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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2004
Douglas W. Johnson, Stillwater, MN (US);
Allan R. Markert, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Wayne P. Schaefer, North St. Paul, MN (US);
Robert W. Tapani, Oakdale, MN (US);
Douglas W. Johnson, Stillwater, MN (US);
Allan R. Markert, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Wayne P. Schaefer, North St. Paul, MN (US);
Robert W. Tapani, Oakdale, MN (US);
Imation Corp., Oakdale, MN (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to arrangements of tape guides which can improve the guiding of data storage tape. Tape guides having specific sizes relative to the data storage tape are also disclosed. The disclosed tape guides and arrangements of tape guides can improve the ability to properly guide the data storage tape, e.g., during media fabrication, servo recording or readout, data recording or data readout. The invention is particularly useful for magnetic tape, but may also find application with optical tape, holographic tape, or other formats of data storage tape.