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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2022
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Bruce Judd, Tucson, AZ (US);
Walter Haeberle, Waedenswil, CH;
Simeon Furrer, Altdorf, CH;
Mark Alfred Lantz, Adliswil, CH;
Armando Argumedo, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/60 (2006.01); F16C 13/02 (2006.01); F16C 32/04 (2006.01); F16C 39/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 39/066 (2013.01); F16C 13/02 (2013.01); F16C 32/0427 (2013.01); F16C 2202/40 (2013.01); F16C 2380/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are a tape guide roller and tape drive having a guide roller having magnets and bushings to stabilize a roller barrel for a tape medium. The tape guide roller has a roller barrel extending around a vertical axis. The tape medium passes across the roller barrel to guide the tape medium on a tape path. A plurality of magnets positioned with respect to the vertical axis provide an axial force to stabilize the tape guide roller axially.