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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1999
Anand V. Lakshmikumaran, North Glenn, CO (US);
Terry J. Barber, Louisville, CO (US);
Storage Technology Corporation, Louisville, CO (US);
Abstract
A magnetic tape head assembly for use with a moveable magnetic tape includes an interior tape head module having an interior magnetic gap, and first and second transverse slots disposed on opposite sides of the interior magnetic gap. Each of the transverse slots has inner and outer edges, and the interior module further has first and second slotted regions disposed proximate the outer edges of the first and second transverse slots, respectively. The assembly further includes first and second exterior tape head modules disposed adjacent opposite sides of the interior module. The first exterior module has a first magnetic gap, third and fourth transverse slots disposed on opposite sides of the first magnetic gap such that the fourth transverse slot is disposed between the first magnetic gap and the interior module, and a third slotted region disposed between the fourth transverse slot and the interior module. The second exterior module has a second magnetic gap, fifth and sixth transverse slots disposed on opposite sides of the second magnetic gap such that the fifth transverse slot is disposed between the second magnetic gap and the interior module, and a fourth slotted region disposed between the fifth transverse slot and the interior module. The transverse slots and the slotted regions cooperate to remove air entrained between the assembly and the tape as the tape moves over the assembly.