Patent ID: 8310783

Claim:
A magnetic head having a sliding surface coming in contact with a moving magnetic tape, wherein an electromagnetic transducing element is disposed in the sliding surface, the magnetic head comprising: first edges formed at each end of the sliding surface in the direction of movement of the magnetic tape; second edges formed in positions extended in the direction of movement of the magnetic tape from each end of the sliding surface, the second edges coming in contact with the magnetic tape; wherein an angle formed by a straight line connecting one of the first edges to a corresponding one of the second edges and a tangent to the sliding surface at the first edge is not less than 0.1° and not more than 0.4°; and wherein the distance between one of the first edges and a corresponding one of the second edges in the direction of movement of the magnetic tape is not less than 30 μm and not more than 300 μm.