Patent ID: 6079651
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A tape arrangement comprising:a first reel disposed in a first housing;a first leader attached to the first reel;a first coupling member provided on an end of said first leader;a second reel, said second reel being disposed in a second housing which is separate from the first housing in which said first reel is disposed;a second leader attached to said second reel; anda second coupling member provided at an end of said second leader, said second coupling member being releasably connectable with the first coupling member so as to permit the rotation of the first reel to wind the first leader back thereon and to draw the second leader onto the first reel;wherein the first and second coupling members form a snap coupling; andwherein one of the first and second coupling members includes a post and the other of the first and second coupling members includes an elastically deformable sleeve with an open slot configured for receiving the post and extending over half of the circumference of the post.