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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1976
Filed:
Aug. 21, 1974
Applicant:
Inventor:
Irving Karsh, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Bell & Howell Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ; B65H / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 71 ; 226118 ; 242182 ; 360 90 ;
Abstract
An information recording tape transport comprises equipment for selectively winding and unwinding information recording tape, two distinct and spaced tape drive capstans, separate transducing equipment associated with each tape drive capstan, and at least three distinct tension equalizing means located, respectively, between the two capstans, to one side of one of the capstans and to one side of the other of the capstans.