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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8054577 | Tape roller guide with integral recording head An integral recording head, for use in a linear tape drive system, includes a circumferentially grooved roller guide assembly and a recording head actuator assembly. The circumferential groove feature is incorporated on the surfaces of the roller guide assembly, and... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7260884 | Method of manufacturing a drum assembly associated with video tape machine A method of manufacturing a drum assembly associated with a digital betacam video tape machine is disclosed. The method includes providing a helical scan drum assembly having a stationary upper drum, a stationary lower drum and a plurality of rotating read/write hea... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7256958 | Loading gear supporting apparatus of video cassette recorder Disclosed is a loading gear supporting apparatus of a video cassette recorder which can assemble a loading gear supporting member which supports a pole base loading gear, a first loading gear, and a second loading gear to a deck more simply. To this end, a locking p... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7190878 | Editing video data Original video data of a first format is edited. The first format video data has jitter frames (626) inserted therein and is displayed at a first frame rate. The original video data is read from a video tape recorder (301) in the first format and conve... | 03/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7016597 | Information recording medium and system controller An information recording medium for recording a real-time file containing real-time data in such a manner that the real-time data is continuously reproducible by a playback reference model, the real-time data including at least one of video data and audio data. The ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6882498 | Magnetic recording/reproducing device A magnetic recording/reproducing device of the present invention includes: a chassis included in a mechanism section; a first protruded guide for maintaining a horizontal position of a board-like element attached to the chassis with respect to a horizontal plane of ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6710968 | Guideless tape transport A tape transport system includes two reels. Each reel has a pair of parallel flanges between which the tape is held. A tape head with a tape contact surface over read elements and write elements is positioned between the reels such that tape extends from one reel, o... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6553456 | Library device and logical number allocating method therefor A library device, that is able to remote-actuate a recording/reproducing apparatus. The library device includes a recording/reproducing unit for recording or reproducing the information using a removable recording medium, a plurality of housing unit that ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 5669568 | Brake device for a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus A brake device for magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus, such as a slide loading type camera recorder. The supply reel brake unit includes a supply reel brake having an operating pin, and a mode switch gear having an operating protrusion pushing t... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5663848 | Clip for attaching tape drive motor to chassis A magnetic tape drive for reading/writing data on magnetic tape in a cartridge of the type in which a driven roller in the cartridge moves tape past a read/write head in the drive has a spring clip which holds the motor plate of the tape drive motor on th... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5445337 | Tape recorder having integral tension pole and impedance roller A traveling apparatus of a tape recorder uses a tension pole of a tension arm as a rotating shaft, and the tension pole is inserted in an impedance roller to simultaneously control change of tension of a tape, to adjust speed variation of the tape, and to... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5249089 | Driving device for loading/unloading a tray for a digital audio tape A driving device for loading/unloading a tray for a digital audio tape in a tray type cassette apparatus of a digital audio tape player, which device enables to load/unload the tray by utilizing the existing capstan and loading motors without using a sepa... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5239432 | Magnetic tape cassette having a slot for inserting a recording and/or reproducing head therethrough and a magnetic tape recording and/or reproducing apparatus for use with such magnetic tape cassette A magnetic tape recording and/or reproducing apparatus which comprises a tape cassette mounting portion and a rotary head portion which are relatively movable toward to and separating from each other, the rotary head portion being provided with a recordin... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5062015 | DAT cassette loading device A digital audio tape cassette loading device includes an up-down holder assembled to an adjusting plate operatively associated with the brackets by a shaft, a first pin caulked into a cam lever inserted through an oblong hole of an opening lever, a second... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5027248 | Magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus with a tape guide The present invention performs improvement in travelling characteristics of magnetic tapes and scanning chracteristics of magnetic heads by forming a tape running face which is made to run along a part of a course of a magnetic tape bent by a magnetic hea... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4796111 | Modulating head tape distance with vibratory motion The invention in one embodiment thereof employs separate and respective heads for disparate signal frequency bands. One head is kept in intimate contact with the recording medium to maximize the response to the higher frequency signal band; and the other ... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4748528 | Apparatus having a magnetic turnaround roller to reduce magnetostrictive knockdown An apparatus is disclosed having means for shunting demagnetization fields to prevent "magnetostrictive knockdown" of a signal recorded on an isotropic recording medium.... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4734806 | Cam plate for positioning head base and pinch roller in tape player A small-sized, multifunctioned micro cassette tape player has one motor and one solenoid and a drive plate connected to the solenoid for moving a head base and a pinch roller between engaged and retracted positions. The tape player has a cam mechanism whi... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4647994 | Miniaturized cartridge-type tape drive for data processors A miniaturized tape cartridge drive for data processors in accordance with the invention has as peripherally-enclosing main frame providing an access opening for insertion to a tape cartridge and structurally mounting flat, pancake-type drive motors for t... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4554604 | Video signal recording and/or reproducing apparatus having a function to temporarily stop recording A video signal recording and/or reproducing apparatus comprises a tape loading mechanism for loading a tape along a predetermined tape path when a recording or reproducing mode is adopted by drawing the tape outside a tape cassette and unloading the tape ... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4481551 | Magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus In the magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus disclosed, a loading arrangement displaces magnetic tape between a position where the tape's running path from a tape supply member to a take up member relative to a recording and reproducing arrangement... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4381530 | Movable tape guide devices for use in helical-scan video tape recorders In a helical scan type video tape recorder, a tape guide is moved toward and away from a head drum of the recorder. The tape guide is reciprocated by a slider moved in a groove by a lever loosely connected to the slider. A stop member is provided for prev... | 04/26/1983 |
| 4040108 | Magnetic sheet reader A magnetic sheet or a magnetic slip with a magnetic tape or a magnetic coating on its back is driven intermittently by a sprocket wheel or a long roller. A rotating follower gives tension to the magnetic sheet. Between the follower and the drive roller, a... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4012789 | 101/2 Inch tape reel adaptor An adaptor rests on top of a standing tape recorder and includes a pair of motorized capstans spaced apart on at least 101/2 inch centers for carrying 101/2 inch diameter tape reels which project tape through the head of the tape recorder. The adaptor inc... | 03/15/1977 |
