Hitachi, Ltd.

Exabyte Corporation

Kenkichi Inada

Noriyuki Kumasaka

Takashi Namekawa

Toshio Tsuchiya

Takashi Naito

Hiroki Yamamoto

Ken Takahashi

Kenmei Masuda

Akihisa Obata

Hidekazu Takeda

Shigeru Yamazaki

Kuniako Hirayama

Kunihiro Maeda

Hideo Zama

Hideki Maruyama

Seiichi Yamada

Kuniaki Hirayama

Yoshio Uemura

Takashi Naitoh

Toshihiko Imachi

Souzou Sasajima

Hitoshi Idegami

Yosio Manabe

Sigeo Imai

Ikuo Shinta

The present invention provides a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus, a magnetic recording and reproducing method, and a thin film magnetic head that enable a good contact between elements and a recording medium with a reduced track pitch even if the number of head channels is increased, thereby realizing high recording density and high transfer rate. At least one multitrack write head having N (N is an integer of 2 or more) write elements arranged along a track width direction in an integral fashion and at least one multitrack read head having L (L is an integer equal to or more than N) read elements arranged along the track width direction in an integral fashion are formed on the rotary drum. The multitrack write head writes signals to a group of N tracks aligned parallel on the magnetic tape during one rotation of the rotary drum, and the multitrack read head reads the group of N signal tracks by the use of any one of the L read elements.

Magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus and method and thin film magnetic head used therein

According to the invention, techniques for cleaning a rotary magneto-resistive head. Embodiments according to the invention are especially useful in tape drive systems, and the like. Embodiments can provide methods and apparatus for cleaning contaminant from rotary magneto-resistive heads while guarding against damage to the head from excess cleaning, and the like. Specific embodiments can control the rotational speed of a rotary magneto-resistive head in order to facilitate cleaning operations. Embodiments include a cleaning device and a control method, and are suited for use in a magneto-resistive head mounted on a rotary cylinder of a computer tape storage unit, for example, although application of the present invention is not limited to such embodiments.

Method and apparatus for cleaning a magneto-resistive head

High reliability magneto-resistive head cleaning system

Provided are a glass such as a sealing glass which contains a rare earth element and crystalline particles, a structure made by sealing with said sealing glass, a magnetic head made by bonding using said sealing glass, and a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus on which said magnetic heads are mounted. According to the glass of the present invention, magnetic heads, and other structures can be bonded at low temperatures and a high bond strength can be attained, and thus, magnetic heads having high-speed sliding properties and magnetic recording and reproducing apparatuses of high reliability can be obtained. The glass can be also used for heat resistant parts such as a pannel glass for a cathode-ray tube and the like.

Magnetic head with sealing glass composition

Glass composition, structure, and apparatus using the same

An arrangement is designed to achieve satisfactory tape contact by setting a specific ratio for the width of a drum window and the head length of a double azimuth head. The head length L is defined as the distance from the front end of the preceding head to the back end of the succeeding head. When the drum window width W is defined as the distance of the drum window in the rotary direction, the preceding head and the succeeding head are arranged within the drum window to satisfy the relation 1.15 L.ltoreq.W.ltoreq.1.28 L. When the space S1 is defined as the distance from the front end of the preceding head to the front end of the drum window, and the space S2 is defined as the distance from the back end of the succeeding head to the back end of the drum window, the preceding head and the succeeding head are arranged within the drum window to satisfy the relation 0.075 L.ltoreq.S1.ltoreq.0.14 L and 0.075 L.ltoreq.S2.ltoreq.0.14 L. According to this arrangement, the magnetic tape intrudes preferably into the space between the double azimuth head and the drum window. The magnetic tape envelopes and contacts the head surface, so that the tendency for a spacing to occur between the head and the tape is suppressed. The reproducing output is increased and stabilized in this way.

Rotary drum equipment and recording/reproducing equipment using the same

A magnetic head for use in a magnetic recording and reproducing system, which head is excellent in magnetic properties, resistance to abrasion, durability and mass-producibility, comprises a pair of magnetic cores each having a substrate and a magnetic alloy film formed on the substrate, the cores being disposed in a manner such that the magnetic alloy films are opposed to and slightly spaced apart from each other, and glass bondings disposed between the magnetic alloy films to integrate the pair of magnetic cores, and a process for producing the same, and a magnetic recording and reproducing system using the magnetic head.

Magnetic head including PbO-V.sub.2 O.sub.5 -P.sub.2 O.sub.5 system

A magnetic head having a pair of nonmagnetic core base bodies coupled to each other in such a manner that amorphous magnetic alloy films are applied to their abutment surfaces and a gap layer is interposed in a magnetic gap of the head, the films applied to the bodies being made abut against each other at their end edge surfaces each of which has a width larger than its film thickness, and at least one of the bodies having a coil winding groove formed at a portion at which the bodies are coupled to each other. Surface layer portions of each of the bodies, with which a magnetic tape comes into contact, are removed along a direction in which the magnetic tape moves, to a depth which is substantially the same as the depth of the gap while leaving a widthwise portion, which is the same as the track width defined by the width of contact between the two end edge surfaces of the films, at the widthwise center of the bodies, two recesses which are formed by removing the surface layer portions being filled with 2MgO--SiO.sub.2 or MgO--SiO.sub.2, and another amorphous magnetic alloy film is applied to the inner surface of the coil winding groove which defines a coil winding aperture and the latter film is integrally continued to the former films.

Thin film magnetic head

Disclosed is a magnetic head formed of a thin metal film in which a metal magnetic film in the form of a chevron is formed on a substrate, and two half cores in each of which the apex portion of the chevron-shaped metal magnetic film is flattened are integrated in such a manner as to face each other with a gap member placed therebetween, the magnetic head comprising a desired track width not more twice thicknesses d.sub.1, d.sub.2 of the metal magnetic film on both sides of the apex portion, and the following formula is met:

Magnetic head formed of thin metal film including a chevron shape

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Kenkichi Inada