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Magnetic tape recording and/or reproducing apparatus

US4388658A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 4, 1980
Grant dateJun 14, 1983
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Expiry dateNov 4, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B15/6656
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A magnetic tape recording and/or reproducing apparatus wherein a magnetic tape is drawn out of a tape cartridge by a tape drawing mechanism which is driven from its inoperative position to its operative position by a motor rotating in one rotational direction only; and the tape is wound up onto one of the reels of the tape cartridge by a turntable rotating mechanism which automatically engages one of the turntables so as to rotate in accordance with the rotation of the motor in the opposite direction.

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