| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 242324000 | UNWINDING AND REWINDING A MACHINE CONVERTIBLE INFORMATION CARRIER (E.G., MAGNETIC TAPE OR PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM) | 69 |
| 20080277517 | Coating film transfer tool - A coating film transfer tool is provided capable of firmly preventing a non-transcribing portion from being brought about at a transcribed face by coating film detachment of the transcribing tape at an application head and eliminating idle slip at every time of starting to be used. The coating film transfer tool has a protecting cover which is slidable in a front and rear direction between an advanced position in a state of covering the application head and a rear position in a state of exposing the application head at a front end portion of a case main body. The protecting cover is urged in a direction of the advanced position by a spring. There is further provided a tape reel out means for reeling out the transcribing tape to the application head at inside of the case main body. The tape reel out means is moved in cooperation with driving means for moving the protecting cover to the rear position when operating the driving means in starting to be used. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090134260 | Magnetic recording tape backside having both low friction and low surface roughness - A magnetic recording tape includes an elongated substrate, a magnetic coating disposed on a first side of the substrate, and a backside coated on a second side of the substrate. The magnetic coating includes an exposed magnetic recording layer and a support layer deposited on the substrate between the substrate and the exposed magnetic recording layer. The backside is coated on the substrate opposite the first side and has a roughness average Ra of less than about 18 nm and a friction force of less than about 70 g-force. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20150090826 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an image forming apparatus including plural image forming portions that form an image on a recording medium, and a transport unit that transports the recording medium to at least one image forming portion selected among the plural image forming portions, wherein the transport unit includes plural transport paths that are different at least in an image forming portion, to which the recording medium is transported, among the plural image forming portions, and in an order of the recording medium transported to each image forming portion constituting the image forming portion to which the recording medium is transported. | 04-02-2015 |
| 242324100 | Carrier helically or randomly wound (e.g., magnetic wire, edge wound film, etc.) | 1 |
| 242324200 | Cartridge storage | 1 |
| 20080237382 | TAPE REEL, RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE, TAKE-UP REEL, AND DRIVE DEVICE - There are provided a tape reel, a recording tape cartridge, a take-up reel, and a drive device at which, when a recording tape is wound on a hub, fluctuations in an axial direction of the hub can be suppressed and occurrence of tape edge damage can be prevented. At a tape reel having a hub on which a recording tape T is wound and flanges which are provided at both end portions of the hub, a large diameter portion, whose diameter is larger than diameters of both end portion sides of the hub, is formed at the hub. The large diameter portion is offset, from a widthwise direction central portion of the hub, toward the one flange side or the other flange side. | 10-02-2008 |
| 242332000 | Including threading | 4 |
| 242332100 | Having particular automated control | 1 |
| 20080223968 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CHECKING TAPE REEL MOTION - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for checking tape reel motion. A control module directs a leading servo to apply torque to a leading reel and a trailing servo to apply torque to a trailing reel, wherein the control module directs the leading servo to apply an initial positive torque in a tape motion direction and directs the trailing servo to apply an initial negative torque counter to the tape motion direction. If there is no change in an angular position of the leading and trailing reels, the control module incrementally sums a first incremental positive torque to the leading torque to increase the leading torque and a second incremental positive torque to the trailing torque until there is a change in the angular position of the leading and trailing reels and/or until the torques exceed torque limits. | 09-18-2008 |
| 242332400 | Having leader gripper or coupling | 2 |
| 20080277518 | Apparatus and Method for Reversing Tapewind Direction - According to one embodiment, the present technique provides a reel. The exemplary reel comprises a hub and a guide member coupled to the hub. The guide member may be configured to guide magnetic tape from a magnetic tape source to the reel. The guide member may cooperate with the hub to form a surface for receiving magnetic tape from the magnetic tape source. Additionally, the exemplary reel may include a securing mechanism for securing the guide member in the cooperating position with respect to the hub. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20110139917 | TAPE DRIVE - A tape drive, which is configured to receive a tape cartridge having a cartridge leader attached to magnetic tape, includes a take-up reel and a drive leader that is attachable to the cartridge leader. The drive leader has an attachment location attached to the take-up reel and a tapered portion proximate the attachment location. | 06-16-2011 |
| 242332700 | Having carrier to spool attachment means | 1 |
| 20080217454 | TAPE DRIVE - A tape drive comprising two motors at least a first of which is an open loop position-controlled motor arranged to provide a controllable torque, two tape spool supports on which spools of tape may be mounted, each spool being drivable by a respective motor, and a controller for controlling the energization of the motors such that the tape may be transported in at least one direction between spools mounted on the spool supports. The controller is arranged to provide a control signal to the first motor to set the tape tension. | 09-11-2008 |
| 242333000 | Automated stop or reverse | 2 |
| 20080272222 | METHOD FOR REDUCING OCCURRENCES OF TAPE STICK CONDITIONS IN MAGNETIC TAPE - Disclosed is a method for reducing occurrences of tape stick conditions in magnetic tape, the method including stopping functional rotation of each of two bi-directionally rotatable reels of a reel-to-reel tape drive that includes a length of magnetic tape at least partially wound around each reel, a portion of the length of tape extending between the two moveable reels and contacting a head positioned between the two reels; wherein the stopping creates a stop condition in the tape drive, actuating a fractional rotation at least one of the two bi-directionally movable reels a fraction of a reel turn in a first direction during the stop condition, causing the portion of the length of tape to at least temporarily break contact with the head via the fractional rotation, and re-starting functional rotation of each of the reels, ending the stop condition via the re-starting. | 11-06-2008 |
| 242333100 | Diverse control signal inputs | 1 |
| 20090289138 | Operating a Tape Drive During and After a Transition To a Stand-By Mode - In a tape drive during a transition to a stand-by mode, a tape is wound under control of a processor (e.g., CPU) until duration of a time interval between moments when rotational positions of the reels change decreases to a pre-determined threshold. Thereafter, in the stand-by mode, the processor switches control over the tape drive to a low-power logic circuit (e.g., PLC) and enters a power-save mode. | 11-26-2009 |
| 242334000 | Carrier speed or tension control | 5 |
| 20120305692 | MAGNETIC TAPE WINDING-UP METHOD, MAGNETIC TAPE WINDING-UP APPARATUS, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE, AND MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE - A winding-up method for winding up a magnetic tape, includes: winding up the magnetic tape around a takeup reel by laying turns one on top of another while causing the magnetic tape to run; and performing a tension control of maintaining tension exerted on a wound-up magnetic tape for a predetermined time. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20130277482 | MEDIUM TRANSPORT APAPRATUS AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording medium after printing which is discharged from a main body of a printer is guided from the main body to a support surface of a discharge support portion extending to a lower anterior side, and is wound as a roll body by a winding unit in a path that passes a tension roller. A tape-shaped elastic member is fixed on an end portion of a downstream side in a transport direction of the discharge support portion so as to extend in a width direction. An elastic friction surface is formed on the end portion of the downstream side in the transport direction of the support surface. A friction coefficient between the elastic friction surface and the recording medium is higher than the friction coefficient between a portion at an upstream side in the transport direction from the elastic friction surface in the support surface and the recording medium. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20140312154 | CONTROLLING THE TRANSPORT OF A TAPE WITHIN A TAPE TRANSPORT SYSTEM - A control device for controlling the transport of a tape within a tape transport system, the tape transport system having a head being operable to read data from and/or write data to the tape, an outboard reel and an inboard reel, wherein the tape is moveable from the outboard reel to the inboard reel in forward direction or from the inboard reel to the outboard reel in reverse direction, wherein the control device is adapted to generate control signals to control the velocity of the outboard reel and the velocity of the inboard reel as a function of a primary velocity of the tape at the head and a secondary velocity of the tape at the inboard reel and/or a secondary velocity of the tape at the outboard reel. | 10-23-2014 |
| 242334600 | Carrier tension responsive signal | 2 |
| 20080217455 | TAPE DRIVE - A tape drive comprising first and second motors, the first motor being a torque-controlled motor, two tape spool supports on which spools of tape may be mounted, each spool being drivable by a respective motor, and a controller operable to control the energization of the motors such that tape may be transported in first and second directions between spools mounted on the spool supports. Each spool support is coupled to a respective motor by means of a drive coupling providing at least one fixed transmission ratio. When tape is moved in said first direction, said torque-controlled motor is energised in a first rotational direction, when tape is moved in said second direction, said torque-controlled motor is energised in said first rotational direction for a part of said movement and a second opposite rotational direction for another part of said movement. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20090302143 | APPLYING WHIP EFFECT TO MAGNETIC TAPE EXHIBITING A TAPE STICK CONDITION - As the result of a tape stick condition of magnetic tape with respect to a tape head, the supply reel and the take-up reel apply a base tension to the magnetic tape therebetween of substantially less than a full tension that occurs when the tape is running, and one reel varies the applied tension greater than and less than the base tension by an amount less than the base tension. The variation of the applied tension comprises first applying the greater tension and in succession, second, applying the less tension, comprising a whip effect. The whip effect may be in accordance with a sine wave. The varied tension is less than the base tension to maintain positive tension. | 12-10-2009 |
| 242335000 | Cartridge system (i.e., cartridge work station or cartridge) | 51 |
| 20090057462 | MOLD ASSEMBLY FOR MOLDING TAPERED FLANGE, TAPE REEL ASSEMBLY HAVING TAPERED FLANGE AND CARTRIDGE INCLUDING TAPE REEL ASSEMBLY HAVING TAPERED FLANGE - A tape reel assembly comprises a reel hub and flanges coaxially secured to, and extending radially outwardly from, opposite axial ends of the reel hub, respectively, each flange being molded by resin injection molding and having a tapered inside surface sloping down at a fixed taper angle from an inside periphery to an outside periphery thereof. The flange is molded by the use of an injection mold having a mold surface which borders at least a part of a mold cavity for configuration of the tapered inside surface of the flange and is convexly curved to the mold cavity. | 03-05-2009 |
| 242340000 | With particular drive mechanism | 2 |
| 20120305693 | RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE - A recording tape cartridge capable of keeping position error signals during running of a recording tape small. A recording tape cartridge is provided with a reel hub, a magnetic tape that is wound round the reel hub, and a lower flange and upper flange that are disposed to oppose one another at each of the both axial direction ends of the reel hub. In a state in which the magnetic tape is completely wound on the reel hub, the magnetic tape is offset toward the upper flange. A space of an edge clearance between a lower end of an outermost periphery portion of the magnetic tape and the lower flange is at least 0.18 mm and at most 0.46 mm. A rate of widening of a facing distance between the lower flange and the upper flange increases toward the outer periphery side. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20130175380 | CARTRIDGE TAPE AND DRIVE DEVICE - A cartridge tape includes: a casing including a magnetic tape; and a reel hub disposed inside the casing; the reel hub includes: a cylindrical portion around which the magnetic tape is wound; and an annular multipolar magnet to rotate the reel hub when a rotating magnetic field is applied outside a wall of the casing. | 07-11-2013 |
| 242341000 | Coil-to-coil cartridge | 4 |
| 20130306778 | FASTENING AIDS, METHOD OF FASTENING REEL, AND REEL ASSEMBLY - There is provided a fastening aid to be used in the case of incorporating a reel, equipped with a reel hub having recording tape wound around its outer peripheral surface, into a drive device and using screws to fasten the reel hub to a rotating member of the drive device, the fastening aid including: a main body portion; guide tube portions that are disposed projecting from a lower surface of the main body portion in such a way as to be coaxial with plural guide hole portions formed in the main body portion and to guide the screws to screw hole portions formed in the reel hub; and fitting portions that are formed on lower end portions of the guide tube portions and are fitted together with fitting counterpart portions formed around the screw hole portions on an upper surface side of the reel hub. | 11-21-2013 |
| 242342000 | With particular drive coupling | 1 |
| 20090001206 | Tape guider for limiting lateral tape motion - A magnetic tape guiding apparatus located in a position associated with a head element for guiding magnetic tape in a tape drive is provided. A body of the tape guiding apparatus has a first end and a second end and sides. There are at least two protrusions of the tape guiding apparatus associated with one side of the body. A magnetic tape medium passes between the at least two protrusions and the head element such that the at least two protrusions and the head element contact the magnetic tape medium. A first flange is associated with the first end of the body, and a second flange is associated with the second end of the body. Each flange projects beyond the at least two protrusions. Both flanges limit movement of the magnetic tape medium. | 01-01-2009 |
| 242345000 | With particular coil support | 1 |
| 20090078809 | Reel and method of designing same - Disclosed are a reel structured such that a recording tape can be wound on a hub without interference with a pair of flanges provided in opposing relationship to each other, and a method of designing such a reel. The hub is formed in a tapered shape, and a taper angle of the hub is determined from an expression θ| 03-26-2009 | |
| 242347000 | With particular housing construction | 1 |
| 242347200 | Separable or hinged sections | 1 |
| 20120312909 | FILM CARTRIDGE AND HEATING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A cartridge detachably mountable to a heating apparatus includes: a film; a supporting member for unwindably supporting the film; a winding-up member for winding up the film; a first container accommodating the supporting member and having a first opening; and a second container accommodating the winding-up member and having a second opening. The film is unwindable from the supporting member to the winding-up member through the first opening and the second opening. The first container and the second container are connected with each other so that the first container and the second container cover at least one side of the film, and the first container and the second container are disconnectable from each other to expose the film between the first opening and the second opening. | 12-13-2012 |
| 242348000 | Single coil cartridge (e.g., film magazine) | 44 |
| 20080277519 | Reel - A reel is provided that may raise the rigidity of the hub, and suppress flange deformation that is caused by winding tension of recording tape. The reel is provided with: a cylindrical hub on which recording tape may be wound; a top flange extending integrally to the hub from a peripheral edge at one end portion of the hub; a bottom flange, including a bottom wall that has had a reel plate fixed thereto, the bottom flange being welded to a portion of the hub at the opposite end of the hub to the end of the top flange, the welding site being within the region where the reel plate is fixed. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090001207 | Continuous micro-groove roller technology - A guide roller mounted in a tape drive for reducing mechanical noise associated with travel of a magnetic tape medium in a tape path is provided. The guide roller includes a cylindrical barrel, which is rotatably coupled to a tape drive. The cylindrical barrel rotates as the magnetic tape medium is guided by the guide roller as it travels through the tape path. A continuous helical groove forms a spiral on the outer surface of the cylindrical barrel along the length of the cylindrical barrel. The continuous helical groove forms contiguous rings of the spiral. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090045279 | REEL AND RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE - At a reel, an outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical tube portion of a reel hub is a tape winding surface around which a magnetic tape is wound. In a free state, the tape winding surface forms a substantial taper shape in which an outer diameter is greater at an upper end portion side where a radial direction rigidity is relatively low, than at a lower end portion side where the rigidity is high. In a state in which a magnetic tape is wound, the tape winding surface can form a shape that is substantially symmetrical with respect to a transverse direction of the magnetic tape. As a result, the reel and a recording tape cartridge are obtained in which the outer peripheral surface of the hub forms a proper shape in a state in which a recording tape is wound. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090050726 | Reel - The present invention provides a reel having an engaging portion that can engage accurately with a braking member. A reel | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090057463 | Reel - The invention of the present application provides a reel, which comprises a cylindrical resin hub with a base and an outer peripheral surface around which a recording tape is wound, a reel gear formed at an outer surface of a base portion of the hub which engages with a drive gear of a drive device, a metal reel plate provided at the outer surface of the base portion of the hub on a radially inner side of the reel gear by insert molding, a gate trace formed on the base portion of the hub, and a plurality of groove portions formed at regular intervals in a circumferential direction between the reel gear and the reel plate. The groove portions are formed at least at a predetermined area on a virtual straight line connecting a center portion of the hub and a gate trace. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090078810 | MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE - A magnetic tape cartridge includes a reel around which a magnetic tape is wound, a cartridge casing accommodating the reel rotatably, a reel locking member, a biasing member, a spider, and a lubricant. The reel locking member includes a convex sliding portion and engages with the reel to block a rotation thereof. The biasing member biases the reel locking member so that the reel locking member engages with the reel. The spider includes a supporting surface that comes into contact with the sliding portion and has a concave portion concaved at substantially the center thereof, and a wall portion that surrounds the supporting surface, the spider pushing and moving the reel locking member against a bias force of the biasing member to release the engagement between the reel locking member and the reel. The lubricant is applied between the sliding portion and the supporting surface. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090218430 | Reel and recording tape cartridge - A reel which can substantially equalize the rigidity at both ends in an axis line direction of a reel hub is obtained with using a small and light-weight reinforcing ring, and a recording tape cartridge which can well protect the recording tape is obtained by applying this reel. The reel includes a resin reel hub which is formed into a cylindrical shape with a bottom portion; a resin upper flange which is integrally extended from an opening end portion of the reel hub toward a radial outside; a resin lower flange member which has a lower flange, the lower flange facing the upper flange, in being welded to a bottom plate of the reel hub in a center portion; and a reinforcing ring which reinforces a part of the reel hub in the axis line direction, the part including the opening end in a cylindrical wall of the reel hub. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090218431 | Reel and recording cartridge - The reel includes a reel hub that is made of a resin material and is formed into a cylindrical shape, an upper flange that is made of a resin material and is extended integrally outward in a radial direction from one end portion in an axial direction of the reel hub, and a reinforcement ring that is integrally disposed radially inside a tape take-up surface of the reel hub by insert molding and reinforces the reel hub in the radial direction. A position of an upper end of the reinforcement ring coincides with a position of an upper end of the tape take-up surface in the axial direction of the reel hub. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090242680 | Recording tape cartridge - A recording tape cartridge includes a case that comprises an upper case and a lower case and houses a reel around which recording tape is wound. A regulating wall that defines an area in which the reel is housed is formed on the upper case and on the lower case. An attachment member is held between the regulating wall of the upper case and the regulating wall of the lower case so as to be disposed on an outer peripheral surface side of the regulating wall. The attachment member holds an RFID. There is provided a recording tape cartridge that can ensure an attachment region for an RFID inside a case. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090242681 | Recording tape cartridge - A recording tape cartridge comprises: a case that comprises an upper case and a lower case and houses a reel around which recording tape is wound; a regulating wall that is formed at least on the lower case and defines an area in which the reel is housed; a holding wall that is formed a predetermined space away from an outer peripheral surface of the regulating wall; and an RFID that is housed in the space between the regulating wall and the holding wall. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090242682 | Recording tape cartridge - A recording tape cartridge that can secure the attached region of an RFID in a case is provided including: a case that has an upper case and a lower case and houses a reel around which a recording tape is wound; a restricting wall that is formed at least in the lower case and defines an area in which the reel is housed; a housing portion that is formed between the restricting wall and the corner of the case; and a planar RFID that is provided in the housing portion such that the rotational axis direction of the reel is a normal line direction. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090294564 | REEL AND REEL MANUFACTURING METHOD - A tape and reel combination and tape and reel combination manufacturing method are provided that can prevent edge-folding occurring to edges of a recording tape that has been wound on a hub. In a reel having a hub on which recording tape is wound, a first flange provided at a one end of the hub, and a second flange provided at the other end of the hub, at the reel radial direction outside of the recording tape T wound on the hub, a first region and a second region are formed, as specific regions, in sequence from the radial direction inner side of the first region. In the first region the recording tape is positioned offset toward the first flange side, and in the second region the recording tape is positioned offset toward the second flange side. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100019077 | REEL AND RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE - A reel comprising a hub formed in the shape of a cylindrical tube with a base, on an outer peripheral surface of which a recording tape is wound; a base side flange portion that projects-out to a radial direction outer side of a base portion side of the hub; a flange member configured in a disc shape or an annular plate shape of a material with an elastic modulus at least equal to a material that constitutes the hub, the flange member being coaxially joined to an opening end portion of the hub; a metal plate formed in a circular plate shape or an annular plate shape, which is fixed coaxially to the base portion of the hub; and plate retention portions that are formed integrally with the base portion of the hub and touch an outer peripheral surface of the metal plate at at least four locations, which are at equal intervals in a circumferential direction of the hub. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100038465 | RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE - A recording tape cartridge includes: a reel that includes a bottomed circular cylinder-shaped hub; a case that includes a top plate and a bottom plate, with the reel being singly housed in the case such that the reel is movable along an axial line direction between the top plate and the bottom plate; a ring-shaped member that is fixedly attached to the inner peripheral surface of the hub; an engagement gear formed on the ring-shaped member such that its teeth surface is substantially parallel to the axial line of the reel; and a brake member having a brake gear that is capable of meshing with the engagement gear. The brake gear, by being displaced in the axial line direction of the reel, can take a rotation lock position where the brake gear meshes with the engagement gear and a rotation allowance position where the meshing is released. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100059616 | RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE - A recording tape cartridge is provided that prevents damage to a recording tape if it experiences a shock. The recording tape cartridge includes a reel on which a recording tape T is wound, an upper case and a lower case that form the case thereof, a reel accommodated between the upper case and lower case, and a compression coil spring that urges the reel against the lower case. An allowable lower limit value of the distance between the reel and the upper case is defined by the spring axial-direction length of the compression coil spring when it is most compressed. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100065671 | RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE - A recording tape cartridge is equipped with a reel around which is wound recording tape and an upper case and a lower case that house the reel. Ribs whose rib height gradually becomes lower from a center side of the reel toward an outer peripheral side of the reel are formed on an inner surface of the upper case. Edge portions that slant linearly from the center side of the reel toward the outer peripheral side of the reel are formed on the reel side of the ribs. The distance of the space inside the case in the thickness direction of the recording tape cartridge is wider on the outer peripheral side of the reel in comparison to the center side of the reel, so it is difficult for the recording tape inside the case to sustain damage even if the recording tape cartridge receives an impact. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100102156 | Adjustment Of Tape Reel Height - One embodiment is tape drive that includes a take-tip reel onto which tape is wound. A height adjustment assembly adjusts a height of the take-up reel while the tape is being unwound from the take-up reel. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100123036 | REEL AND RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE - A reel includes a hub formed in a cylindrical-tube-shape with a base portion, on an outer peripheral surface of which a recording tape is wound; a base side flange portion that projects-out to a radial direction outer side of a base portion side of the hub; a flange member configured in a disc-shape or an annular-plate-shape of a material with an elastic modulus at least equal to a material that constitutes the hub, the flange member being coaxially joined to an opening end portion of the hub; a metal plate formed in a circular-plate-shape or an annular-plate-shape, which is fixed coaxially to the base portion of the hub; and a groove wall that is formed integrally with the base portion of the hub and forms a groove portion which is continuous around the entire periphery between the groove wall and an outer peripheral surface of the metal plate. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20110163193 | RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE - A recording tape cartridge has: a reel around which a recording tape is wound; a UHF band RFID tag structured to include a tag antenna formed such that radiating portions are disposed at both sides of a power feed portion; and a case in which the reel is housed. Radiating portion spaces, in which are housed regions of the UHF band RFID tag at which the radiating portions are set, and a power feed portion space, in which is housed at least a portion of a region at which the power feed portion is set, are formed within the case at an outer side of a reel space. Regions at which the radiating portions are formed do not contact a reel area rib and a rear upper wall that surround the radiating portion spaces. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110186674 | REEL FABRICATION METHOD, REEL AND RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE - A reel is provided with a hub, at an inner periphery face of which a projection portion that projects in a radial direction is formed, a first flange including a first extension portion that is extended in an axial direction of the hub, and a second flange including a second extension portion that is extended in the axial direction of the hub. A fabrication method of the reel includes: supporting a gear of the first flange at a reference portion of a pedestal, abutting the projection portion against the first extension portion, applying an ultrasonic horn to the projection portion and welding the projection portion to the first extension portion; and then abutting the second extension portion against the projection portion, applying the horn to the second extension portion or the second flange portion and welding the second extension portion to the projection portion. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110192929 | REEL AND RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE - A reel hub, that is made of resin, of a reel has a cylindrical tube portion around whose outer peripheral surface a recording tape is wound, a floor portion that juts-out inwardly in a radial direction from one end portion in an axial direction of the cylindrical tube portion, and a reel plate that is made of metal and is fixed to the floor portion coaxially. A thin-walled portion, whose thickness is thinner than a radial direction thickness of the cylindrical tube portion, is formed continuously or intermittently over an entire periphery between an inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical tube portion and an outer peripheral surface of the reel plate in a radial direction of the floor portion. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110259989 | RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE - There is provided a recording tape cartridge including: a reel having a substantially circular tubular hub, on an outer periphery surface of which a recording tape is wound, and flanges provided at two end portions of the hub; a case accommodating the reel; an urging portion that urges the reel toward a floor plate side of the case; a position regulating portion that is formed at an inner surface of a roof plate of the case and that is inserted into the hub; and a protective protruding portion that is formed at the inner surface of the roof plate of the case, wherein the protective protruding portion is formed such that a radial direction outer side end surface thereof is at substantially the same position in the radial direction as the outer periphery surface of the hub. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20130001343 | RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE - A recording tape cartridge capable of lessening limitations to the length of a security tag to be installed in a case is obtained. A recording tape cartridge includes a reel on which a magnetic tape T is wound, a case housing the reel between a top plate and a bottom plate that face each other along a reel axial direction, and at the inside of peripheral walls, a reel area rib covering the outer periphery of the reel at least at a corner portion of the case, and a security tag that is disposed in a space with a substantially right-angled triangle shape in plan view surrounded by a front wall, a left side wall and the reel area rib inner wall at the corner portion of the peripheral walls, such that a length direction of the security tag runs along the reel area rib in plan view. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130001344 | TAPE CARTRIDGE - A tape cartridge includes: a first flange member including a first hub portion and a first flange portion; a second flange member including a second hub portion slidably fitting to the first hub portion and a second flange portion, and forming a reel winding a tape in a combination with the first flange member; an engagement portion in which a first through-hole is opened and that is located on a back side of a surface of the second flange portion facing the first flange portion so as to engage with a drive unit included in an external tape driving device; a first protrusion provided to the first hub portion so as to be exposed from the first through-hole and push up the first flange member and space the first flange portion and the second flange portion apart from each other by contacting the drive unit. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130248631 | INTEGRATED REEL HUB AND MOTOR SHAFT ASSEMBLY FOR TAPE DRIVES - An integrated reel hub and motor shaft assembly for a tape drive that limits axial and radial run-out of tape (e.g., magnetic, optical) relative to a read/write head assembly and the various errors (e.g., loading, tension, reading, writing, and the like) associated therewith. In one arrangement, a reel hub of a reel assembly is directly molded (e.g., via an injection molding process) onto and around an end of a drive or motor shaft of a drive assembly. As a result, a more consistent head to tape interface, greater tape tracking performance, increased track density, and the like may be achieved. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20140374525 | RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE AND BRAKE MEMBER PROVIDED THERETO - A recording tape cartridge of the present invention includes: a reel formed with an engagement portion on a bottom portion of a reel hub; a resin brake member moving toward and away from the bottom portion of the reel hub, and selectively adopting a rotation locked position and a rotation permitted position; a resin release member being capable of movement in a reel axial direction and rotating as a unit with the reel; and a projection portion that projects out in the reel axial direction from an axial center portion of either the brake member or the release member, that is formed with a housing portion housing a spherical member that contacts the other out of the brake member or the release member, and that is formed with a lip portion jutting out from an opening end portion of the housing portion toward a reel radial direction inner side. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20160082632 | RELEASE MEMBER MOLDING METHOD AND RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE - A release member molding method for mounting a metallic plate in a main body of a release member by insert-molding. The release member is to be provided to be integrally rotatable with a reel accommodated in a case, and to move a locking member from a locking position that locks rotation of the reel to an allowing position that allows rotation of the reel. The metallic plate touches a sliding protrusion portion of the locking member at a touching surface of the release member. The release member molding method includes an arranging step of arranging the metallic plate in a die and a molding step of charging a resin material into the die and molding the main body in which the metallic plate is mounted. The die contacts a portion of the metallic plate that excludes the touching surface, and the die does not contact the touching surface. | 03-24-2016 |
| 242348100 | With carrier inner end collector | 1 |
| 20080210801 | RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE - A leader pin is attached to an end portion of recording tape housed in a recording tape cartridge, and an opening for allowing the leader pin to be pulled out is formed in a side wall of a case. Holding portions that hold the leader pin are formed in the vicinity of the opening in the case. The leader pin includes, on both ends of a body portion, large diameter portions and flange portions disposed via neck portions on the large diameter portions. The holding portions include slit portions that open towards the opening and into which the neck portions enter, first concave portions that house the large diameter portions, and second concave portions that house the flange portions. The outer diameter of the flange portions of the leader pin is formed so as to be smaller than the outer diameter of the large diameter portions. | 09-04-2008 |
| 242348200 | With carrier outer end retainer | 8 |
| 20080197225 | RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE - A recording tape cartridge is provided that includes a leader pin attached, directly or through a leader tape, to an end portion of a recording tape, and includes flange portions formed at both ends thereof, an opening formed at a case, and from which the leader pin is pulled out; holding portions formed at an upper case and a lower case respectively, and holding respectively the flange portions of the leader pin in the vicinity of the opening; an overhang portion formed at at least one of the holding portions, and overlaping with the flange portion at an inner surface side thereof when the leader pin is held at the holding portions; and an elastic deformable engaging portion formed at at least one of the holding portions to urge the flange portion in an axial direction of the leader pin when the leader pin is held at the holding portions. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20090084881 | RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE - A recording tape cartridge is provided with a case rotatably accommodating a reel around which a tape is wound and including an opening from which the tape may be drawn out, a leader portion including guard portions disposed at both ends thereof in a width direction of a tape, recessed housing portions formed in the case as a vertical pair that face the opening and that allow the guard portions to be inserted, and a pair of leader holding members that form part of respective pin receiving portions together with the recessed housing portions. Each leader holding member includes, integrally, a fixed portion fixed to the inside of the case, a retaining spring that engages with one of the guard portions in one of the recessed housing portions from the opening side thereof, and an overhanging portion that covers the guard portion in one of the recessed housing portions. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090283620 | Recording tape cartridge - A magnetic tape cartridge containing a tape reel to which a magnetic tape with a leader pin attached to a leading end is wound is equipped with a leader pin retaining structure for safe and secure retention of the leader pin immediately behind a tape egress/ingress opening. The leader pin retaining structure comprises a retainer member having resilient arms and a leader pin support for supporting the retainer member so as to place tail end portions of the resilient arms across end collars of the leader pin received in sockets provided adjacent to the tape egress/ingress opening, wherein the leader pin support resiliently urges and bends the resilient arms so as to retain the end collars of the leader pin by the tail end portions of the resilient arms, respectively. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100065672 | RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE - A recording tape cartridge includes a case, a shielding member, a first dustproofing wall portion and a second dustproofing wall portion. The case rotatably accommodates a single reel on which a recording tape is wound. An aperture is formed in a side wall of the case for drawing out of a leader member attached to an end portion of the recording tape. The shielding member slides along the side wall to open and close the aperture. The first dustproofing wall portion is provided protruding from a portion of the side wall, and the second dustproofing wall portion is provided protruding from the shielding member. When the aperture is closed, the first dustproofing wall portion opposes the shielding member and the second dustproofing wall portion contacts or is proximate to the first dustproofing wall portion. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20110155836 | REEL AND RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE - A reel has: a hub that has a cylindrical tube portion, an extending portion that extends from an inner peripheral edge of a lower end portion of the cylindrical tube portion toward a radial direction inner side, and an abutting portion provided at the extending portion; an upper flange; a lower flange; and a floor wall that is provided integrally at the radial direction inner side of the lower flange, and that has a position restricting portion that restricts a radial direction position of the abutting portion from the radial direction inner side. A region of the floor wall which is further toward the radial direction outer side than the position restricting portion is welded to the extending portion. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110168828 | REEL AND RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE - A reel is provided with a tubular hub, a first flange, a second flange, and positioning portions. A projection portion that projects in a radial direction is formed at an inner periphery face of the hub. The first flange includes a first extension portion which is extended in the axial direction of the hub from a first flange portion and is joined to the projection portion. The second flange includes a second extension portion which is extended in the axial direction of the hub from a second flange portion and is joined to the projection portion. The positioning portions regulate, in the radial direction, positions of distal end portions of the first extension portion and the second extension portion relative to the hub. Gaps are formed between the inner periphery face of the hub and outer periphery faces of the first extension portion and the second extension portion. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20120248234 | RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE - A leader pin is fabricated by die-casting, is attached to a free-end portion of a recording tape, and is drawn out through an opening formed in a case. A plate spring retains axial direction both end portions of the leader pin such that the leader pin does not fall from inside the case. When the leader pin is being mounted at or removed from the case, the plate spring is pushed by the end portions and resiliently deforms, and allows the mounting or removal operation of the leader pin. A flat surface portion is formed at the leader pin so as to remove parting line portion of the leader pin. The leader pin is attached to the free-end portion at an angle relative to a tension direction of the free-end portion, such that the flat surface portions formed at the end portions do not contact with the plate spring. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20130001345 | RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE - In order to allow for a greater degree of freedom in the design of a security tag and to reduce the costs associated with the production of a recording tape cartridge, a recording tape cartridge ( | 01-03-2013 |
| 242348300 | With means to facilitate unwinding | 8 |
| 20080265077 | TAPE REEL, RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE, TAKE-UP REEL, DRAWING-OUT MEMBER, AND DRIVE DEVICE - A tape reel including: a substantially circular cylinder shaped hub; flanges provided as separate bodies from the hub at both end portions of the hub; a connecting member connecting together the flanges at the inside of the hub, in a non-contact state with the inner peripheral face of the hub. The recording tape is wound on the hub in such a manner that the side of the recording tape with the smaller radius of tape edge curvature is on the smaller diameter side of the hub. Also disclosed are: a recording tape cartridge housing such a tape reel; a take-up reel provided in a drive device; a drawing-out member, housed in the hub of a take-up reel and on which recording tape drawn-out from a recording tape cartridge is wound; and a drive device with take-up reel and drawing-out member. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080265078 | TAPE REEL, RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE, TAKE-UP REEL, PULLOUT MEMBER, AND DRIVE DEVICE - In a tape reel that includes a hub around which recording tape is wound and flanges disposed on both end portions of the hub, the elastic modulus in a radial direction of the hub is equal to or greater than 16.0 GPa, and the hub includes different radii on one end side thereof and another end side thereof. The recording tape is wound around the hub such that the side where the radius of curvature of the curvature of a tape edge of the recording tape is small corresponds to the small radius side of the hub. When the recording tape is wound around the hub, fluctuation of the recording tape in an axial direction of the hub is controlled, and one-layer protrusion and disorderly winding of the recording tape that has been wound around the hub are controlled. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20100038466 | RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE - A recording tape cartridge can prevent release of rotation locking of a reel with respect to a case accompanying dropping of the recording tape cartridge. The tape recording cartridge is configured to rotatably accommodate within a case a reel that has magnetic tape wound on a reel hub. Within the reel hub, external teeth of a brake gear, of a brake member that is supported so as to be non-rotatable with respect to the case, mesh with an engaged gear having internal teeth, preventing rotation of the reel with respect to the case. Lock portions of lock members are inserted between the reel positioned biased to a bottom panel side by a compression coil spring, and a top panel, thereby preventing movement of the reel with respect to the case in the reel axial direction. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100059617 | RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE AND ROTATION LOCKING STRUCTURE - A recording tape cartridge includes a reel, a case where the reel is accommodated, an engagement gear that is provided in the reel, and a brake gear which is provided in the case side brake member and in which a mesh state with the engagement gear or a mesh release state with the engagement gear is switched by relative displacement of an axis line direction of the brake member with respect to the reel. In a piece taper tooth of the engagement gear, a mesh surface that is oriented in a winding rotation direction is approximately parallel to a reel axis line direction and an opposite mesh surface is inclined with respect to the reel axis line. A piece taper tooth of the brake gear is a taper tooth that is opposite to the piece taper tooth of the engagement gear. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100258666 | LEADER MEMBER IN RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE - The present invention provides a leader member in a recording tape cartridge that has excellent productivity, even though the leader member is manufactured with stainless steel, a manufacturing method thereof, and the recording tape cartridge. A leader member that is attached to a free end of a recording tape wound around a single reel accommodated in a case and that is pulled out from an opening formed in the case by an pull out member of a drive device is manufactured by metal injection molding of stainless steel. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100258667 | LEADER MEMBER IN RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE - The present invention provides a leader member in a recording tape cartridge that is excellent in terms of strength, rigidity, corrosion resistance, a low frictional property, and abrasion resistance, have excellent productivity, and is manufactured with a low cost, a manufacturing method thereof, and the recording tape cartridge. A leader member that is attached to a free end of a recording tape wound around a single reel accommodated in a case and that is pulled out from an opening formed in the case by an pull out member of a drive device is manufactured by die casting with one of a zinc alloy, an aluminum alloy, a magnesium alloy, or a copper alloy. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20110073698 | RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE - The present invention provides a recording tape cartridge in which an ability to assemble a security tag into a case is excellent. A recording tape cartridge has: a case that accommodates a reel on which a recording tape is wound; a security tag having a substantially pillar shape, that is provided within the case, and that is adapted to transmit to and receive from an exterior; a holding member that is provided within the case, and that holds the security tag at a first end side of the holding member; and a portion to be fit that is formed within the case, and which is held by being fitted with a second end side of the holding member. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110240786 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF REEL, REEL, AND RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE - A manufacturing method of a reel including a substantially cylindrical hub, around an outer peripheral surface of which a recording tape is wound, and flanges provided at end portions of the hub, includes entering a pelletized resin material and a fibrous conductive material whose length is longer than a pellet length of the resin material into a molding machine to mold the hub and the flanges, thereby providing conductivity to the hub and the flanges. | 10-06-2011 |
| 242349000 | With particular drive | 1 |
| 20130126653 | REEL - There is provided a reel including: a substantially cylindrical bottomed reel hub, around an outer peripheral surface of which a recording tape can be wound; a reel gear that is formed at a bottom section of the reel hub and is configured to mesh with a drive gear of a winding device that winds the recording tape around the reel hub; and a stationary portion that is formed at the bottom section of the reel hub and is configured to be fixed by a fastener to a fastening portion formed at a rotating member of a drive device. | 05-23-2013 |
| 242358000 | Particular frame or frame attachment | 2 |
| 20100078513 | Extended tape path length between nip point and guide in tape drive - One embodiment is a method that extends a tape path to compensate for misalignment between tape oh a reel and a head by exiting the tape twice from a tape pack of the reel before reading or writing data at the head. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20130206890 | TAPE GUIDING MEMBER - There is provided a tape guiding member including: a hub around which a recording tape is wound or is trained; a flange main body that is provided at the hub, and that restricts a position in a transverse direction of the recording tape; a tape contacting layer that is formed in a shape of a sheet of a material that is different from a material that structures the flange main body, and that is superposed on a surface, at the recording tape side, of the flange main body; and a holding portion that is provided at the flange main body, and covers an outer peripheral edge portion of the tape contacting layer from the recording tape side, and holds the tape contacting layer at the flange main body. | 08-15-2013 |
