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A storage arrangement for storing tape cassettes, eight track tape cartridges and the like, in which a case means is provided having walls defining a storage volume therebetween. A carousel comprising a pair of disc means is rotatably mounted in the storage volume and is supported by the side walls

A storage arrangement for storing tape cassettes, eight track tape cartridges and the like, in which a case means is provided having walls defining a storage volume therebetween. A carousel comprising a pair of disc means is rotatably mounted in the storage volume and is supported by the side walls of the case means. The pair of disc means each have a plurality of cartridge holding means for retaining a plurality of the cartridges between the pair of disc means in a preselected array and in separate cartridge holding sections. The pair of disc means are maintained in a spaced apart relationship by a hub means and the disc means and hub means rotate relative to the case means about a horizontal axis. Brake means are provided intermediate the disc means and the case means to provide a predetermined frictional force therebetween. The predetermined frictional force is at least as great as that sufficient to resist rotation of the disc means and hub means about the horizontal axis under the force of gravity for the maximum unsymmetrical load condition of cartridges stored in the cartridge storing sections, but is not as great as that necessary for manual rotation.

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A tape cartridge storage arrangement comprising, in combination: a case means having a plurality of planar walls defining a storage cavity, and said plurality of planar walls comprising a front wall, a back wall oppositely disposed to said front wall, a top wall, a bottom wall oppositely disposed to

A tape cartridge storage arrangement comprising, in combination: a case means having a plurality of planar walls defining a storage cavity, and said plurality of planar walls comprising a front wall, a back wall oppositely disposed to said front wall, a top wall, a bottom wall oppositely disposed to said top wall and a pair of oppositely disposed side walls, and said oppositely disposed side walls having aligned bearing surface means thereon within said storage cavity; a carousel means movably mounted in said storage cavity, for rotary movement about a horizontal axis, and said carousel means comprising a pair of disc means in spaced apart relationship for detachably holding a plurality of cartridges therebetween, and each of said pair of disc means having: a peripheral surface; an outer surface; an inner surface; support means on said outer surface thereof for engaging said bearing surface means of said side walls of said case means for said rotary movement mounting thereof; and a plurality of aligned cartridge holding means on said inner surfaces for detachably holding the cartridges therein; hub means coupled to said inner surfaces of said pair of disc means for providing said spaced relationship thereof, and said hub means having an outer surface spaced a predetermined distance from said peripheral surface of said disc means; and brake means intermediate said bearing surface means of said side walls of said case means and said support means of said disc means for applying a predetermined frictional force therebetween to resist said rotary movement of said disc means.