Tape cartridge docking apparatus for read/write recording assemblies and method therefor
CA 2455045 A1 · Owner: Goldsmith, Christopher D. · Inventors: Goldsmith, Christopher D.; Gavit, Stephan E.
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A docking apparatus and method is used in a read/write recording assembly (10) and includes a bay structure, such as a sub-frame (50) adapted to receive a , tape cartridge.(18) The sub-frame (50) is disclosed to pivot relative to the assembly's main frame. A pawl element (78) is controlled by a cam assembly (40) in a first mode so as to move from an advanced position to a withdrawn position thereby to move the cartridge (18) from a received/extended position to a received/retracted position. The cam assembly (40) also mounts the cartridge (18), for example, by pivoting the sub-frame (50) relative to the main frame. Driving the cam assembly (40) in a second mode reverses this …
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- Filed August 7, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 7, 2022.
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