Apparatus for automatically cutting and attaching lengths of leader tape to lengths of magnetic tape and winding them onto supply and take up reels
US5332167A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 17, 1991 |
| Grant date | Jul 26, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 17, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B23/113
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A clamping mechanism clamps the free end of a leader tape onto a hub, a moving mechanism moves the hub together with the clamped leader tape end to a winding position, a cutting device cuts the leader tape a predetermined distance from the hub clamped onto the free end of the leader tape, a splicing mechanism splices the cut end of the leader tape to a free end of a magnetic tape, and a revolving mechanism then winds the spliced together leader tape and magnetic tape onto the hub. When the winding of the spliced together leader tape and magnetic tape is completed, the cutting device cuts the magnetic tape, and the splicing mechanism splices the cut end of the magnetic tape with the cut end of a leader tape. The clamping mechanism then cuts the leader tape having the magnetic tape spliced therewith, and clamps another hub to the free end of the leader tape.
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