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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christopher J. Zwettler, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Assignee:
Imation Corp., Oakdale, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 2/304 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 2/304 ;
Abstract
A clearance-type tape guide for guiding a recording tape along a tape path having two tape reels. The tape slidably engages the tape guide along a surface having a length L1. The tape travels along the tape path for a distance L2 between the tape guide surface and the closer of the tape reels. According to the invention, L1≧0.3 L2.