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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:
Dec. 20, 1983
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary D Moeller, Maplewood, MN (US);
Robert E Wolff, Edina, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 721 ; 360 48 ; 360 722 ; 360134 ;
Abstract
A data cartridge recorder is disclosed in which a preformatted tape is employed to enable automatic detection of the beginning of the tape and the end of the tape as well as of the location of preidentifiable record locations positioned along a plurality of parallel tracks.