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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:
Jun. 14, 1977
Filed:
Nov. 28, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Glenn E Clarridge, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Ford Industries, Inc., Portland, OR (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242201 ;
Abstract
A tape drive apparatus in which a pair of support mechanisms for two different recording tapes are mounted on amain deck, with drive for supported tapes being provided by a pair of rotary drive spindles that are carried on a floating subdeck which is mounted for limited pivoting and translating relative to the main deck. Mechanism is provided for shifting the subdeck to several different positions wherein the drive spindles which it carries are caused selectively to engage tires on rotary elements which form parts of the tape support mechanisms.