Hitachi, Ltd.

Memorex Corporation

Don Winston Geri

Fumiyuki Inose

Anil Vasudeva

A reel for magnetic recording tape includes a hub having axially extending coaxial inner and outer rims joined by a radially extending web, and an intermediate ring on each side of the web extending axially outwardly of the web and a pair of opposed flanges. The flanges are attached to and extend radially outwardly of the respective hub intermediate rings and each flange includes hub support means cooperating with its respectively adjacent hub intermediate ring and the hub outer rim to assist the hub outer rim in resisting radially inward deflection.

Reel for magnetic recording tape

A word processing system capable of encoding or printing a large number of characters is provided. The present invention is particularly valuable in the encoding and printing of a large number of characters in a foreign language such as Japanese Kanji, and the like. The word processing system will respond to either local switch control or computer generated printing commands. A font storage tray can be operatively connected with optical readers or the like to encode X-Y character positions for storage. The word processing system is easily convertible from a manual typewriter operation to an automatic printer operation. In the manual or encoding mode of operation a removable stylus is utilized in a panographic manner for selecting and positioning the font characters for respectively, loading and printing as a typewriter, or coordinating the combination of optical read codes to store or generate X and Y positions. When converting the word processing system to an automatic printer responsive to computer printing commands a pair of X and Y positional lead screw connectors, connect the storage font tray to appropriate motor drives. The removable stylus character indicator can also be removed from the font storage tray if desirable. Finally, an operatonal mode switch is utilized to disconnect all local operator controls and to initiate a zero position search sequence to provide an absolute reference to enable the word processing system to respond correctly to automatic control.

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Don Winston Geri