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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:
May. 03, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert J Evans, San Marino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Datatape Incorporated, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
226168 ; 242 76 ; 226196 ; 226198 ;
Abstract
A tape keeper for use in magnetic tape recording and/or reproducing apparatus to keep tape on tape transport elements. The tape keeper has a plurality of flexible bristles supported on a support adjacent to a tape transport element. The element includes spaced tape edge guides between which the bristles extend to keep the tape on the element.