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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 1977
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1975
Richard F Dubbe, St. Paul, MN (US);
Richard D Ebbinga, Camarillo, CA (US);
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for encoding a magnetic recording medium in the form of discrete labels such as may be removably adhered to a carrier web includes a mechanism for transporting the medium past a magnetic record and playback head. As the tape passes the playback head, the data previously recorded thereon by the record head is played back and verified. If the playback signal is not verified, the label associated therewith is marked, such as by punching a section from the label, and is thereafter differently processed. In another embodiment, the apparatus includes a means for removing encoded labels from the carrier web and automatically positioned the removed labels at a dispensing slot. Alternatively, the encoded labels, either verified or not-verified (or both) may be rewound onto the carrier web.