Patent ID: 7092191

Claim:
A magnetic tape transport system for transporting a magnetic tape, comprising: a supply reel for feeding the magnetic tape; a take-up reel for winding the magnetic tape fed from the supply reel; a plurality of magnetic heads being arranged parallel to each other so that the magnetic tape slides in contact with the magnetic heads; a least one partition plate being placed between at least one corresponding pair of the magnetic heads adjacent to each other, the partition plate for dividing a space between the pair of the magnetic heads into an air space and a close-tape space; a negative pressure generation means for setting a pressure in the air space to be lower than that in the close-tape space; and at least one communicating path for allowing the air space and the close-tape space to communicate with each other, the communicating path being provided at least one of between the partition plate and one of the corresponding pair of the magnetic heads and between the partition plate and the other in the pair.