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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. 27, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
John E Gantzhorn, Jr, Hockessin, DE (US);
Koichi Sota, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Otari Electric Company, Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 17 ; 242182 ;
Abstract
The present invention concerns a tape transporting device wherein mechanisms which can partially switch the master tape traveling direction have been established, and wherein a loop bin used for storing a master tape is established on a horizontal plane. As a result, the master tape exhibits no deformation attributable to gravity within said loop bin, and a since the copy tape can have a constant perpendicular or other angular orientation with respect to the master tape in the loop bin, the floor space needed for the tape transporting device can be minimized.