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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2004
Applicant:
Guttorm Rudi, Fjellhamar, NO;
Inventor:
Guttorm Rudi, Fjellhamar, NO;
Assignee:
Tandberg Storage ASA, Olso, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tape drive has a take-up reel assembly and a tape guide arrangement that are each selectively actuatable for interchangeable use with magnetic recording tape of a first width or a second width. The take-up reel assembly includes at least one actuatable, retractable element that can be moved between the flanges of the take-up reel assembly, dependent on the width of the tape currently being used in the drive, and the tape guide arrangement includes actuatable guide elements movable to define a width of the tape transport path across the read/write head, also dependent on the width of the magnetic recording tape currently being used.