The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Mar. 11, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1994
Norbert Kunze, Ehringshausen, DE;
Dieter Muller, Staufenberg, DE;
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A tape guiding structure for a magnetic tape apparatus has two pairs of tape guide elements, each having upper and lower tape edge guiding limbs. The tape guide elements and a positioning holder for the magnetic head are formed as an integral injection-molded part. The elements of a first of the pairs are arranged to each side of the head respectively, adjacent the head, while those of the second pair are arranged further outward from the head, one to each side. The spaces between the guide limbs of each of the tape-guide elements have a dimension equal to the maximum width of the magnetic tape. The positions of the guide limbs of the first pair and of the second pair are arranged such that a magnetic tape having a minimum tape width has one edge in contact with a corresponding limb of each of the first pair, and the other edge in contact with the other corresponding limb of each of the second pair.