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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masaaki Sakaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsunobu Usui, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242 76 ; 242 / ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for loading a magnetic tape into a cassette providing an improved tape winding appearance and improved total tape loading time. During winding, the pressure in the region surrounding the cassette into which the tape is being wound is reduced, while simultaneously a magnetic field is applied to the tape, at least in the vicinity of the tape winding body onto which the tape is being wound. Decompression is started substantially at the same time or slightly after the start of the tape winding operation, and the region is similarly returned to atmospheric pressure as the tape winding operation is being completed.