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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. 03, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dennis M Ryan, San Mateo, CA (US);
Robert Hursey, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ampex Corporation, Redwood City, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ; B65H / ; G03B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242189 ; 242 753 ; 226195 ; 360 743 ;
Abstract
In a magnetic tape transport, a pivoting tape tension arm has a shaft mounted in bearings in a housing that is pre-formed to be mountable on the transport in only one indexed relationship of transport and housing, and the orientation of the arm with respect to the housing is secured by means within the housing that is fully indexed during the manufacture and assemby of the arm and housing.