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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1997
Randy S Bay, Wahpeton, ND (US);
James L Albrecht, Wahpeton, ND (US);
Matthew J Schaenzer, Wahpeton, ND (US);
Mary R Hable, Stillwater, MN (US);
David L Tussey, New Richmond, WI (US);
Imation Corp., Oakdale, MN (US);
Abstract
A corner roller for a belt-driven tape cartridge consists of an outer wall which contacts a drive belt in the cartridge and an inner wall attached to the outer wall. The inner wall includes a stepped axial bore which engages a shaft attached to a baseplate of the cartridge. A small diameter region of the axial bore forms a journal bearing surface for the shaft, and this surface preferably has a length and orientation with respect to the cartridge baseplate sufficient to symmetrically distribute on the journal bearing surface a load exerted on the corner roller by the cartridge belt.