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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. 27, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 26, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Kyungki, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 85 ; 360 965 ;
Abstract
A reel guide apparatus of a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus accurately seats the supply reel and take-up reel onto a lower chassis of the apparatus. The reels are installed on a slider which is lowered to the lower chassis. Holes in the slider receive reel guide units for stably guiding the reels in the vertical direction. A position determining unit on the lower chassis accurately determines the seating of the tape cassette on the lower chassis. Sensors on the reel guide units and split disc reflectors on the reels facing the sensors result in the generation of reel pulses, which are used to determine remaining tape length, etc.