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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:
Nov. 05, 1985
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald Permut, Boulder County, CO (US);
Robert Cope, Boulder County, CO (US);
James Apple, Boulder County, CO (US);
August P Epina, Boulder County, CO (US);
Frederick G Munro, Boulder County, CO (US);
Assignee:
Storage Technology Corporation, Louisville, CO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242189 ; 226 91 ;
Abstract
A magnetic tape drive has swing arm tensioning devices with two rollers. During normal operation, the tape passes between the two swing arm rollers and a fixed roller. During automatic threading, a pneumatic trough formed by the base casting and an opening in the bottom of the base casting transports tape for threading.