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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tatsuzo Ushiro, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 75 ; 360 64 ; 360105 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a recording and/or reproducing apparatus which comprises heads of at least two different kinds, carrying apparatus operative for receiving a recording medium, discriminating apparatus for discriminating the kind of the recording medium being carried by the carrying apparatus, selecting apparatus for selecting one kind of heads out of the different kinds in response to the discriminating apparatus and control apparatus which is provided for at least one kind of head selected out of the heads of different kinds to control contact of the head with the recording medium in response to the selecting apparatus.