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MAGNETIC TAPE TRANSDUCING SYSTEM

  • US 3,842,432 A
  • Filed: 03/11/1974
  • Issued: 10/15/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/14/1955
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A magnetic transducing apparatus comprising in combination:

  • a magazine containing magnetic tape and including supply and take-up means for a length of elongated magnetic tape, said magazine having sidewalls and end walls surrounding said tape, an opening in an end wall of said magazine, means for guiding a portion of said tape in a fixed path past said end wall opening, a first cylindrical member rotatably supported behind said portion of said tape which is guided in said fixed path, a second cylindrical member, a magnetic transducer, a common support for supporting said second cylindrical member and said magnetic transducer, a base having means for removably and predeterminately supporting said magazine at a location on said base whereby said second cylindrical member and said magnetic transducer are in direct alignment with said end wall opening in said magazine, means for guiding said common support in movement towards and away from said magazine along a path wherein said transducer may engage said portion of said tape disposed at said end wall opening and may clear said magazine, power operated means for driving said common support from a first location wherein said second cylindrical member is out of operable contact with said tape and is disposed away from said magazine to a second location wherein said second cylindrical member is engaged against and is pinching said tape against said first cylindrical member and said transducer simultaneously engages said tape, means for causing said transducer to move towards and operatively engage said portion of said tape aligned with said opening in said end wall of said magazine, and means for power rotating one of said first and second cylindrical members when said first and said second cylindrical members are engaging and pinching tape therebetween to drive said tape between saId supply and said take-up means.

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