Tape guide and magnetic head-pressure pad spacer

Claim 1

In a magnetic tape transport assembly wherein a pressure pad carried by a Philips design tape cassette is adapted to urge the tape toward a read or write head, and in combination with said head, the improvement comprising spacer means including upper and lower sections projecting at the tape side of the head and intercepting and seating upper and lower portions of the pad resiliently urged against spacer section terminals at a predetermined spacing from the head characterized in that the tape remains free for travel lengthwise in said space adjacent the head and out of contact with the pad, said spacing substantially exceeding the tape thickness, the pad being pushed away from the head by spacer means, sais spacer means upper and lower sections spaced apart vertically by an amount less than the width of said Philips design cassette pad but greater than the tape width, Said assembly being free of structure proximate the head for urging the tape against the head, and there also being tape edge guide shoulders spaced from said spacer means.