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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:
Aug. 13, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360130220 ; 360 85 ; 242615300 ; 226197 ;
Abstract
A tape transporting apparatus comprising a detecting device for detecting the winding diameter of a reel or the travelling state of tape, and a height variable device for varying the tape restricting height of a tape guide depending on the output of the detecting device, in which the tape restricting height is varied when the tape is deformed when the winding diameter becomes small and the tape tension becomes large, thereby preventing tape damage.