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    • 3. 发明公开
    • TAPE DRIVE AND METHOD OF OPERATION OF A TAPE DRIVE
    • 磁带驱动器和一种用于操作磁带驱动器
    • EP2595815A1
    • 2013-05-29
    • EP11738271.3
    • 2011-07-21
    • Markem-Imaje Limited
    • STARKEY, SimonLAKIN, Phillip
    • B41J33/16B41J33/34B41J35/08
    • B41J33/14B41J2/325B41J33/16B41J33/34B41J35/08
    • A tape drive (10) and a method of operation of the tape drive (10), including obtaining the circumferences of a pair of spools of tape (30, 32), the pair of spools (30, 32) including a supply spool (30) upon which tape is initially wound, and a take-up spool (32) for receiving tape unwound from the supply spool (30), each spool (30, 32) being mounted upon a respective rotatable spool support (12, 14) which is mounted in a housing (11), such that tape extends along a tape path between the spools (30, 32), there being provided a sensor assembly (16), the method including rotating the take-up spool support (14)and the supply spool support (12) simultaneously, so as to feed tape from the supply spool (30) into the tape path, and to wind tape on to the take-up spool (32) from the tape path, determining a length of tape fed into the tape path by the supply spool (30) during a measurement period using the sensor assembly (16), monitoring the angle through which each of the spool supports (12, 14) has rotated during the measurement period, regulating the length of the tape in the tape path, such that the length of the tape in the tape path at the start of the measurement period and the length of the tape in the tape path at the end of the measurement period are substantially the same, and using knowledge of the length of tape fed into the tape path during the measurement period and the angle through which each of the spool supports (12, 14) rotated during the measurement period to obtain the circumferences of the supply spool (30) and the take-up spool (32).