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Multiple-deck magnetic information recording reproducer

  • US 5,426,534 A
  • Filed: 05/27/1994
  • Issued: 06/20/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A multiple-deck magnetic information recording and reproducing apparatus comprising:

  • a housing having a plurality of slots for inserting and ejecting respective magnetic recording mediums therethrough;

    a plurality of drive mechanisms disposed in said housing for recording information on and reproducing information from the magnetic recording mediums inserted in the respective drive mechanisms through said slots;

    control means for placing one of said drive mechanisms in a playback mode and another of said drive mechanisms in a recording mode in response to a first input signal from a first control key, and for starting to operate said one drive mechanism to reproduce recorded information from the magnetic recording medium inserted therein and to operate said other drive mechanism to record the reproduced information on the magnetic recording medium inserted therein, in response to an input signal from a second control key; and

    said control means further comprises means for changing sad one of said drive mechanisms from said playback mode to a record mode and changing said another of said drive mechanisms from said recording mode to a playback mode all in response to a second input signal from said first control key.

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