Metal working – Means to assemble or disassemble – With work-holder for assembly
Patent
1994-12-01
1996-04-09
Hughes, S. Thomas
Metal working
Means to assemble or disassemble
With work-holder for assembly
292815, B25B 2714
Patent
active
055049834
ABSTRACT:
A compliant guide assembly in a tape transport provides a precisely calibrated biasing force to an edge of a magnetic tape to precisely position the tape with respect to a read/write head. The compliant guide assembly includes a plurality of guide buttons and a spring assembly having a plurality of cantilever spring elements. A fixture is used for assembling and calibrating the compliant guide assembly. The fixture includes a base for receiving the spring assembly and the guide buttons and for aligning each guide button with one of the spring elements of the spring assembly. The fixture also includes a bias mechanism for biasing each spring element with a predetermined force. This force varies the distance between each spring element and its corresponding guide button and maintains these distances while each guide button is attached to its corresponding spring element.
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Church Wayne E.
Janssen Donovan M.
Straight Willis A.
Hughes S. Thomas
Storage Technology Corporation
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