摘要:
A reel for windable tape-like material has generally parallel flanges connected by a hub on which the tape-like material is to be wound in a tape pack. One of the flanges has an air evacuator built into it which includes an air passage in that flange and a low pressure generator that interacts with air at the exterior of the flange as the reel is rotated, for producing a pressure at the exterior of the flange that is lower than the pressure at the interior region. An air flow thus is produced from the interior region to the exterior of the flange, so that less air is entrained between successive layers of the tape-like material as the tape-like material is wound on the hub. The packing density of the hub thus is increased.
摘要:
A tape reel assembly for a data storage tape cartridge is described. The tape reel assembly has a hub. The hub includes a cylindrical core, an annular arm, and a web. The cylindrical core defines a drive side and a top side. The annular arm is co-axially disposed exterior to and separated from the cylindrical core. Additionally, the annular arm defines a tape winding surface bisected by a center line into a top half opposite the drive side and a bottom half adjacent the drive side. The web extends from the top side of the core, and a web center connects to the annular arm at a point in the top half.
摘要:
In a magnetic tape cartridge (1) having a metal plate (25) at the central portion of the bottom surface of a reel hub (21) with a reel gear (24) being defined around its periphery, the metal plate (25) is disposed in a manner such that the outer periphery of the metal plate (25) is positioned under the inner facing surface of the reel gear (24). As a result, occurrence of a sink mark during molding at a portion where the reel gear (24) is formed and deformation of the reel hub (21) due to tape widing tention are prevented.
摘要:
A cartridge assembly (10) includes a cartridge (12) and a cartridge retainer (14). The cartridge (12) includes a reel (22) having a rotational axis (46) and a flange (48, 50). The cartridge (12) also includes a cartridge housing (16) that rotatably secures the reel (22). The cartridge housing includes one or more interior surfaces (19, 21). The reel (22) is adapted to tilt relative to the cartridge housing (16). The cartridge housing (16) includes a plurality of ribs (30) each having a chamfer (72). The ribs (30) can be disposed on an upper housing section (18) and/or a lower housing section (20) of the cartridge housing (16). The reel (22) has a contact tilt angle θ1 relative to the interior surface (19, 21), and at least one of the chamfers (72) has a chamfer angle θ2 relative to the interior surface (19, 21) that is substantially similar to the contact tilt angle θ1. The flange (48, 50) contacts the chamfer (72) so that the flange (48, 50) is substantially parallel with the chamfer (72). The cartridge (12) can also include a positioner rib (66) for laterally positioning the reel (22). Further, a flange edge (56, 60) of the flange (48, 50) does not contact the cartridge housing (16) when the reel (22) tilts. The cartridge assembly (10) includes a reel positioner (36) that biases the reel (22) of the cartridge (12) toward the upper housing section (18) of the cartridge housing (16) while the cartridge (12) is retained within the cartridge retainer (14).
摘要:
A recording tape cartridge has a reel at whose axially central portion is provided a reel hub which is shaped as a cylindrical tube having a bottom and around whose outer peripheral surface a recording tape is wound; an engaging gear provided within the reel hub; a case rotatably accommodating the reel; and a braking member having a braking gear which can mesh with the engaging gear. The engaging gear is formed in a form of internal teeth or in a form of external teeth. A tooth surface of each tooth is substantially parallel to an axis of the reel hub. The braking member is supported so as to be unable to rotate with respect to the case, and moves along an axis of the reel, and can be disposed at a rotation locking position, at which the braking gear meshes with the engaging gear, and a released position at which meshing is released.
摘要:
A tape reel assembly for a tape drive system component, such as a data storage tape cartridge, is described that includes a hub. The hub defines an inner surface and a tape winding surface, and at least a portion of the hub is made of plastic. The tape winding surface has an effective radial modulus of greater than 0.3 million pounds-per-square-inch.
摘要:
A tape reel assembly for a data storage tape cartridge is described. The tape reel assembly has a hub. The hub includes a cylindrical core, an annular arm, and a web. The cylindrical core defines a drive side and a top side. The annular arm is co-axially disposed exterior to and separated from the cylindrical core. Additionally, the annular arm defines a tape winding surface bisected by a center line into a top half opposite the drive side and a bottom half adjacent the drive side. The web extends from the top side of the core, and a web center connects to the annular arm at a point in the top half.
摘要:
A recording tape cartridge in which feeding out and rewinding of a recording tape can preferably performed and a positioning of a reel in a height direction can be accurately performed. The recording tape cartridge having a case in which a single reel including a hub which has upper and lower flange portions and on which a recording tape is wound is accommodated, a gear for rotating the reel, which is provided at a central portion of a lower surface of the reel and meshed with a driving gear of a drive device at only planes substantially orthogonal to radial directions of the reel, and a reference portion, which is provided at the lower surface of the reel, for positioning the reel in an axial direction of the reel by abutting on a portion for positioning of the drive device, is provided.
摘要:
A reel of a recording tape cartridge includes a reel hub formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape, an annular reel gear coaxially disposed at an outer surface of a bottom portion of the reel hub, and a through-hole the penetrates the axial center of the bottom portion and opens to an outer surface side of the bottom portion. The reel is resin-molded using a mold comprising a fixed mold, a movable mold and an insert. The reel gear and the through-hole are formed by a reel gear forming portion and a hole portion forming portion disposed in a single insert. As a result, the axial centers thereof are aligned with high precision.
摘要:
A spool system for packing tape on a hub. The spool has upper and lower flanges on the hub, and a flexure positioned on the hub between the two flanges. The flexure is normally parallel to the flanges, but when a force is applied to the tape lead-in edge of the flexure, that edge of the flexure is pressed toward one of the flanges. This causes the tape lead-in side of the spool system to have a wider opening than the tape packing side of the spool system. The width of the space on the tape packing side is preferably equal to or narrower than the width of the tape to be packed, so that the flexure presses against the edge of tape as it loads, reducing stagger of the tape.