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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2000
Jack S. Bakeman, Jr., Boulder, CO (US);
Exabyte Corporation, Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
A pack of magnetic recording tape (,) comprises a splicing tape (,) which adheres a web of a magnetic tape (,) to a leader (,). The leader (,) attaches to a reel hub (,) around which the tape is to be wound. At least an intermediate portion of the splicing tape (,) has its ends oriented non-othogonally to the elongated dimension (,) of the magnetic recording tape. Preferably, the ends of the splicing tape are oriented to be substantially parallel to a helical scan data track (,) to be transduced (e.g., recorded or reproduced) on magnetic tape. In one embodiment, the ends (,) of the splicing tape (,-,) have essentially the shape of the letter “Z”. By providing splices that replicate a path that a transducing head (e.g., scanner head) will travel over the magnetic tape, very few data tracks are sacrificed due to the deformations or print-through. The tape pack (,) of the present invention can be utilized in a magnetic tape cassette or cartridge (,), which can be either a dual reel cartridge or a single reel cartridge.