摘要:
A tape guiding mechanism for guiding a traveling tape is provided including a guide roller for guiding the traveling tape and a regulator which rubs against at least one edge of the traveling tape in its width direction, in which the guide roller includes a circumferential surface with which the tape is in contact, a spiral groove is formed on the circumferential surface around an axis of the guide roller, and the traveling tape shifts to one side in a width direction on the circumferential surface of the guide roller.
摘要:
A tape transport system for positioning magnetic tape moving over a tape head is provided. The tape system includes at least one air bearing having a sinuous surface over which travels one side of the tape and a mating sinuous surface over which travels the other side of the tape. The sinuous surfaces each have openings through which air is forced. As the tape passes through the bearing, the tape is stiffened, permitting the tape to be precisely guided over the tape head.
摘要:
A master tape movable in a closed loop including a pinch roller transfers a mirror image to a slave tape movable in a closed loop including a capstan. A thermomagnetic layer on the slave tape has a Curie temperature above which magnetic information is destroyed and below which magnetic information can be recorded on such layer. The thermomagnetic layer is heated above the Curie temperature, thereby becoming lengthened by thermal expansion just before the slave tape reaches the capstan. A downstream portion of a peripheral surface, preferably defining a cylindrical segment, on a first guide receives a pressurized fluid for sensing the tape tension in accordance with the tape width, distance from the cylinder axis and fluid pressure. An upstream portion of the guide peripheral surface receives a vacuum adjustable to regulate tape tension in response to variations in the pressurized fluid pressure. In regulating the tape tension, the spacing between the slave tape and the peripheral surface at the downstream portion is controlled. The master tape is lengthened by a second guide having the same construction as the first guide to compensate for the slave tape lengthening by the heater and the first guide, thereby producing a mirror image on the slave tape after the slave tape has cooled to the ambient temperature. Each of the master and slave tapes has a particular product of the Youngs modulus, tape width and tape thickness to provide a controlled strain on such tape when the tension on such tape is regulated.
摘要:
An air bearing for forming an air cushion with a tensioned medium between first and second flanges located on opposite ends of a cylindrical surface. The cylindrical surface includes a plurality of air emitting apertures for forming an air interface with the tensioned medium. The flanges and cylindrical surface include an undercut which serves to reduce the formation of seals by the edges of the tape medium with the cylindrical surface.
摘要:
A magnetic tape apparatus includes a first and second suction tubes, each of which couples the blade with an edge part of the roller of the roller guide, the first suction tube having a blade side opening area at a location where air is sucked by the blade during a forward rotation of a motor, a second suction tube having a blade side opening area at a location where air is sucked by the blade during the backward rotation of the motor, a shutter unit to perform opening and closing of the first and second suction tubes, and an opening and closing control unit to control the shutter unit to open the first suction tube during the forward rotation and open the second suction tube during the backward rotation.
摘要:
To measure a lateral shift of running magnetic tape caused by a lateral movement of the magnetic tape which occurs while the magnetic tape is running, a fixed write head H1 of a measurement apparatus 10 magnetizes part of the running magnetic tape MT in a section of the apparatus 10 where the magnetic tape MT is free from restriction on lateral movement; a pair of guides 14, 14 in a tape guide unit of the apparatus 10 is located downstream of the fixed write head H1 to restrict the lateral movement of the magnetic tape MT; and a fixed read head H2 reads information recorded on the magnetic tape MT in the tape guide unit.
摘要:
To measure a lateral shift of running magnetic tape caused by a lateral movement of the magnetic tape which occurs while the magnetic tape is running, a fixed write head H1 of a measurement apparatus 10 magnetizes part of the running magnetic tape MT in a section of the apparatus 10 where the magnetic tape MT is free from restriction on lateral movement; a pair of guides 14, 14 in a tape guide unit of the apparatus 10 is located downstream of the fixed write head H1 to restrict the lateral movement of the magnetic tape MT; and a fixed read head H2 reads information recorded on the magnetic tape MT in the tape guide unit.
摘要:
A bidirectional linear thin film tape head and drive are disclosed with a flat contour on a wear resistant ceramic substrate. At least one thin film transducer is provided on a side of the substrate, forming one edge to the flat transducing surface, and another edge is formed at the opposite side of the flat transducing surface. In one embodiment, both the transducer edge, with an alumina overcoat protecting the transducer, and the opposite edge of the flat transducing surface form outer tape path edges, and in another embodiment, the thin film transducer is protected by a ceramic closure that covers the thin film transducer and forms an extension to the flat transducing surface which provides an outer tape path edge. The edges remove the air entrained by the tape moving relative to the head in either direction to allow contact or near contact recording with the flat transducing surface.
摘要:
A tape handling apparatus for storing an endless loop of tape in a bin and moving the tape from the bin exit past a reproduce head assembly to the bin entrance for use in duplication of the tape. A tape handling apparatus with a tape injection assembly at the bin entrance for injecting tape into the bin and a tape removal assembly at the bin exit for removing tape from the bin, with the tape being driven through the tape injection assembly to reduce the tape forward speed as it enters the bin, and with the tape being pulled from the bin by the reproduce head assembly through the tape removal assembly for establishing tension in the tape.
摘要:
A tension sensor is placed within a fluid bearing supporting a flexible tape at least partially wrapped around the periphery thereof. The bearing includes a source of pressurized fluid, such as air, and a plurality of metered orifii for admitting fluid into the region of the periphery to support the tape on a fluid bearing. The sensor includes a chamber and at least two metered orifice means, one in communication with the region of pressurized fluid supporting the tape and the other in communication with the source of pressurized fluid. A pressure sensor senses the pressure within the chamber, the pressure being directly proportional to the tension in the tape.