Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Record transport with head stationary during transducing – Tape record
Patent
1988-08-12
1990-12-18
Heinz, A. J.
Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval
Record transport with head stationary during transducing
Tape record
292199, G11B 1568
Patent
active
049790609
ABSTRACT:
A tape cartridge apparatus comprises a head base slidably provided on a frame and having at least a head for recording and reproducing a signal on and from a tape in a predetermined cassette tapeout of plurality of cassette tapes in a normal operating position. A tape holder is provided on the frame for holding the cassette tapes and rotatable and movable up and down with respect to the frame, where the predetermined cassette tape is in the normal operating position when the holder takes a first rotary position. An elevator mechanism is employed for raising and lowering the tape holder between a lowered position and a raised position in a predetermined angle in the cassette changing mode. A moving mechanism is used for moving the head base between a operating position and a receded position. The moving mechanism first moves the head base to the receded position in the cassette changing mode so that the tape holder in the raised position is rotated the predetermined angle to a second rotary position and then returns the head base to the operating position when the tape holder returns to the lowered position, thereby setting a cassette tape other than the predetermined cassette tape in the normal operating position.
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Heinz A. J.
Tandy Electronic Japan, Ltd.
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