| 摘要 |
A universal cartridge magazine system (300) and method are disclosed for storing cartridge systems. The cartridge magazine system (300) comp rising a pivoted member (402), a flag positioner (418) and a sleeve (306) designed to accept the cartridge system, the sleeve (306) having a first side (322). The pivoted member (402) has a leg (606) and an arm (604), the leg (606) having a slanted surfac e (620), wherein the pivoted member (402) is designed to allow full insertion of the cartridge system in the sleeve (306) if the cartridge system is inserted in a correct orientation, and wherein the pivoted member (402) prevents full insertion of the cart ridge system in the sleeve (306) if the cartridge system is not in the correct orientation. The flag positioner (418) comprising a support arm (702), the support arm (702) having a flag (312) extending outside of the sleeve (306), wherein the flag (312) i s designed to be located at a first position if the sleeve (306) does not contain a fully inserted cartridge system, a second position if the sleeve (306) contains a fully inserted first type of linear tape cartridge system, and a third position if the sleeve (306) contains a fully inserted second type of linear tape cartridge system. <IMAGE> |
