Claims
- 1. A system for use with a cartridge having walls for enclosing a pair of web storage means and a web disposed therebetween which includes means for providing movably mounted web guide means, said system being of the type in which transducer means scan through an arcuate guide surface which is introduced between said walls into said cartridge for cooperation with said web, comprising: support means mounting said guide surface in cantilevered manner with said guide surface situated in distal manner away from said support means, said support means including given portions in juxtaposed relation with the ends of the arcuate portion of said guide surface, a pair of rotatable web moving means, means mounting said web moving means to said given portions for cooperation with a portion of said web disposed between said storage means when said scanner means is within said cartridge, and means on said support means arranged to coact with said movable web guide means of said cartridge to establish a desired angular orientation between said web guide means and said guide surface when said web is disposed in cooperative relation with said arcuate guide surface.
- 2. A system for transducing information from an elongated record web moved between a pair of web storage means rotatably mounted between first and second opposite walls of a web cartridge which encloses said storage means and said web, said cartridge including means for providing movably mounted web guide means disposed between said web and said storage means, comprising: a support member including an arcuate web guide surface member dimensioned to pass between said first and second walls into said cartridge, the axis of said arcuate guide surface member being angled with respect to said web movement and having a transducer means therein for coaction with said web, said arcuate guide surface member being positioned to permit disposition of said cartridge with said arcuate surface interposed between said first and second wall and extending into said cartridge in cooperative relation with said web between said storage means, and means associated with said support member arranged to coact with said movable web guide means of said cartridge to establish a desired angular orientation between said mounted web guide means and said guide surface when said web is disposed in cooperative relation with said arcuate guide surface.
- 3. The invention according to claim 2, wherein said system includes apparatus cooperating with a web cartridge having at least one elongated pin for non-rotational web guiding cooperation with said web on said guide surface, said elongated pin guide being mounted to said cartridge in a manner to permit variation of the angular disposition of said elongated pin with respect to said web and said guide surface, comprising: stationary holding means coupled to said support member in predetermined spacial relation to said guide surface, said holding means including surface means engaging said cartridge web guide pin to establish said given angular position of said pin with respect to said guide surface.
- 4. The invention according to claim 2, wherein said support member includes given portions adjacent the ends of said arcuate web guide surface, a pair of rotatable web moving means, and means mounting said web moving means to said given support portions.
- 5. A cartridge with an elongated record web for use with a system for transducing information from said web, said system including a protruding arcuate web guide surface member having a movable transducer for coaction with said web, comprising: a pair of web storage means mounted in substantially co-planar spaced relation between first and second walls, said first and second walls in conjunction with further walls defining an enclosure for said storage means and said web, means movably mounting one of said further walls to said enclosure to provide access to the interior of said enclosure, said first and second walls being spaced apart to permit entrance of said web guide surface member into said enclosure for cooperation with said web when disposed between said storage means, further guide means for guiding said web with respect to said arcuate surface member, and means movably mounting said further guide means within said enclosure for angular displacement with respect to said arcuate guide surface.
- 6. The invention according to claim 5, wherein said further guide means includes at least one elongated pin for non-rotational guiding cooperation with said web, and means coupling said pin to said enclosure to provide free angular movement of said pin with respect to said web disposed between said storage means.
- 7. In a cartridge for use with a system in which transducer means scan a helical section guide surface whose central axis is angled with respect to the major dimension of said cartridge and which transducer means is introduced into said cartridge for transducing information from a record web disposed between web storage reels within said cartridge, apparatus for maintaining said web in desired spacial relation with respect to said guide surface, comprising: web guide means within said cartridge between said reels and said web, and mounting means coupling said guide means to said cartridge in movable manner to render said guide means displaceable in at least two dimensions with respect to said guide surface.
- 8. The invention according to claim 7, wherein said movably mounted web guide means comprises at least one elongated pin for non-rotational guiding cooperation with said web.
- 9. Apparatus for transducing signal information with an elongated record web of given width during transport of said web disposed between a pair of web handling reels, said reels being rotatably mounted in substantially coplanar relation between first and second walls adjoining the ends of said reels, said first and second walls being substantially parallel and transverse of the rotation axis of said reels, the boundaries of said first and second walls in conjunction with further walls defining a cartridge which completely encloses said web and said reels, at least one of said further walls being movably mounted to said cartridge to provide access means to the interior of said cartridge enclosure through the area between said first and second walls closed by said movable wall, comprising:
- a base member;
- first means adapted to receive and support said web cartridge;
- truncated transducer scanner means including an arcuate web guide surface having an elongated slot therein extending diagonally across said surface with at least one transducer mounted for rotation in said slot, said guide surface having a dimension transverse of said arc which is no less than said given width of said web but is less than the distance between said first and second walls of said web cartridge enclosure;
- means mounting said transducer scanner means and said first means to said base member for relative movement thereof between first and further positions, said means when in said first position disposing said web cartridge in spaced relation with said transducer scanner means and when in said further position said truncated scanner means is interposed between said first and second walls of said cartridge with said arcuate guide surface extending within the areas intermediate said first and second walls for intercepting the portion of said web disposed between said reels;
- said transducer scanner means including projections adjacent each end of said arcuate guide surface, first and second rotatable capstan web driving members, and means respectively mounting said capstan members to said projections; and
- means adapted to engage said movable cartridge wall, said movable wall engaging means including a generally finger-like mechanical member adapted to engage a major surface portion of said movable wall, and support means for disposing said mechanical member between said first means and said scanner means when said first means is in its first position.
- 10. The invention according to claim 9, wherein said mechanical member has a generally hooked shaped configuration and means mounting said hook member for rotation in accordance with movement of said first means between said first and further positions.
- 11. Apparatus for transducing signal information on an elongated magnetic tape of given width during transport of said tape between a pair of coplanar reels rotatably mounted in a cartridge, said tape following a path from one reel to the other adjacent a wall of said cartridge, access to the interior of said cartridge being through said wall of said cartridge comprising:
- means for providing first and second movably mounted tape guide means disposed along said tape path, said tape guide means each including a first movably mounted guide pin normal to the longitudinal axis of said tape and a second movably mounted guide pin inclined to the longitudinal axis of said tape;
- first means adapted to receive and support said cartridge;
- an arcuate tape guiding surface mounted in a cantilever manner in said apparatus and of a dimension to be received into said cartridge through said wall to guide said tape from one reel past said first and second tape guide means to the other within the confines of said cartridge, said tape guiding surface defined by a portion of the surface of a circular cylinder having an axis inclined at an acute angle from vertical and truncated in the horizontal direction and having an elongated slot therein extending diagonally across said surface;
- a headwheel carrying a transducer mounted for rotation in said slot;
- means mounting said first means for relative movement between a first position disposing said cartridge in spaced relation with said tape guiding surface and a second position wherein said tape guiding surface is adapted to extend into said cartridge; and
- said arcuate tape guiding means further including guide pin locating means mounted thereon for disposing said inclined tape guiding pins in a desired orientation with respect to the arcuate tape guiding surface when said surface is extended into said cartridge.
- 12. Apparatus providing for helical scanning of a magnetic tape within a tape cartridge, said cartridge including two spaced-apart coplanar tape reels, at least two first tape guide members having their longitudinal axes disposed parallel to the axes of rotation of said reels for guiding said tape between said reels and means providing at least two floatably mounted second tape guide members having their longitudinal axes disposed at an angle to said axes of rotation of said reels, comprising:
- a transport scanner assembly including tape scanning means disposed for rotation within a portion of a cylindrical housing including an arcuate exterior guide surface portion, said housing and tape scanning means being disposed at a predetermined angle to said axes of rotation of said reels when said housing is disposed within said cartridge in operating relationship; and
- guide member locating means attached to said housing for engaging said second tape guide members of said cartridge for fixedly retaining same at said predetermined angle when said housing and said cartridge are positioned in said operating relationship for accurately placing said tape in contact with said arcuate surface.
Priority Claims (2)
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8688/71 |
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 372,002 filed June 21, 1973, now abandoned, which was a continuation of application Ser. No. 172,015, filed Aug. 16, 1971, now abandoned.
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Non-Patent Literature Citations (1)
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IBM Tech. Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 9, No. 6, p. 576, 1966. |
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