198407 ⎘
Driving, starting or stopping record carriers of filamentary or web form; Driving both such record carriers and heads; Guiding such record carriers or containers therefor; Control thereof; Control of operating function; Driving; Starting; Stopping; Arrangements for control or regulation thereof; Driving record carriers by members acting directly or indirectly thereon through rollers driving by frictional contact with the record carrier, e.g. capstan; Multiple arrangements of capstans or drums coupled to means for controlling the speed of the drive; Multiple capstan systems alternately engageable with record carrier to provide reversal
Sub-classes:Head positioning assembly for tape embedded drive
#2Grooved tape guide roller
#3Method for counteracting longitudinal oscillations of magnetic tape in a tape drive system
#4Servo writer and tape drive system
#5Servo writer and method for writing servo patterns using the same
#6Dynamic tape guide bearing tilt mechanism