Tape head mount

In a magnetic tape head assembly including a head carriage, a tape head having a forward face containing pole piece means, means for adjustably mounting the tape head on the head carriage and means on said head carriage for guiding the tape adjacent the pole piece means at the forward face of the tape head at a particular orientation relative to the head carriage, the improvement wherein said adjustable head mounting means comprises:

• head housing means for retaining said tape head, said head housing means comprising an engaging portion for rigidly embracing said tape head, a first mounting portion and a beam portion extending between said first mounting portion and said head-engaging portion, a pair of mounting holes therethrough on transversely opposite sides of a longitudinal midline of said beam portion, and second and third mounting portions each spaced from said first mounting portion by said beam portion and respectively positioned on transversely opposite sides of the longitudinal midline of said beam portion;
• biasing means for urging said head housing means relatively upward away from said head carriage;
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• means for supporting said head housing means relative to said head carriage at at least three spaced positions on said head housing means, said supporting means comprising first fastening means fixedly connecting said head housing means to said head carriage at said head housing means first mounting portion, and second and third support means in supportive engagement between said head carriage and said head housing means and respectively spaced from each other and each spaced from said first fastening means by said beam portion, said second and third support means being independently adjustable, whereby motion of said head housing means is constrained to that of the desired adjustment and said second and third support means having respective threaded fastening means each passing clearly through a respective one of said pair of mounting holes and into connecting engagement with said head carriage, each said threaded fastening means including a shoulder portion engaging and acting to displace said head-engaging portion in response to rotation of at least a portion of said fastening means relative to said head carriage and said head-holding means.