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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1997
Klaus Oldermann, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Martin Storz, VS-Villingen, DE;
Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Abstract
The invention concerns a device which comprises a device for displacing to transversely position a multitrack tape in front of a reading and/or writing head. The magnetic tape carries a plurality of elementary tracks which are grouped in several bundles. These bundles are selectively accessed using the device for displacing. The writing and/or reading head can write and/or read information from elementary tracks contained in one bundle at a time. The device for displacing comprise a tape guide acting on longitudinal edges of the tape and transversely translating the tape. Furthermore they comprise either a movable tape reels platform or movable pins to accommodate for the transverse tape displacement.