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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:
Jan. 26, 1982
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Myron Zarr, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co., St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360106 ;
Abstract
A head positioning mechanism for a multitrack data cartridge recorder including a stepper motor, lead screw and screw follower assembly for incrementally moving a record/playback head transverse to the path of a magnetic recording tape to enable accurate positioning of the head at any given track across the tape.