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Device for exchanging a tape drive mode

US5335877A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 22, 1992
Grant dateAug 9, 1994
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Expiry dateMay 22, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B15/6653
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A device for exchanging a tape drive mode so to maintain a satisfied timing by which a tension mechanism for applying a tension to a tape between tape reels is kept to its tension place until the tape transport by a capstan roller together with a pinch roller is exerted after the power transmission is exchanged to either one of the tape reels for shifting the device from the playing/recording mode to the rewinding mode.

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