Helical-scan magnetic tape apparatus having a tape-transport path with twisting path-sections for tape-path correction
US5184259A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 19, 1991 |
| Grant date | Feb 2, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 19, 2011 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B15/61
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A helical scan magnetic-tape apparatus (1) including at least three tape guides (2, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33), including a magnetic-head unit (2). The apparatus (1) co-operates with a magnetic tape (8) wound on reels (9, 10) in a cassette (44). The tape-transport path in the apparatus includes at least three path sections (35, 36, 37) in which the tape (8) is twisted through a specific angle to correct for differences in level and inclination arising as a result of the helical path of the magnetic tape (8) around the magnetic-head unit (2).
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