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MAGNETIC TAPE REPRODUCING DEVICE

  • US 3,627,331 A
  • Filed: 09/17/1965
  • Issued: 12/14/1971
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/21/1970
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for automatically positioning the magnetic tape head of a cartridge type tape player that is adapted to receive and play multitrack tape cartridges of different kinds which have tapes with different numbers of tracks recorded thereon, with the tape cartridges having coded means for identifying the number of tracks, said system including in combination, selector means responsive to the coded means on the tape cartridges, cam means including a plurality of cam portions each associated with one kind of cartridge, a cam follower in engagement with said cam means and connected to the tape head for positioning the same to cooperate with the tracks of a cartridge, and linking means connecting said selector means to said cam means, said selector means operating in response to placement of a tape cartridge in the tape player to determine the number of tracks in the cartridge and actuating said linking means in accordance therewith to position said cam means relative to said cam follower to render a predetermined cam portion operative, said cam follower cooperating with the operative cam portion to automatically position the magnetic tape head in accordance with the number of tracks of such cartridge.

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