Magnetic tape apparatus with housing in which playback electronics and magnetic tape is permanently disposed

US6016233A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Werner Scholz · Duisburg, DE
• Werner Bachnick · Hannover, DE
• Wulf-Christian Streckenbach · Hemmingen, DE
• Bernd Wessolly · Hemmingen, DE
• Walter Voessing · Hannover, DE
• Hartmut Peters · Barsinghausen, DE
• Ernst F. Schroeder · Hannover, DE
• Friedrich Timmermann · Garbsen, DE
• Paul-Louis Meunier · Trois-Rivières, CA
• Max Artigalas · Le Chesnay, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 2, 1996
• Grant date: Jan 18, 2000
• Expiry date: Aug 2, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G11B5/4976
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A magnetic tape apparatus for the recording and reproduction of signals, including a magnetic tape having plural data tracks running parallel to an edge of the tape; a multi-track reading device including a multi-track playback head configured to read simultaneously plural of the tracks and output signals corresponding to data recorded on the plural tracks; and a housing in which the tape and the reading device are permanently disposed; wherein the tape is adapted for simultaneous recording of data onto plural data tracks of the tape via external recording heads upon the apparatus being connected to an external recording facility.