Magnetic transducer with debris guiding channels having non-vertical sloping walls formed in a tape bearing surface

A magnetic head assembly for use with a magnetic medium, the magnetic head assembly comprising:

• a tape bearing surface having a longitudinal axis, and a transverse axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and wherein the magnetic medium moves in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis;
• at least one transducer disposed in the tape bearing surface;
• and
• at least one pair of channels in the tape bearing surface, wherein each pair of channels respectively flank each transducer of the at least one transducer, each channel of the at least one pair of channels is oriented parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tape bearing surface, each channel has a floor disposed below the tape bearing surface, and each channel has two sloping sides that are parallel to the transverse axis and form a greater than 104 degree angle from the floor to help prevent debris from accumulating in the at least one pair of channels.