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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1998
George A. Saliba, Northboro, MA (US);
Satya Mallick, Milford, MA (US);
An Quach, Worcester, MA (US);
Chan Kim, Holliston, MA (US);
Neil Stanick, Whitinsville, MA (US);
Christopher Rathweg, Lafayette, CO (US);
Quantum Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A take-up reel for use in a tape drive for minimizing print through errors, or data transfer from one layer of tape on the take-up reel to an adjacent layer of tape on the take-up reel. The take-up reel is configured to allowing portions of the buckle, coupling the take-up leader to the supply leader, to recess into the take-up reel. The relatively even and concentric configuration of leaders tape and buckle when wound onto the take-up reel prevents the application of significant non-uniform pressure to the data tape wound thereover, which reduces print through sources of data error.