Winding – tensioning – or guiding – Strand tensioning device – Tortuous course
Patent
1992-06-22
1994-03-29
Stodola, Daniel P.
Winding, tensioning, or guiding
Strand tensioning device
Tortuous course
242 76, 226196, G11B 23087, B65H 2014
Patent
active
052977552
ABSTRACT:
A tape cartridge having a high performance tape path therein. The tape cartridge includes one or more gas bearing tape guides and/or one or more recesses in an edge of a gas/tape bearing surface. The gas bearing assemblies include a plenum having a metal foil gas bearing surface bonded thereto using a die-cut adhesive sheet. The compliant members are each inserted into a recess adjacent the edge of the bearing surface to permit edge guiding while providing lateral support for the tape immediately before and after the recesses in the direction of tape movement.
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Felde Steven L.
Hu Paul Y.
Hudson Guy F.
Johnson Douglas W.
Lusk Kenneth J.
Darling John P.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Schecter M. W.
Stodola Daniel P.
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