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US 5,273,196 AGranted
Tape transport apparatus
AssigneeSony Magnescale Inc.
InventorsAtsuhiro Kubo, Masato Yamamoto
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Abstract
An endless tape transport apparatus is comprised of a tape transport unit having a tape feeding device for transporting an endless tape, a tape compartment unit in which the endless tape is housed, the endless tape being transported around the tape transport unit and the tape compartment unit in a loop fashion, and a tape attracting device disposed near the tape feeding device at its position in which the tape attracting device contacts the endless tape, wherein the tape attracting device is driven to attract the endless tape when the endless tape stops running.
Claims3
An endless tape transport apparatus comprising:
- a tape transport section having tape feeding means for transporting an endless tape;
- a tape compartment section in which said endless tape is housed, said endless tape being transported within said tape transport section and said tape compartment section in a loop fashion;
- means for selectively providing an air flow;
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- tape attracting and holding means disposed near said tape feeding means in contact with said endless tape and connected to said means for selectively providing an air flow, said air flow being selectively provided for rendering said tape attracting and holding means inoperative when said tape is being transported by said tape transport section and for rendering said tape attracting and holding means operative for attracting and holding said endless tape by a negative air flow when said endless tape is stopped being transported by said tape transport section, wherein said tape attracting means has a tape contact surface of a predetermined area and said tape contact surface has a number of attracting apertures bored therethrough and connected to the negative air flow from said means for selectively providing an air flow, so that the negative air flow attracts and holds said tape against said tape contact surface when said tape is stopped being transported, and wherein said attracting apertures are bored through said tape contact surface in a random pattern so as not to overlap each other in a tape transport direction.
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