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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:
Jul. 21, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Indstrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 71 ; 360 85 ;
Abstract
A tape loading apparatus includes a tape drawing member, a drive mechanism, a control circuit for controlling the drive mechanism, and a tape type judging circuit. The control circuit selectively controls a moving speed of the tape drawing member or a changing timing of the moving speed so as to be different in a loading mode and an unloading mode. Alternatively, the control circuit selectively controls the moving speed of the tape drawing member, its posture and/or tape tension depending on the type of tape.