Tape-shaped recording medium, and apparatus and method for processing the same
View Patent ↗Disclosed are a magnetic tape capable of being wound regularly, and an apparatus and a method by which the tape is wound regularly. The tape-shaped recording medium, which includes a tape-shaped support body and a recording layer being formed on a surface of the support body, is curved laterally over its whole length and said tape-shaped recording medium being curved laterally over its whole length and having a surface arching across a whole width of the medium. Furthermore, it is preferable that a curved amount of the medium ranges from 0.5 mm/m to 4.0 mm/m and an arched amount of the medium ranges from 0.3 mm to 2.0 mm.
1. A tape-shaped recording medium comprising:
a tape-shaped support body; and
a recording layer being formed on a surface of the support body,
said tape-shaped recording medium being curved laterally over its whole length, and having a surface arching across a whole width of the medium,
wherein a curved amount of the medium ranges from 0.5 mm/m to 4.0 mm/m, and an arched amount of the medium ranges from 0.3 mm to 2.0 mm.
2. The tape-shaped recording medium according to claim 1 ,
wherein the support body is selected from a group consisting of a polyethylene terephthalate film, a polyethylene naphtahalate film, and an aramid film.
3. The tape-shaped recording medium according to claim 1 ,
wherein the support body is selected from a group consisting of a polyethylene terephthalate film, a polyethylene naphtahalate film, and an aramid film.
4. The tape-shaped recording medium according to claim 1 ,
wherein the arched amount indicates a distance between a side edge and a top of the arched medium.
5. The tape-shaped recording medium according to claim 4 ,
wherein a back coat layer is formed on the other surface of the support body, and
wherein the arched amount is adjustable by changing a thickness of the recording layer and a thickness of the back coat layer.
6. A tape-shaped recording medium comprising:
a tape-shaped support body; and
a recording layer being formed on a surface of the support body,
said tape-shaped recording medium being curved laterally over its whole length, and having a surface arching across a whole width of the medium,
wherein a curved amount of the medium ranges from 0.5 mm/in to 4.0 mm/in, and an arched amount of the medium ranges from 0.3 mm to 2.0 mm, and
wherein the tape-shaped recording medium is wound around a hub with a winding tension ranging from 0.8 N/cm to 0.9 N/cm.
7. The tape-shaped recording medium according to claim 1 ,
wherein the tape-shaped recording medium further comprises a magnetic tape.
8. The tape-shaped recording medium according to claim 6 ,
wherein the tape-shaped recording medium further comprises a magnetic tape.