CA2064642C - Tape drive guide with constrained pivot guide post - Google Patents
Tape drive guide with constrained pivot guide postInfo
- Publication number
- CA2064642C CA2064642C CA002064642A CA2064642A CA2064642C CA 2064642 C CA2064642 C CA 2064642C CA 002064642 A CA002064642 A CA 002064642A CA 2064642 A CA2064642 A CA 2064642A CA 2064642 C CA2064642 C CA 2064642C
- Authority
- CA
- Canada
- Prior art keywords
- tape
- post
- axle
- curvature
- pivot
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Expired - Fee Related
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Classifications
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- G—PHYSICS
- G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
- G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
- G11B15/00—Driving, starting or stopping record carriers of filamentary or web form; Driving both such record carriers and heads; Guiding such record carriers or containers therefor; Control thereof; Control of operating function
- G11B15/60—Guiding record carrier
Landscapes
- Registering, Tensioning, Guiding Webs, And Rollers Therefor (AREA)
- Adhesive Tape Dispensing Devices (AREA)
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| US07/714,965 US5289331A (en) | 1991-06-13 | 1991-06-13 | Constrained pivot guide post |
| US714,965 | 1991-06-13 |
Publications (2)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| CA2064642A1 CA2064642A1 (en) | 1992-12-14 |
| CA2064642C true CA2064642C (en) | 1995-09-26 |
Family
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Family Applications (1)
| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA002064642A Expired - Fee Related CA2064642C (en) | 1991-06-13 | 1992-04-01 | Tape drive guide with constrained pivot guide post |
Country Status (7)
| Country | Link |
|---|---|
| US (1) | US5289331A (en, 2012) |
| EP (1) | EP0518680B1 (en, 2012) |
| JP (1) | JP2565618B2 (en, 2012) |
| KR (1) | KR960011955B1 (en, 2012) |
| CA (1) | CA2064642C (en, 2012) |
| DE (1) | DE69224558D1 (en, 2012) |
| TW (1) | TW233358B (en, 2012) |
Families Citing this family (9)
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5546259A (en) * | 1992-11-25 | 1996-08-13 | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. | Tape transporting apparatus including a tape guide with variable restricting force regions, each used depending upon the amount of tape tension |
| US5377927A (en) * | 1993-07-01 | 1995-01-03 | Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company | Tape guide for a data cartridge |
| US5513815A (en) * | 1993-07-01 | 1996-05-07 | Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company | Tape guide module for a data cartridge |
| US6125096A (en) * | 1998-04-08 | 2000-09-26 | Stomage Technology Comporation | Dynamic/stationary tape guide |
| US6270031B1 (en) * | 1999-12-02 | 2001-08-07 | Storage Technology Corporation | Tape transport with cam guides |
| US6405957B1 (en) * | 2000-02-15 | 2002-06-18 | Imation Corp. | Data storage tape cartridge and tape path with an idler wrap guide for reduced lateral tape movement |
| US20060175450A1 (en) * | 2005-02-10 | 2006-08-10 | Quantum Corporation | Passive air bearing tape guide |
| US20080278846A1 (en) * | 2007-05-10 | 2008-11-13 | Imation Corp. | High friction rotating guide and magnetic tape system |
| US8243396B2 (en) | 2007-09-07 | 2012-08-14 | International Business Machines Corporation | Tape drive system |
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| US3132788A (en) * | 1961-10-25 | 1964-05-12 | Axel H Johnson | Tape transporting means for a magnetic recorder |
| US3310214A (en) * | 1964-03-09 | 1967-03-21 | Burroughs Corp | Tape drive mechanism |
| US3276651A (en) * | 1964-04-27 | 1966-10-04 | Ampex | Roller guide for web transport mechanisms |
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| US3393849A (en) * | 1966-03-11 | 1968-07-23 | Burroughs Corp | Tape handling element |
| US3643849A (en) * | 1970-02-25 | 1972-02-22 | Midwestern Instr Inc | Tape guide |
| US3884430A (en) * | 1972-12-20 | 1975-05-20 | Little Inc A | Tape cassette |
| FR2224830A1 (en) * | 1973-04-03 | 1974-10-31 | Eastman Kodak Co | Magnetic tape cassette with internal guide - tape moved between supply and take-up reels past head aperture |
| JPS5428985Y2 (en, 2012) * | 1974-01-18 | 1979-09-17 | ||
| US4071177A (en) * | 1974-11-07 | 1978-01-31 | Basf Aktiengesellschaft | Self-centering air guide for tape transports |
| US4084683A (en) * | 1977-03-17 | 1978-04-18 | Computer Peripherals, Inc. | Ribbon tracking system |
| DE2722509C2 (de) * | 1977-05-18 | 1987-05-14 | Basf Ag, 6700 Ludwigshafen | Bandführungseinrichtung für schnellaufende Magnetbandgeräte |
| US4144991A (en) * | 1977-10-11 | 1979-03-20 | Christie Electric Corp. | Film tensioning device |
| JPS55150168A (en) * | 1979-05-04 | 1980-11-21 | Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd | Tape cassette |
| US4335857A (en) * | 1980-06-24 | 1982-06-22 | Newell Research Corporation | Web aligning system |
| US4334656A (en) * | 1980-06-30 | 1982-06-15 | International Business Machines Corporation | Automatic tape threading apparatus for magnetic tape transports |
| US4341335A (en) * | 1980-10-07 | 1982-07-27 | Sistig Corporation | Method and apparatus for controlling tension in a moving material |
| US4467411A (en) * | 1981-03-06 | 1984-08-21 | International Business Machines Corporation | Scheduling device operations in a buffered peripheral subsystem |
| JPS57164464A (en) * | 1981-03-31 | 1982-10-09 | Sony Corp | Tape tension adjusting device |
| US4389600A (en) * | 1981-10-26 | 1983-06-21 | International Business Machines Corporation | Tape media interlayer tension check |
| US4406425A (en) * | 1981-12-18 | 1983-09-27 | International Business Machines Corporation | Method and apparatus for regulating webs transported in a reel-to-reel web handler |
| DE3214548C1 (de) * | 1982-04-20 | 1983-11-17 | Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München | Vorrichtung zur Transportueberwachung eines Farbbandes in einer Farbbandkassette |
| US4479158A (en) * | 1982-05-12 | 1984-10-23 | International Business Machines Corporation | Stationary magnetic head with a fluid operated tape lifter |
| US4477851A (en) * | 1982-06-07 | 1984-10-16 | Microtek Storage Corporation | Magnetic data storage and drive apparatus |
| US4440485A (en) * | 1983-01-17 | 1984-04-03 | Pennwalt Corporation | Apparatus for continuously automatically processing a plurality of dental X-ray films |
| US4618904A (en) * | 1983-02-14 | 1986-10-21 | Memtec Corporation | Magnetic tape cassette isolator |
| US4685005A (en) * | 1983-07-18 | 1987-08-04 | International Business Machines Corporation | Two-module-read, read-after-write, bi-directional tape drive |
| JPS6031783U (ja) * | 1983-08-10 | 1985-03-04 | 富士写真フイルム株式会社 | 磁気テ−プカセツト |
| US4633347A (en) * | 1983-12-20 | 1986-12-30 | Emi Limited | Magnetic tape transports |
| DE3626940A1 (de) * | 1986-08-08 | 1988-02-11 | Bosch Gmbh Robert | Magnetbandgeraet mit bandladeeinrichtung |
| JPS63108552A (ja) * | 1986-10-27 | 1988-05-13 | Nakamichi Corp | リ−ダ−ブロック案内装置 |
| JP2650906B2 (ja) * | 1987-04-01 | 1997-09-10 | 株式会社日立製作所 | 磁気記録および／または再生装置のテープローディング機構 |
| US4813628A (en) * | 1987-06-01 | 1989-03-21 | Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company | Slack limiter for a magnetic tape cassette |
| US4913328A (en) * | 1987-06-05 | 1990-04-03 | Odetics, Inc. | Active tape tracking system with crown guide rollers for magnetic recorder/players |
| US4836432A (en) * | 1987-12-18 | 1989-06-06 | Violette Nelson R | Hose guide |
| US5032940A (en) * | 1988-04-27 | 1991-07-16 | Teac Corporation | Manually-operated loading and ejecting mechanism for a magnetic tape cassette apparatus |
| JPH01174734U (en, 2012) * | 1988-05-25 | 1989-12-12 | ||
| KR920000922Y1 (ko) * | 1989-05-31 | 1992-01-31 | 삼성전자 주식회사 | 위상 조정형 로컬사이드 핀큐션 조정회로 |
| JPH0458827U (en, 2012) * | 1990-09-28 | 1992-05-20 | ||
| JP2543278B2 (ja) * | 1990-12-17 | 1996-10-16 | インターナショナル・ビジネス・マシーンズ・コーポレイション | フレキシブル移動ウェブ用のガイド、テ―プガイド及びテ―プ駆動装置 |
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1991
- 1991-06-13 US US07/714,965 patent/US5289331A/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1991-10-24 TW TW080108404A patent/TW233358B/zh active
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1992
- 1992-04-01 CA CA002064642A patent/CA2064642C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1992-05-13 KR KR1019920008036A patent/KR960011955B1/ko not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1992-05-25 JP JP4131273A patent/JP2565618B2/ja not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1992-06-12 EP EP92305410A patent/EP0518680B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1992-06-12 DE DE69224558T patent/DE69224558D1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
Also Published As
| Publication number | Publication date |
|---|---|
| JPH05144228A (ja) | 1993-06-11 |
| TW233358B (en, 2012) | 1994-11-01 |
| US5289331A (en) | 1994-02-22 |
| DE69224558D1 (de) | 1998-04-09 |
| EP0518680A2 (en) | 1992-12-16 |
| JP2565618B2 (ja) | 1996-12-18 |
| EP0518680B1 (en) | 1998-03-04 |
| EP0518680A3 (en) | 1993-09-15 |
| CA2064642A1 (en) | 1992-12-14 |
| KR960011955B1 (ko) | 1996-09-06 |
| KR930001168A (ko) | 1993-01-16 |
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Legal Events
| Date | Code | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| EEER | Examination request | ||
| MKLA | Lapsed |