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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1996
Werner Scholz, Gehrden, DE;
Werner Bachnick, Hannover, DE;
Wulf-Christian Streckenbach, Hemmingen, DE;
Bernd Wessolly, Hemmingen, DE;
Walter Voessing, Hannover, DE;
Hartmut Peters, Barsinghausen, DE;
Ernst F Schroeder, Hannover, DE;
Friedrich Timmermann, Garbsen, DE;
Paul-Louis Meunier, Paris, FR;
Max Artigalas, Le Chesnay, FR;
Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Abstract
A magnetic tape apparatus for the recording and reproduction of signals, including a magnetic tape having plural data tracks running parallel to an edge of the tape; a multi-track reading device including a multi-track playback head configured to read simultaneously plural of the tracks and output signals corresponding to data recorded on the plural tracks; and a housing in which the tape and the reading device are permanently disposed; wherein the tape is adapted for simultaneous recording of data onto plural data tracks of the tape via external recording heads upon the apparatus being connected to an external recording facility.