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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 15, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ramesh Sundaram, Louisville, CO (US);
Terry J Barber, Louisville, CO (US);
Assignee:
Storage Technology Corporation, Loouisville, CO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360122 ; 360121 ;
Abstract
An improved magnetic tape head contour for reading from and writing to magnetic tape moving across the tape head has a unique configuration of bleed slots such that land width is limited to a width that optimizes flying height at increased tape speeds on the order of 4 meters/second. The number of bleed slots is increased to minimize tape undulations thereby minimizing tape head wear profile undulations. A single gutter slot is optionally provided at each end of the tape head to reduce end element wear and increase the useful life of the heads.