Sony Corporation

Jiro Fujiwara

Hisayoshi Chino

Yoshiaki Sugiyama

Masahiro Kanaguchi

Hikaru Hirata

Hiroshi Nakayama

Takashi Yamamoto

Jun Takayama

Katsuichi Tachi

Teruyuki Yoshida

Hideto Suzuki

Hiroyuki Takemoto

Takuji Nakamura

Kiyoshi Yamauchi

Hideki Yoneoka

Naohisa Manjome

Masaya Orime

Hiroaki Ohishi

To improve general versatility regarding a disk cartridge. A disk conveyor apparatus includes: a disk holder that holds at least a part of a disk cartridge in which disk-shaped recording media are accommodated inside a case body in a state where the disk-shaped recording media are accommodated, and is moved in at least a direction of a center axis of the disk-shaped recording media; a movement mechanism that causes the disk holder to move in the direction of the center axis of the disk-shaped recording media; and a feeder mechanism that feeds the disk-shaped recording media toward a disk drive apparatus from the case body, the disk holder being capable of holding different types of disk cartridges, a movement position of the disk holder being set by operating the movement mechanism in accordance with the type of the disk cartridge.

Disk holder for disk cartridge

An electronic apparatus including a connector configured to electrically connect with a terminal of a second electronic device; a first detector configured to detect an electrical connection between the connector and the terminal; a second detector configured to detect physical contact between the connector and the terminal; and circuitry configured to control a lock structure based on outputs of the first and second detectors.

Electronic apparatus

There is provided a cartridge including a running portion which causes both end portions of a disc-shaped recording medium to run, and a pressing portion which presses one end portion of the disc-shaped recording medium to press the other end portion against the running portion. Static friction coefficients of a portion of the pressing portion coming in contact with the one end portion and a portion of the running portion coming in contact with the other end portion are different.

Cartridge for accomodating a disc-shaped recording medium

A magnetic head for a rotary head drum is disclosed which can suppress abrasion thereof while a sufficient contact thereof with a magnetic tape is secured. An upper side tape sliding surface and a lower side tape sliding surface are formed on a tape sliding surface at an end of a head chip on the opposite upper and lower sides of a central tape sliding surface, which has a magnetic gap thereon, with a pair of upper and lower grooves left therebetween. The upper side tape sliding surface which is brought into contact with a magnetic tape earlier than the central tape sliding surface is formed with an increased thickness while the lower side tape sliding surface which is brought into contact with the magnetic tape later than the central tape sliding surface is formed with a decreased thickness.

Magnetic head for rotary head drum

An apparatus for recording and/or reproducing a signal on a tape recording medium with a plurality of rotary recording and/or reproducing heads includes a first input and/or output terminal for receiving and/or deriving a video signal, a second input and/or output terminal for receiving and/or deriving an audio signal, and a recording and/or reproducing circuit including a rotary transfer. A first rotary recording and/or reproducing head is connected to the first input and/or output terminal through the recording and/or reproducing circuit and records and/or reproduces the video signal on first parallel slant tracks of a tape recording medium. A plurality of second rotary recording and/or reproducing heads are connected to the second input and/or output terminal through the recording and/or reproducing circuit and record and/or reproduces the audio signal on second parallel slant tracks of the tape recording medium. A plurality of the second parallel slant tracks are then formed corresponding to one of the first parallel slant tracks.

Apparatus for recording and/or reproducing with video and multiple audio

In a device for loading a tape-like element, such as, a magnetic tape, film or the like, in an apparatus having supply and take-up reels which are disposed side-by-side with their axes substantially horizontal in a normal operating position of the apparatus, and a guide drum located under the supply reel in such normal operating position; a generally zig-zag path for the tape-like element is provided with an inlet adjacent the supply reel for receiving the tape-like element paid out from the latter and an outlet arranged near to the take-up reel, such path includes a supply side path portion extending from the inlet to a peripheral path portion around at least a part of the periphery of the guide drum and a take-up side path portion extending from the peripheral path portion to the outlet, the supply side, peripheral and take-up path portions have respective lower wall sections facing upwardly in the normal operating position of the apparatus, and air under pressure is introduced into the path of the tape-like element along such upwardly facing lower wall sections for readily conveying the tape-like element along the described path.

Loading device for directing a tape-like element from a supply reel to a

In a device for loading a tape-like element, such as, a magnetic tape, film or the like, from supply reel to take-up reel, a tape path for the tape-like element is formed from the vicinity of the supply reel to the vicinity of the take-up reel, a rotation detector is connected with the supply reel to detect the rotation of a predetermined angle in the supply reel and generates a control signal therefrom, and a blower is provided to introduce air under pressure into the tape path for conveying the tape-like element along the tape path in response to the control signal.

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Tokyo, Japan

Jiro Fujiwara