Appeal No. 2002-1185
Application No. 09/112,242
magnetic tape for use in withdrawing said one end from said
magnetic tape cartridge, comprising:
takeup reel means permanently mounted in said tape transport
apparatus, located proximate a first extreme edge of said width
dimension and proximate a first extreme edge of said depth
dimension, having an aperture formed therein located
substantially opposite said leader block when said magnetic tape
cartridge is loaded in said tape drive, for receiving said leader
block;
read/write head means, located proximate a second extreme
edge of said width dimension and proximate a first extreme edge
of said depth dimension, said second extreme edge of said width
dimension being located opposite said first extreme edge of said
width dimension, for reading and writing data on to said magnetic
tape;
tape threading means for grasping said leader block to
thread said magnetic tape along a substantially linear path from
said magnetic tape cartridge directly to said takeup reel means
by threading said leader block in said aperture; and
tape wrap means for translating said threaded magnetic tape
from said predetermined path along a tape wrap path to traverse a
space between said takeup reel means and said read/write head
means and thence to wrap about said read/write head means.
24. A tape drive in combination with a tape cartridge
having tape, comprising:
a first tape path linearly extending along a backside of the
tape drive;
a second tape path, substantially parallel to the first
tape, linearly extending along a backside of the tape cartridge;
and
a third tape path, between the first and second tape paths,
where the tape is adjacent to a tape head.
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