Patent ID: 6508431
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
Apparatus operative to wind a tape medium relative to a frame structure where the tape medium is wound with reduced misregistration for play and storage, comprising:(a) a hub supported by the frame and operative to wrappingly receive the tape medium; (b) a drive operative to engage said hub and to rotatably drive said hub about a wind axis whereby a length of the tape medium is wound thereon to form a spool-like tape pack with a portion of the tape medium entering the tape pack at a tangential nip and with said tape pack having opposite first and second surfaces; (c) a rigid packing arm including a first end portion at said hub and extending longitudinally from said hub to a second end portion at the circumference of said tape pack, said packing arm having a contact surface operative to contact the first surface of said tape pack; and (d) a support member supporting said packing arm in contact with the first surface of said tape pack.