Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Record transport with head stationary during transducing – Drum record
Patent
1998-07-24
2000-06-13
Heinz, A. J.
Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval
Record transport with head stationary during transducing
Drum record
360109, G11B 555, G11B 556
Patent
active
060756780
ABSTRACT:
A fine lateral head positioner for a tape drive includes a frame mounted to a base of a tape transport. A tape head slides laterally along a head guide. A guide beam actuated by a fine position actuator applies limited transverse adjustments to the tape head relative to a tape transport path via a cam and cam-follower arrangement. A coarse positioner between the frame and the base provides coarse position adjustment of the tape head laterally among multiple sets of parallel tracks defined along a longitudinal direction of a magnetic tape moving along the tape transport path, and the guide beam provides fine position adjustment of the tape head enabling it to follow in real time a particular set of parallel tracks of the tape during each data writing or reading operation.
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Copending commonly assigned U.S. Patent Application SN 08/918,477 by Kasetty filed on Aug. 26, 1997 for "Tape Head Positioning Device for Adjusting Head Tilt".
Heinz A. J.
Quantum Corporation
Roeder Steven G.
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