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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:
Oct. 02, 1984
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
William J Rueger, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
226 97 ; 226-7 ;
Abstract
An air bearing for forming an air cushion with a tensioned medium between first and second flanges located on opposite ends of a cylindrical surface. The cylindrical surface includes a plurality of air emitting apertures for forming an air interface with the tensioned medium. The flanges and cylindrical surface include an undercut which serves to reduce the formation of seals by the edges of the tape medium with the cylindrical surface.