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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1992
Steven L Felde, Tucson, AZ (US);
Paul Y Hu, Tucson, AZ (US);
Guy F Hudson, Tucson, AZ (US);
Douglas W Johnson, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kenneth J Lusk, Tucson, AZ (US);
Guillermo S Robles, Tucson, AZ (US);
Robert R Sidebotham, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A tape cartridge having a high performance tape path therein. The tape cartridge includes one or more gas bearing tape guides and/or one or more recesses in an edge of a gas/tape bearing surface. The gas bearing assemblies include a plenum having a metal foil gas bearing surface bonded thereto using a die-cut adhesive sheet. The compliant members are each inserted into a recess adjacent the edge of the bearing surface to permit edge guiding while providing lateral support for the tape immediately before and after the recesses in the direction of tape movement.