Patent ID: 8116028
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A cartridge loading device for magnetic tape cartridges, said device comprising a first member, a second member and a guide arrangement for guiding movement of said second member relative to said first member from a first position to a second 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, said guide arrangement comprising at least one projection on one of said first and second members engaging in an elongate recess therefor provided in the other of said first and second members.