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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:
Feb. 02, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gerardus M Dohmen, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36013021 ; 360122 ;
Abstract
Magnetic head (51) having a contact face (59) for cooperation with a tape face (55a) of a magnetic tape (55). The magnetic head comprises a transducing structure having at least one transducing gap (57) terminating in the contact face. The contact face is provided with at least one cleaning groove for cleaning the tape face, which groove extends parallel to the transducing gap and has at least one wall portion (61a, 62a) oriented at least substantially transversely to the contact face and constituting a scraping edge (61b, 62b) at the contact face.