Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Record transport with head moving during transducing – Tape record
Patent
1993-08-30
1996-12-17
Levy, Stuart S.
Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval
Record transport with head moving during transducing
Tape record
360109, 36013022, G11B 5588, G11B 553
Patent
active
055859780
ABSTRACT:
An arcuate scan tape drive for transferring data to and from a data tape, including a base with four side walls and a cover, which base and cover together have a 31/2 inch form factor. Situated within the base and cover is a head carrier assembly for recording data onto and playing back data from the data tape which advances in a longitudinal direction past the head carrier assembly. In one embodiment, the head carrier assembly is provided at an oblique angle with respect to the data tape and the front surface is conically shaped. Thus, during rotation of the head carrier assembly, the recording heads are proximate to the data tape during read or write operations, but are spaced away from the data tape at other times. Also provided within the base is a capstan motor assembly for advancing the data tape, and a cassette positioning mechanism for receiving and securing a data tape cartridge to properly position the tape as it is advanced past the head carrier assembly. The head carrier assembly includes an inside-out spin motor for rotating the head carrier assembly and a pivot motor structure at the rear of the head carrier assembly for pivoting the head carrier assembly in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of advancement of the tape. The spin motor and pivoting structures receive servo signals from a controller so as to continuously adjust the position of the core elements with respect to the data tape so as to align the core elements with the arcuately-shaped data tracks.
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Andrews Michael
Lin Joseph
Milo Richard
Peirce Robert H.
Rottenburg John M.
Conner Peripherals, Inc.
Ditmyer Paul J.
Levy Stuart S.
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