Dynamic tape guide bearing tilt mechanism
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsDavid Harper, Nhan Xuan Bui
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Abstract
At least one jack screw from a tape deck base may be removed. The tape deck base may be below a rigid support base that includes a rigid support shaft in the center of the rigid support base. A piezoelectric stack may be inserted where the at least one jack screw was removed from the tape deck base. The piezoelectric stack may tilt a tape guide roller bearing in a skew direction to improve the motion of tape in a tape path.
Claims17
A method for a dynamic tape guide bearing tilt mechanism to improve the motion of tape in a tape path, the method comprising:
- removing at least one jack screw from a tape deck base, wherein the tape deck base is below a rigid support base that includes a rigid support shaft in the center of the rigid support base;
- inserting a piezoelectric stack where the at least one jack screw was removed from the tape deck base, wherein the piezoelectric stack tilts the tape guide roller bearing in a skew direction to improve the motion of tape in the tape path.
The method of 1, wherein the a piezoelectric stack is secured where the at least one jack screw was removed by a lower end support bracket, wherein the lower end support bracket includes a raised lip that cradles the piezoelectric stack.
A dynamic tape guide bearing tilt mechanism to improve the motion of tape in a tape path, the system comprising:
- a tape deck base, wherein the tape deck base is below a rigid support base that includes a rigid support shaft in the center of the rigid support base;
- at least one jack screw, wherein the at least one jack screw is removed from the tape deck base;
- a piezoelectric stack, wherein the piezoelectric stack is inserted where the at least one jack screw was removed from the tape deck base, and wherein the piezoelectric stack tilts the tape guide roller bearing in a skew direction to improve the motion of tape in the tape path;
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- a lower end support bracket, wherein the lower end support bracket secures the piezoelectric stack where the at least one jack screw was removed, wherein the lower end support bracket includes a raised lip that cradles the piezoelectric stack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.