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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1988
Frederic F Grant, Bellflower, CA (US);
Vincent J Piarulli, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Datatape Incorporated, Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
A web, contained in a cassette, is automatically threaded along an external transport path past a web utilization station, by means of a flexible threading band which pushes the web around the path. In a preferred embodiment, magnetic tape, contained in a cassette, is automatically threaded about a tape transport path past a magnetic head assembly by means of a flexible threading band contained in a threading band. The threading band is positioned behind a segment of the magnetic tape and is ejected from its own cassette, (1) to pull the magnetic tape out of the tape cassette, (2) to wrap the tape around a rotary head scanner of a magnetic tape recording/reproducing apparatus, and (3) to configure the tape to the tape transport path. After the tape is threaded, the flexible band is withdrawn into its cassette.