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US 5,307,971 AGranted
Tape keeper for tape transport elements
AssigneeDatatape Incorporated
InventorRobert J. Evans
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Abstract
A tape keeper for use in magnetic tape recording and/or reproducing apparatus to keep tape on tape transport elements. The tape keeper has a plurality of flexible bristles supported on a support adjacent to a tape transport element. The element includes spaced tape edge guides between which the bristles extend to keep the tape on the element.
Claims6
In a web transport system including a web transport element having a core supporting said web and spaced edge guides for contacting the web edges, the improvement comprising:
- a web keeper including a plurality of bristles mounted on a fixed support opposite said core, wherein only said web keeper bristles permanently extend between said spaced edge guides to keep said web on said web transport element.
In magnetic tape recording and/or reproducing apparatus, the improvement comprising:
- a tape transport element having a core supporting magnetic tape and spaced tape edge guides;
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- a tape keeper including a fixed support and a plurality of bristles permanently extending from said support between said spaced tape edge guides to keep said magnetic tape on said tape transport element, wherein only said tape keeper bristles extend between said spaced tape edge guides.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.