US PATENT SUBCLASS 242 / 335
.~ Cartridge system (i.e., cartridge work station or cartridge)

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242 /   HD   WINDING, TENSIONING, OR GUIDING

324  DF  UNWINDING AND REWINDING A MACHINE CONVERTIBLE INFORMATION CARRIER (E.G., MAGNETIC TAPE OR PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM) {13}
335.~ Cartridge system (i.e., cartridge work station or cartridge) {7}
336  DF  .~.~> Adaptive or convertible
337  DF  .~.~> Plural (i.e., multiple cartridges per work station) {1}
338  DF  .~.~> With insertion responsive component {2}
339  DF  .~.~> Cartridge ejector
340  DF  .~.~> With particular drive mechanism
341  DF  .~.~> Coil-to-coil cartridge {6}
348  DF  .~.~> Single coil cartridge (e.g., film magazine) {4}

DEFINITION

Classification: 242/335

Cartridge system (i.e., cartridge work station or cartridge):

(under subclass 324) Subject matter comprising (a) a coil of information-bearing carrier mounted on or within a housing, tray, or similar support to form a unit removable and repositionable with respect to the work station, (b) a work station structure particularly designed to receive and relate such unit to the work station, or (c) a combination of such a unit and a utilization structure.

(1) Note. Cartridge system is used to denote either a coil

support unit (cassette or magazine), a cartridge utilization device (e.g., a player, projector, or camera), or the combination of the two.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

324.2+, and 326+, for cartridge structure for helically or randomly wound carrier and endless carrier, respectively.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting,

385+, and 486+ for wound material that may include cartridge storage used in an exhibit or sign. 352, Optics: Motion Pictures,

72, 78 for a magazine in a motion picture projector.

360, Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval, particularly

83, 85, 89 through 96.6, 132, and 134 for carrier support structure combined with structure peculiar to the transducing of a magnetic information signal.

378, X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices,

182+, for a sheet film cassette combined with a specified X-ray or gamma ray device.

396, Photography,

511+, for a detachable or removable film holder in a camera.