Long tape path guide system and method
US7172149B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 22, 2005 |
| Grant date | Feb 6, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 22, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B23/107
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a tape system and method for guiding a tape from a tape reel to a read/write tape head and then to a take-up reel, the tape is guided along a tape path such that the path surrounds the take-up reel and then begins winding on the take-up reel. With such a long tape guide path, less pressure is required on an edge of the tape for positioning the tape at the tape head.
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