Winding – tensioning – or guiding – Unwinding and rewinding a machine convertible information... – Cartridge system
Patent
1996-05-22
1997-02-11
Darling, John P.
Winding, tensioning, or guiding
Unwinding and rewinding a machine convertible information...
Cartridge system
G11B 23087
Patent
active
056012489
ABSTRACT:
A tape guide for a digital tape mini-cartridge providing decreased tape wander in a direction transverse to the intended path. The guide provides an increased area of tape having increased transverse stiffness without interfering with an adjacent drive wheel. In one embodiment, the guide is cylindrical and has a cylindrical cut-out to provide clearance for an adjacent cylindrical drive wheel. Preferably, the guide has top and bottom flanges. If a top flange of the guide is present, the cut-out continues through the top flange of the guide. The top flange of the guide may be relatively thin to fit below a top flange of the adjacent drive wheel. Alternatively, the top flange of the guide may have a larger cut-out to avoid interference with the top flange.
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Begley Paul V.
Miller Kevin L.
Richardson Kenneth G.
Darling John P.
Hewlett--Packard Company
Murphy Patrick J.
Winfield Augustus W.
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