Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Automatic control of a recorder mechanism – Controlling the head
Patent
1977-11-21
1979-03-13
Tupper, Robert S.
Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval
Automatic control of a recorder mechanism
Controlling the head
G11B 2108
Patent
active
041445490
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates generally to a transducer positioning and adjusting apparatus and, more particularly, to an improved system for accurately and reproducibly positioning a transducer head in vertical relationship to a series of parallel horizontal tracks on a recording medium such as magnetic video tape. The apparatus comprises a frame upon which the elements of the system are mounted and with respect to which they are vertically aligned. A cam having a plurality of horizontally planar steps formed about its upper surface is rotatably mounted upon said frame and a vertically moveable bearing post, which is secured at one end to the transducer head, is held in continuous contact with the stepping surfaces formed on the cam. A ball bearing which contacts the underside of the cam substantially beneath the stepping surface upon which the bearing post is held in contact is utilized to support the cam on the mounting frame and maintain said stepping surface in precise vertical alignment therewith. A horizontally slidable wedge mounted on said frame upon which the cam supporting ball bearing rides may be utilized to vertically adjust said cam bearing post with respect to the mounting frame. A commutator disk secured to said cam in a predetermined relationship with respect to the stepping surfaces formed thereon electrically signals the position of said cam with respect to said bearing post. A logic circuit is also disclosed which controls the operation of a cam drive motor in response to the signals received from said commutator disk.
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Arns Harold E.
Bjordahl James
Burdorf Donald L.
Kincel Roger S.
BASF - Aktiengesellschaft
Tupper Robert S.
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