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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 1978
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1976
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of a tape guide of large surface area for tape transport apparatus and to the tape guide manufactured thereby. In manufacturing the guide, a strip of material is elastically deformed, after which the deformation is maintained. One of the sides of the strip of material serves as guide surface for the magnetic tape. The strip can be located on the periphery of one or more bodies, if appropriate in a groove provided therein, and can be attached to the said bodies by suitable means, for example with the aid of integral hooks provided at the ends of the strip. The guide may be used for all types of tape transport apparatus. Since the guide of the invention offers extremely accurate tape guidance, it can be used particularly advantageously for magnetic tapes having a plurality of tracks and transported at a high speed, such as is usual, e.g., in video recording or in the recording of digital data.