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US 5,497,955 · App. 08/214,884

Mechanical lock-out for preventing tape cartridge insertion into incompatible drives

Inventors: Thomas J. Angellotti, Steve Jackson, Devin A. Bloom
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Granted: Mar 12, 1996 Filed: Mar 16, 1994
Inventors
Thomas J. Angellotti
Steve Jackson
Devin A. Bloom
Assignee (at issue)
Hewlett-Packard Company, L.P.

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Patent No.
US 5,497,955
App. No.
08/214,884
Filed
1994-03-16
Granted
1996-03-12
Kind
A