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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:
Apr. 13, 1982
Filed:
May. 16, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stepan Majicek, San Jose, CA (US);
Harry R Robinson, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Verbatim Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242192 ; 226 59 ;
Abstract
An improved belt driven tape cartridge including inertial flywheels in intimate contact with the recording tape along the tapes path to reduce high frequency tape flutter, and improved tape-guide members incorporating conically shaped guiding flanges, the guides being positioned adjacent the flywheels to alleviate tape edge damage.