Tape guide device for magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus
US6736351B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 17, 2002 |
| Grant date | May 18, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 17, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B15/61
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A tape guide device for a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus includes a pole base assembly to guide a tape supplied from a supply reel and passed through a predetermined path to be moved horizontally to a read surface of a head drum. The pole base assembly includes a pole base installed adjacently to or separately from one side of the head drum during a loading/unloading operation of the tape. The pole base assembly also includes a pole unit including a spiral flange inclined to the pole base to be in a horizontal direction to the read surface of the head drum, to guide the tape entering the head drum to be inclined at a predetermined angle and positioned in the horizontal direction to the read surface.
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