Automatic magnetic tape loading apparatus

Details Automatic magnetic tape loading apparatus Automatic magnetic tape loading apparatus

1985-01-25

1986-11-04

Taylor, Billy S.

Winding, tensioning, or guiding

Strand tensioning device

Tortuous course

226 91, 226 95, G03B 158, G11B 1532

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046206787

ABSTRACT:
An automatic magnetic tape loading apparatus in a magnetic tape recording/playback system includes a reel support rotatably mounted in a first recess in a base for supporting an open feed reel, a takeup hub rotatably mounted in a second recess in the base for winding a magnetic tape fed from the open feed reel, and a channel defined in the base for passage therethrough of the magnetic tape as it is supplied from the open feed reel to the takeup hub. The base has thereon a plurality of air ducts for blowing air through the first recess and the channel into the second recess to carry a leading end portion of the magnetic tape from the open feed reel via the channel to the takeup hub until the leading tape end portion is coiled around the takeup hub.

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