Patent ID: 9135943
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A tape drive for use with a length of tape, the tape drive comprising: a drive body; a tape head; a tape guide mounted on the drive body, the tape guide including a guide body having an outer surface for receiving the tape thereon, and flanges on opposite ends of the guide body, the flanges being spaced apart by a distance in the range of 12,761.5 to 13,161.9 microns; an additional tape guide mounted on the drive body such that the tape head is located between the tape guide and the additional tape guide. the additional tape guide including a guide body having an outer surface for receiving the tape thereon, and flanges on opposite ends of the guide body, the flanges of the additional tape guide being spaced apart by a distance in the range of 12,761.5 to 13,161.9 microns; and first and second outer tape guides mounted on the drive body such that the tape guide and the additional tape guide are positioned between the outer tape guides, each of the outer tape guides including a guide body having an outer surface for receiving the tape thereon, and flanges on opposite ends of the guide body, wherein, for each of the outer tape guides, the associated flanges are spaced apart by a distance that is less than 12,711.9 microns.