Patents Represented by Attorney Franscis A. Davenport

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  • Tape drive
    Patent number: 5758838
    Abstract: A toothed lever 11, 12 which engages in a toothed rim 21 of an intermediate wheel 5 when the tape drive changes over from the winding mode to the stop state, a pivot 18 for the intermediate wheel 5 is formed at the point of engagement, over which pivot the toothed rim 21 of the intermediate wheel 5 rolls and passes from the previously engaged supply spool 1 or take-up spool 2 into a disengaged position. It is then necessary only for the spools 1, 2 themselves to be braked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Deutsche Thomson Brandt GmbH
    Inventor: Fritz Weisser