middle portions. A cross section of the middle portion of the notch is smaller than the cross section of the bottom portion of the notch and the cross, section of the top …
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- Filed February 3, 1994 and granted September 23, 1997. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 3, 2014.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by February 3, 2016.
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