Magnetic tape recording and reproduction system

• US 3,341,833 A
• Filed: 12/19/1963
• Issued: 09/12/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Paul R. Jones
• Original Assignee: Paul R. Jones
• Inventors: Jones, Paul R.
• Application Number:
  US04/331,836
• Time in Patent Office: 1,363 Days
• US Class Current: 360/7
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 15/1808 Driving of both record carrier and head G11B15/467 takes precedence; mounting of head G11B5/52
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/005 Reproducing at a different information rate from the information rate of recording for television signals H04N5/783

Claims

1. A SYSTEM FOR STORING, READING, AND PRESENTING DATA, SAID SYSTEM COMPRISING:

RECORDING TAPE HAVING DATA RECORDED THEREON;

FIRST TAPE READING MEANS FOR RECEIVING SAID TAPE AND READING THE DATA RECORDED ON A PORTION THEREOF;

TAPE STORAGE MEANS FOR RECEIVING SAID TAPE FROM SAID FIRST TAPE READING MEANS AND STORING THE SAME;

FIRST CONTROL MEANS FOR GOVERNING THE TAPE INPUT RATE TO SAID FIRST TAPE READING MEANS AND TO SAID STORAGE MEANS;

SECOND TAPE READING MEANS FOR RECEIVING SAID TAPE FROM SAID STORAGE MEANS AND READING THE DATA RECORDED ON A PORTION THEREOF OTHER THAN THAT BEING READ BY SAID FIRST TAPE READING MEANS;

SECOND CONTROL MEANS FOR GOVERNING THE TAPE WITHDRAWAL RATE FROM SAID STORAGE MEANS WHEREBY THE AMOUNT OF TAPE BETWEEN THE PORTIONS BEING READ BY EACH SAID TAPE READING MEANS IS CONTROLLED, SAID WITHDRAWAL RATE BEING CAPABLE OF DIFFERING FROM SAID INPUT RATE, SAID SECOND CONTROL MEANS INCLUDING MEANS FOR CAUSING WITHDRAWAL OF TAPE FROM SAID STORAGE MEANS AT LEAST AS FAST AS SAID TAPE INPUT RATE WHENEVER SAID STORAGE MEANS IS FILLED;

AND PRESENTATION MEANS FOR PRESENTING SAID DATA BEING READ BY AT LEAST ONE OF SAID TAPE READING MEANS.