Patent ID: 6722599
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A sliding door assembly for a single reel tape cartridge having a housing that encloses a single reel on which is wound a length of tape media with a leader tab attached with an end of the tape media, the sliding door assembly comprising:a means for enclosing the length of tape media; a means for sliding the enclosing means across an open side of the tape cartridge; a means for retracting the leader tab into the tape cartridge, the retracting means pivotally connected with the tape cartridge housing and adjacent to the enclosing means; and a means for engaging having a first end and a second end, the first end connected with the enclosing means and the second end connected with the retracting means, wherein as the enclosing means slides between an open position and a closed position, the retracting means pivots to a corresponding one of the open position and the closed position.