Patent ID: 7440226
Filing Date: 2008-10-21
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A cartridge loading device for magnetic tape cartridges, said device comprising a first member, a second member, a guide arrangement for guiding movement of said second member relative to said first member from a first position to a second position and a locking system for locking said second member in said first position, said first and second members cooperating when in said first position to define a first sized opening having a height sized to receive first sized magnetic tape cartridges having a predetermined height and, when in said second position, cooperating to define a second sized opening having a height that is greater than the height of said first sized opening, said second sized opening being sized to receive second sized magnetic tape cartridges having a predetermined height that is greater than the height of said first sized magnetic tape cartridges and said locking system being arranged to lock said second member in said first position and being actuable by insertion of a second sized cartridge into said first sized opening to release said second member to permit movement from said first position to said second position, wherein: said locking system comprises a movable locking member carried by one of said first and second members and having a locking position in which it engages a formation carried by the other one of said first and second members; and said locking system comprises an actuating member for receiving a force applied by said insertion of a second sized cartridge into said first sized opening and applying said force to said locking member to cause said locking member to move to a release position so as to provide said release of the second member.