APPARATUS FOR GUIDING TAPE BETWEEN TWO PLANES

摘要

Tape on a storage reel is guided to a work plane canted relative to the reel by a tape guide and a vacuum column. The tape guide has a tape-guiding surface that is perpendicular to the plane of the tape on the reel. The vacuum column lies in the work plane and has an outer sidewall that coincides with the line of intersection of the two planes. A tape cleaner is placed on or near the tape guide.