Patent · US Expired

Tape tensioning apparatus and method of assembly

US4440358A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 2, 1982
Grant dateApr 3, 1984
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Expiry dateSep 2, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B15/43
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a magnetic tape transport, a pivoting tape tension arm has a shaft mounted in bearings in a housing that is pre-formed to be mountable on the transport in only one indexed relationship of transport and housing, and the orientation of the arm with respect to the housing is secured by means within the housing that is fully indexed during the manufacture and assemby of the arm and housing.

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