| 摘要 |
A system for stabilizing optical tape passing in front of one or more optical pickup units (OPUs) in an optical tape drive. The system includes at least one stabilizing apparatus having a pair of stabilizing members (e.g., partially convex members placed proximate each other) located opposite at least one OPU along the path of a length of optical tape. Each stabilizing member has a support portion (e.g., crown) over which the optical tape passes as the tape is being written to or read by the OPU. The support portion of one stabilizing member is spaced from the support portion of the other stabilizing member by a depression or recess over which the optical tape passes as it moves between the first and second support members. The OPU may direct laser beams at a relatively short, planar span of unsupported optical tape over the depression as part of read/write operations. |
