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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. 11, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 50 ; 360 46 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for recording and reproducing a signal using a thin film magnetic tape as a medium and using ring type magnetic heads for recording and reproducing the signal, wherein the gap length of the magnetic head for reproducing is larger than the gap length of the magnetic head for recording. Maximum recording and reproducing performance is achieved by implementing separate recording and reproducing heads.