Magnetic contact recording head for operation with tapes of varying thickness.

摘要

A contact recording magnetic head assembly arrangement(10) capable of performing reliable read and write operations on magnetic tapes of varying thickness is provided. The head assembly (10) includes a read island and a write island (30) with gaps (32) offset a distance (X) from their centers (C1) to maintain signal integrity when processing the data signals stored and retrieved from the various tapes. The offset gaps enable efficient handling of tapes of different thicknesses.