Abstract:
A tape cartridge magazine includes a top surface and a bottom surface maintained in spaced relationship by a first and second side member to form an enclosure having a front and rear opening. Support rails within the enclosure support a plurality of tape cartridges in a stacked array. Access slots in the first side member provide access into the interior portion of the enclosure to allow manipulation of each of the plurality of tape cartridges by its detent notch between a first and a second position. Each of the plurality of tape cartridges, when in the first position, has its pressure roller farther from the enclosure rear opening than when in the second position.
Abstract:
A MAGNETIC HEAD ASSEMBLY COOPERATES WITH A TAPE CARTRIDGE PLAYER OF THE TYPE ADAPTED TO PLAY A PLURALITY OF TAPE CARTRIDGES SUPPORTED IN A STACKED ARRAY AND OF THE TYPE WHEREIN THE TAPE CONTAINED WITHIN EACH OF THE CARTRIDGES INCLUDES LATERALLY SPACED MAGNETIC INFORMATION TRACKS. THE ASSEMBLY INCLUDES A MOUNTING PLATE SUPPORTED FOR SEQUENTIAL MOVEMENT BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION AND ONR OR MORE FURTHER POSITIONS. THE PLATE SUPPORTS A PLURALITY OF TRANSDUCING MEANS EACH ADAPTED TO COOPERATE WITH A DIFFERENT ONE OF THE PLURALITY OF TAPE CARTRIDGES. EACH TRANSDUCING MEANS IS POSITIONED TO OPERATIVELY ENGAGE ONE OF THE LATERALLY SPACED MAGNETIC INFORMATION TRACKS OF THE TAPE CONTAINED WITHIN ITS ASSOCIATED TAPE CARTRIDGE WHEN THE MOUNTING PLATE IS IN THE FIRST POSITION. WHEN THE MOUNTING PLATE IS MOVED TO A FURTHER POSITION, EACH OF THE PLURALITY OF TRANSDUCING MEANS IS POSITIONED TO OPERATIVELY ENGAGE ANOTHER OF THE LATERALLY SPACED MAGNETIC INFORMATION TRACKS.