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Disc, tape and hybrid disc-tape memory apparatus and drive assembly

US4285016A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 4, 1979
Grant dateAug 18, 1981
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Expiry dateJun 4, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B25/10
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A drive assembly for driving disc, tape or disc-tape hybrid apparatus. A tape apparatus for mass storage in which rotating heads record longitudinal adjacent tracks of predetermined length on a tape to form blocks of recorded data. The tape is advanced to write or read a plurality of blocks. Also provided is a hybrid apparatus which combines the tape apparatus and disc apparatus in a unit which is driven from a common drive assembly.

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