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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2009
Applicants:
Walter Haeberle, Waedenswil, CH;
Mark Alfred Lantz, Adliswil, CH;
Venkataraman Kartik, Zurich, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tape mounting apparatus for a magnetic tape data storage device which includes a movable structure movably attached to a base. The movable structure moves partially within the base and is powered by a motor unit. The moveable structure has at least a load position and a transport position. A tape guide device is positioned within the movable structure such that a tape passes over the tape guide device and between a tape reading head and the tape guide device. The base is attached to a body of a magnetic tape data storage drive.