Patent ID: 7227716

Claim:
A holder for wide magnetic recording tape comprising: four generally rectangular lateral walls each of equal height; an opening in at least one of said lateral walls allowing access to a central space inside said lateral walls; a first pair of tape hubs mounted between two opposite ones of said lateral walls for rotation around respective rotational axes proceeding through said two opposite ones of said lateral walls, said first pair of tape hubs having a first magnetic recording tape thereon for winding and unwinding in a transport direction between said first pair of tape hubs and spanning said central space; a second pair of tape hubs rotatably mounted between said opposite ones of said lateral walls for rotation around respective rotational axes, said second pair of tape hubs having a second magnetic recording tape thereon for winding and unwinding in said transport direction between said second pair of tape hubs and spanning said central space; said central space being defined at a first side thereof by one of the tape hubs in said first pair and at a second, opposite side thereof by one of the tape hubs in said second pair; and the respective rotational axes of said first pair of tape hubs and the respective rotational axes of said second pair of tape hubs all being parallel to each other and perpendicular to said transport direction.