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Tape recording apparatus

  • US 4,716,476 A
  • Filed: 01/10/1986
  • Issued: 12/29/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/05/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A tape recording apparatus having a tape guide drum on which the tape is helically wrapped, comprising:

  • (a) recording transducer means including a pair of recording heads mounted on a rotary body of said tape guide drum at the same height but 180 degrees apart from each other relative to the rotational direction of said rotary body so as to form a plurality of skewed tracks on said tape;

    (b) tape drive means for running said tape in both forward and reverse directions on command;

    (c) first erase head means secured on said rotary body at a position lower than said recording transducer means for erasing a pair of said skewed tracks simultaneously when said tape is driven in the forward direction by said tape drive means; and

    (d) second erase head means secured on said rotary body at a position higher than said recording transducer means for erasing a pair of said skewed tracks simultaneously when said tape is driven in the reverse direction of said rotary body.

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