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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:
Feb. 06, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroo Edakubo, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Itani, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Narasawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuzo Ushiro, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Masahide Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 95 ; 360 85 ;
Abstract
Moving elements in a recording and/or reproduction apparatus change the travel path of a strip-like recording medium mounted in a container. A detector detects a specified part of parts of the medium having a character different from other parts of the medium and at least part of a light emitting and/or light receiving arrangement of the detector moves into and out of the space required for altering the path of the medium.