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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 1977
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dennis M Ryan, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ampex Corporation, Redwood City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242 76 ; 242192 ;
Abstract
For guiding tape between a reference planar path and a helical path that is axially tilted with respect to the reference plane, there is provided a single right-cylindrical guide having normal flanges that engage the tape edges with uniform pressure throughout the zone of contact.