Hitachi, Ltd.

Mashanori Kochi

Juichi Morikawa

Makoto Ibe

Shinji Ozaki

Yoshinori Okada

Kenji Ogiro

Kenmei Masuda

Hideo Zama

Kazutoshi Konno

Hitoshi Takizawa

Akihiro Nakajima

A multiplex recording/reproducing system with at least four video signal recording/reproducing magnetic heads mounted on a rotating body with a predetermined interval in the direction of rotation of the rotating body. At least four audio signal recording/reproducing magnetic heads are mounted on the rotating body, alternately with the video signal recording/reproducing magnetic heads. The magnetic tape is forwarded while being wrapped on the rotating body over a region extending at least a multiple of the predetermined interval. Recording/reproducing circuits record and reproduce the video signal and the audio signal while switching over the video signal and the audio signal recording/reproducing magnetic heads in a predetermined order for every predetermined period. An erase signal is supplied to at least one of the audio signal recording/reproducing magnetic heads, which is disposed preceding to the video signal recording/reproducing magnetic head, which records the video signal on a magnetic tape track, during a period of time where no audio signal is supplied thereto.

Multiplex rotating magnetic head system for multiply recording and

A rotary magnetic head drum apparatus is constituted by at least one video head, a rotary drum having a tape running surface and a head mounting surface to which the video head is securely mounted, and a stationary drum provided with a tape guide and a tape running surface. In the rotary magnetic head drum apparatus, the tape running surface or the rotary drum has a lower end portion which is formed with a tapered portion whose diameter becomes gradually smaller along the axis of the rotary drum, and the tapered portion is projected such that its bottom end surface is located below the plane of the head mounting surface.

Jitter reducing tapered rotary drum for magnetic head apparatus

The present invention relates to a magnetic recording and reproducing device wherein reproduction monitoring can be made directly after recording, and more particularly to a construction of a rotary drum for the same. The magnetic recording and reproducing device includes a single recording channel for n recording magnetic heads, and n reproducing channels for n reproducing magnetic heads. The recording channel is provided either on an innermost circumference side or on an outermost circumference side of a rotary transformer. Since the device has such a reduced number of recording channels, the distance between adjacent channels can be increased and the transmission loss of a reproduction signal can be reduced.

Rotary drum apparatus for a magnetic recording and reproducing device

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Katsuta, Japan

Mashanori Kochi