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Tape guide mechanism

US4881145A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 10, 1987
Grant dateNov 14, 1989
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Expiry dateApr 10, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B15/61
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The improved tape guide mechanism includes a step in the surface of a scanning drum for a record/reproduce apparatus which moves an interface between a guide band of the apparatus and the surface of the scanning drum out of the tape path in a configuration which also minimizes tape buckling.

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