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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. 18, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Steven L Magnusson, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ampex Corporation, Redwood City, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36013024 ;
Abstract
A head assembly which provides in the rotary scanner body a tape support structure including a scanner opening, a pair of magnetic heads mounted in the scanner opening for the reading and writing of data on a magnetic tape medium, a support member disposed on the scanner body at the scanner opening and extending between the two magnetic heads to support the tape as it moves across the scanner opening, said tape support structure producing a dramatic improvement in signal output across the length of the head scan.