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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:
Sep. 19, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mitsugu Yoshihiro, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 71 ; 360 85 ; 360 95 ;
Abstract
In a tape loading apparatus having a loading ring with guides for withdrawing a magnetic tape from a tape cassette and wrapping it around a rotary drum, the rotating speed of the loading ring is controlled in accordance with the loading position, that is, the rotation angle of the loading ring, to protect the magnetic tape from being damaged during a loading operation, and a torque for resisting unwinding of the tape from a reel in the cassette during the loading operation is varied in accordance with the amount of tape wound thereon.