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Tape winding apparatus

US5413290A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 15, 1993
Grant dateMay 9, 1995
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Expiry dateOct 15, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B23/20
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A tape winding apparatus in which a leader tape is pulled out of a cassette supplied to a tape winding station and cut. The cut end of the leader tape is plied to the leading end of a working tape, and the working tape is wound into the cassette by rotating a hub in the cassette. The tape winding apparatus has a plurality of tape winding stations on the same plane and a moving apparatus to move the leading end of the working tape to a position adjacent to the cut end of the leader tape of a cassette selected from a plurality of cassette supplied to the plurality of tape winding stations.

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