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Tape storage apparatus
Assignee: Creed and Co Ltd
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Filing: 1962-10-30
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Granted: 1965-08-31
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Expires: 1982-10-30
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Mason Ralph Allen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-10-24 23:12
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B23/00; G11B23/02; G11B23/12; B; B65; B65H; B65H20/00; B65H20/30; B65H20/32; G06; G06K; G06K13/00; G06K13/18; G06K13/26; G11B23/04; G11B23/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
175 words
TAPE-STORAGE APPARATUS COMPRISING: TWO SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL SURFACES SPACED APART BY A DISTANCE WHICH IS SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE WIDTH OF SAID TAPE; CONFINING MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL SURFACES TO FORM A TAPE-STORAGE COMPARTMENT, SAID CONFINING MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF MINOR WALLS SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO SAID SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL SURFACES AND COMPRISING FURTHER FIRST AND SECOND ENDLESS BELTS; MEANS FOR MOVABLY MOUNTING SAID FIRST BELT SO THAT ONE SURFACE OF SAID BELT CONSTITUTES A MOVABLE CONFINING SURFACE WITHIN SAID COMPARTMENT AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO ONE OF THE MINOR WALLS THEREOF; MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID SECOND BELT SO THAT A SURFACE OF SAID SECOND BELT FORMS A PORTION OF A MOVABLE CONFINING SURFACE WITHIN SAID COMPARTMENT AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO A SECOND MONOR WALL THEREOF; AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID BELTS TO GUIDE SAID TAPE AS IT IS FED INTO SAID APPARATUS TO FOLLOW A TRAJECTORY WHICH IS INITIALLY SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO ONE OF SAID MINOR WALLS AND WHICH THEN TURNS AND ASSUMES A DIRECTION SUBSTANTIALALY PARALLEL TO SAID SECOND ONE OF SAID MINOR WALLS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
175 words
TAPE-STORAGE APPARATUS COMPRISING: TWO SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL SURFACES SPACED APART BY A DISTANCE WHICH IS SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE WIDTH OF SAID TAPE; CONFINING MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL SURFACES TO FORM A TAPE-STORAGE COMPARTMENT, SAID CONFINING MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF MINOR WALLS SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO SAID SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL SURFACES AND COMPRISING FURTHER FIRST AND SECOND ENDLESS BELTS; MEANS FOR MOVABLY MOUNTING SAID FIRST BELT SO THAT ONE SURFACE OF SAID BELT CONSTITUTES A MOVABLE CONFINING SURFACE WITHIN SAID COMPARTMENT AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO ONE OF THE MINOR WALLS THEREOF; MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID SECOND BELT SO THAT A SURFACE OF SAID SECOND BELT FORMS A PORTION OF A MOVABLE CONFINING SURFACE WITHIN SAID COMPARTMENT AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO A SECOND MONOR WALL THEREOF; AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID BELTS TO GUIDE SAID TAPE AS IT IS FED INTO SAID APPARATUS TO FOLLOW A TRAJECTORY WHICH IS INITIALLY SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO ONE OF SAID MINOR WALLS AND WHICH THEN TURNS AND ASSUMES A DIRECTION SUBSTANTIALALY PARALLEL TO SAID SECOND ONE OF SAID MINOR WALLS.
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