Arcuate scanning tape drive with a servo mechanism responsive to servo patterns in arcuate tracks on a moving tape
US6188535A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 9, 1994 |
| Grant date | Feb 13, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 9, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B15/4678
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A tape drive includes a rotary head assembly for recording and playing back a series of arcuate tracks on a moving tape where the tracks are transverse to the longitudinal axis of the tape. The tape drive includes a servo mechanism for correcting track misregistration by adjusting the position of the rotary head assembly with respect to the tape in response to servo information in the arcuate tracks. A close transducing engagement between the tape and the rotary head assembly is provided by creation of a low ambient pressure between the assembly and the tape when the assembly rotates.
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