Magnetic tape drive for preventing a flange spacer from being stripped off
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorKenichi Ojima
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Abstract
A magnetic tape drive prevents a flange spacer from being stripped off. The drive holds a leader pin provided on a head end of a magnetic tape stored in a medium. The drive includes an arm arranged to be rotatable about an axis and positioned so that the arm can draw out said magnetic tape from the medium by engaging the leader pin and rotating, a base to which the arm is rotatably attached, and the flange spacer arranged between the arm and the base. The flange surrounds the axis about which the arm is rotatable.
Claims12
A magnetic tape drive, which holds a leader pin provided on a head end of a magnetic tape stored in a medium, comprising:
- an arm arranged to be rotatable about an axis and positioned so that the arm can draw out said magnetic tape from the medium by engaging the leader pin and rotating;
- a base to which the arm is rotatably attached;
- and a flange spacer arranged between said arm and said base, wherein the flange surrounds the axis about which the arm is rotatable.
A magnetic tape drive, which holds a leader pin provided on a head end of a magnetic tape stored in a medium, comprising:
- an arm arranged to be rotatable about an axis and positioned so that the arm can draw out said magnetic tape from the medium by engaging the leader pin and rotating;
- a base to which the arm is rotatably attached;
- and a flange spacer arranged between said arm and said base;
- wherein at least one edge of said flange spacer is rounded.
A system for positioning magnetic tape for reading and writing, comprising:
- a magnetic tape arranged in a roll within a medium, a head end of the tape comprising a leader pin;
- a base constructed and arranged to engage the medium;
- an arm rotatably attached to the base so that a distal end of the arm can engage the leader pin and pull the magnetic tape out of the medium;
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- a flange disposed between the base and the arm, the flange being arranged to surround an axis about which arm rotates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.