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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:
Sep. 14, 1976
Filed:
May. 21, 1975
Frank S Mo, Cupertino, CA (US);
Vernon R Natwick, Woodside, CA (US);
International Video Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A helical wrap tape transport system having a plurality of components cooperating to provide a low friction and highly accurate transport of magnetic tape for video broadcasting. The transport system has a helical scanner assembly with a rotating scanning drum having helical surface V-grooves which create an air bearing for magnetic tape wrapped across the drum and oppositely mounted recording transducers which permit continuous recording on a 180.degree. tape wrap around the drum, and a stationary drum on a common axis with the rotating drum having a fixed control track transducer for synchronizing tape transport at the scanning assembly. The transport system has further, air bearing guide posts and a pair of vacuum columns which continuously monitor a tape supply loop which in combination with the guide posts provide a section of low inertia recording tape, the transport of which can be controlled by a single high friction drive capstan.
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