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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 1983
Filed:
May. 05, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
George D Rehklau, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Electro-Sound Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
226118 ; 242182 ;
Abstract
A loop bin for use with tape transport apparatus including a front wall 50 and rear wall 52 separated by slightly more than the width of the tape to be stored, a pair of entry and exit openings at the top, a resilient distributing arm 34 located proximate the entry opening a compliant length of flexible material 36 suspended from each side of the bin and forming a catenary configured bin bottom, and a compliant damper loop 38 disposed midway down the bin and adjacent the exit side thereof for damping exiting tape tension fluctuations and assisting in the stacking of tape within the bin.