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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8045289 | Data transfer apparatus for use with tape cartridges having a helical cammed surface and tape cartridges having cammed surface for use with such data transfer apparatus A tape cartridge includes a housing and a tape reel that is rotatable about an axis of rotation. The tape reel is adapted to cooperably engage a reel drive member of a data transfer apparatus that, in use, applies a drive torque to the tape reel to rotate the tape r... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7354013 | Idler for tape recorder Disclosed is an idler for a tape recorder that can selectively transmit a driving force from a capstan motor to a take-up reel or a supply reel depending upon a rotational direction of the capstan motor. The idler includes an idler gear connected to either of the ta... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7345843 | Capstan motor connection structure for a tape recorder A capstan motor connection structure of a tape recorder comprising a first connector disposed at a main printed circuit board (PCB) to be electrically connected to the main PCB, a second connector disposed at an end of the main base corresponding to the first connec... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7295402 | Magnetic tape cartridge and recorder/reproducer a magnetic tape cartridge A magnetic tape cartridge and A magnetic tape cartridge recording/reproducing apparatus, which can prevent a magnetic tape from being charged to avoid damage of a magnetic head while lowering the resistance of the magnetic tape and maintaining optimum electromagneti... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7246766 | Torque limiter A torque limiter includes a first rotatable body rotatable around a rotation shaft as a center of rotation; and a second rotatable body rotatable around the rotation shaft as a center of rotation. The first rotatable body includes one of a magnet and a hysteresis pl... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7218469 | Reel driving apparatus and magnetic recording and reproducing device having the same A reel driving apparatus and a magnetic recording and reproducing device including the reel driving apparatus, where the reel driving apparatus includes: a driver including at least a portion protruding under a deck chassis; a power transmitting unit transmitting a ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7191971 | Reel clutch of a tape recorder Disclosed is a reel clutch of a tape recorder. A plate spring is positioned between a reel gear and a reel disc of a reel disc assembly which is mounted on a deck of a tape recorder, and a stopper reel is provided on the reel disc to restrain the engaging height of ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7167337 | Magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus including an idler mounted on a main chassis A magnetic recording and reproduction apparatus includes a sub chassis unit on which a cassette is mountable and having first and second reel stands respectively engageable with first reel and second reels of the cassette; a main chassis unit combined with the sub c... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7141903 | Low magnetic signature motor system A low magnetic signature motor system (1) comprises a plurality of electric motors (2), a first shield (9) and a second shield (13). The electric motors are arranged with their associated magnetic moments (6, 7) forming a closed lo... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7124973 | Drive device A drive device to which a recording tape cartridge is loaded, and which can record information in a recording tape and playback information recorded in the recording tape, the drive device includes: a rotating shaft having a drive gear which meshes with the reel gea... | 10/24/2006 |
| 6994285 | Tape cartridge In a region more on the back surface side than on the front surface of the circumferential side surface of a magnetic plate, a circumferential projection having an outer diameter larger than that on the front surface side is formed, and the magnetic plate is fitted ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6978959 | Magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus and electric apparatus A magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus or an electric apparatus includes a reel gear, an intermediate gear, a swing arm, an idler gear and an input gear. The swing arm, idler gear and input gear constitute an idler mechanism. The intermediate gear is arranged ap... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6913220 | Braking device for magnetic tape apparatus A braking device for an magnetic tape apparatus includes a switching unit for selectively transmitting the rotation of a capstan motor to a take-up reel table or to a supply reel table, a clutch for changing the switching unit to a slide rotation mode or to a direct... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6869037 | Recording tape cartridge A recording tape cartridge in which feeding out and rewinding of a recording tape can preferably performed and a positioning of a reel in a height direction can be accurately performed. The recording tape cartridge having a case in which a single reel including a hu... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6866217 | Idler mechanism for magnetic tape device and tape device An idler mechanism for a magnetic tape device. An idler gear is swingingly displaced between first and second positions to selectively transmit rotation to one of a pair of reels. One end of an arm-like swinging member is coupled in a relatively rotatable manner to ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6817949 | Torque limiter and reel mount A torque limiter of the present invention includes: a first rotor and a second rotor; a magnet which is provided so as to be in contact with the first rotor; and a hysteresis board provided so as to be opposed to the magnet with a space therebetween, wherein the hys... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6769642 | Pinch roller and pinch roller apparatus A pinch roller which includes a cylindrical elastic body formed of a polymer blend including acrylonitrile butadiene copolymer rubber (NBR), and at least one of a highly saturated copolymer rubber containing nitrile group obtained by hydrogenating a butadiene part o... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6742641 | Rotational driving apparatus of magnetic tape device and magnetic tape device A rotational driving apparatus of a magnetic device, a clutch mechanism or a speed change clutch mechanism is provided selectively in a path for transmitting a rotation from a capstan motor to a feed reel or a take-up reel. The clutch mechanism decelerates the rotat... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6671122 | Magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus An apparatus of the present invention is a magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus for pulling out a magnetic tape from a tape cassette and winding the magnetic tape around a rotary head cylinder, having a rotary head, for a predetermined arc, for recor... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6655624 | Cartridge engaging mechanism A cartridge gear having an annular shape around its rotational center and secured to a reel of a tape cartridge loaded in a drive device has a tapered shape having a first inclination angle which is lower in height as the tooth tops thereof approach the i... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6641073 | Reel mount A reel mount for taking up/feeding a magnetic tape to/from a reel by rotating the reel includes: a first reel mount member having a portion engaged with the reel; a yoke board for providing a magnetic loop, the yoke board integrally formed with the first ... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6581867 | Reel braking apparatus for a tape recorder A reel braking apparatus for a tape recorder selectively brakes a reel disk assembly, which includes a reel disk and a reel gear installed on a deck, according to an operational mode. The apparatus includes a clutch member supported by a rotation shaft in... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6550711 | Magnetic tape apparatus A magnetic tape apparatus has an intermediate gear (19) meshed with an idler gear (22) which is releasably meshed with both a pay-off reel table (2) and a roll-up reel table (3), a drive gear (31) rotatably driven by a capstan motor (10), a driven gear (3... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6535349 | Tape transfer with laterally moving head A tape transport system includes two hubs within an enclosure having smooth interior surfaces. A tape head is positioned between the tape hubs so that the magnetic tape travels between the tape hubs and over a tape head contact surface. The tape head move... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6478245 | Clutch device for driving reel support in videotape recorder An improved clutch device for transmitting the motive power from an associated follower pulley to a selected reel support via an associated idler gear in a videotape recorder. It comprises a top clutch fixed to the top of the axle of the follower pulley, ... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6457664 | Hybrid belt-driven data storage tape cartridge A data storage tape cartridge incorporating a belt-driven design with improved performance characteristics. The tape cartridge includes a housing, first and second tape hubs, a storage tape, a drive roller, first and second corner rollers, and a drive bel... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6398144 | Brake driving device of tape deck There are provided a mode switching member (1)movable between a stop mode position in which a brake for braking rotation of a reel table is operated and a quick forward/rewind mode position; an energizing mechanism (3) for elastically energizing, when the... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6313966 | Cassette tape rotation control mechanism A cassette tape deck having a detection gear switching device of a simple structure which alternately switch the detection gear for detecting rotations of reel gears. The deck has: a chassis, a couple of reel gears installed at the chassis, a lever provid... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6288865 | Magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus having a mechanism for moving a sub-chassis relative to a main chassis The magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus of the present invention records/reproduces information on/from a magnetic tape by drawing out the magnetic tape from a tape cassette and allowing the magnetic tape to pass around a rotary head cylinder, havin... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6239942 | Performance optimization magnetic tape assembly A performance optimization magnetic tape assembly includes a plurality of data tape cartridges each having a data tape therein with each data tape cartridge having first and second spools upon with the data tape is wound and with each spool having a hole ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6220540 | Mechanism for retaining one tape deck in inoperative position in double cassette tape player A mechanism for retaining one tape deck (12), of a double cassette tape player (14), into a temporal inoperative position, which comprises a trigger arm (40) rotatable about a first pivot (41) on a chassis (15) of the tape deck; a first spring (42) for bi... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6204993 | Reel drive mechanism for a cassette tape player To reduce the number of parts and simplify the structure by permitting the forward-rotation components and the reverse-rotation components to share a mechanism of transmitting the driving force to a pair of reel blocks 42F,42R. A pair of capstans 41F,41R ... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6185064 | Tape player having a cam and a mode detecting gear A tape player is provided to simplify a mechanical part, eliminate parts, and provide efficient assembly of the mechanical part and a more compact apparatus. The tape player includes pins respectively moving in four different grooves provided in one disk-... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6181508 | Tape drive unit where reverse rotation of a motor determines travel direction and speed of a tape The tape drive unit of the present invention is constructed such that the reverse rotation of a motor (16) causes a mode cam (32) to drive for setting any mode of normal play, reverse play, fast forward and rewinding. Thereafter the forward rotation of th... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6149090 | Tape player A tape player is provided to simplify a mechanical part, eliminate parts, and provide efficient assembly of the mechanical part and a more compact apparatus. The tape player includes pins respectively moving in four different grooves provided in one disk-... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6137649 | Magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus in which one of a reel base pair is rotated to wind a magnetic tape by a predetermined amount when an abnormality is detected The magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus of this invention records/reproduces information on/from a magnetic tape by drawing out the magnetic tape from a tape cassette and allowing the magnetic tape to pass around a rotary head cylinder having a rota... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6128156 | Device for driving tape-like recording medium A tape-like recording medium travelling and driving apparatus includes a pair of flywheels respectively rotated and driven, a first reel turntable, and a second reel turntable, a first reel gear unit provided on the first reel turntable and rotated togeth... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6125002 | Recording and/or reproducing apparatus provided with rotatable and slidable reel braking device A reel braking device comprises a brake member integrally provided with an abutting contact portion and an engaging portion, and an urging member. The abutting contact portion has an approximately circular arc form and is capable of coming into abutting c... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6108160 | Autostop mechanism having a rotatable spring member In an autostop mechanism in a tape recorder equipped with an urging member, a sliding member and a shut-off cam gear, the urging member is located on a bottom surface of a chassis and is formed by a wire spring member. The wire spring member has a proxima... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6105892 | Autoreverse mechanism An autoreverse mechanism for a tape recorder having two fly-wheels and two pinch rollers for winding a tape in forward and reverse directions comprises a head mount plate designed in such a way that when the head mount plate moves toward a reproducing/rec... | 08/22/2000 |
