Abstract: Disclosed is a magnetic head formed of a thin metal film in which a metal magnetic film in the form of a chevron is formed on a substrate, and two half cores in each of which the apex portion of the chevron-shaped metal magnetic film is flattened are integrated in such a manner as to face each other with a gap member placed therebetween, the magnetic head comprising a desired track width not more twice thicknesses d.sub.1, d.sub.2 of the metal magnetic film on both sides of the apex portion, and the following formula is met:0.74.ltoreq.d.sub.2 /d.sub.1 .ltoreq.1.35.

Abstract: A recording and/or reproducing apparatus using a flexible magnetic disc having a center core or hub which is provided with at least one indication member for indicating rotation phase of the disc, comprises a pressing member for pressing the center core of the disc to mount the same on a drive spindle and a detection member for detecting the indication member on the center core of the disc at a predetermined position, wherein the pressing member is formed or arranged so that it never interferes with the detection member.

Abstract: A magnetic recording and playback apparatus using a magnetic head disposed on a rotating drum for forming oblique recording tracks in succession on a magnetic tape to record or playback serial data along the same, has a tracking control for controlling the height of the magnetic head in the direction perpendicular to the length of the recording track. A speed control is included for controlling the rotating speed of the rotating drum and/or the traveling speed of the magnetic tape in accordance with the bit transfer rate of the serial data so that the magnetic tape travels one reference track pitch while the rotating drum makes an integer number of rotations. A processor is included for compressing the serial data along the time base so that the serial data is recorded while the magnetic head scans the recording track.

Abstract: A disc cartridge is comprised of a cartridge body accommodating a disc-shaped record medium being formed of a pair of cartridge halves, each of which has an opening extending from a central portion of at least one of the pair of cartridge halves to a peripheral wall thereof to expose one portion of the disc-shaped record medium rotatably accommodated therein to the exterior of the cartridge body, a portion of the peripheral wall to which the opening extends being thinner than the remainder of such peripheral wall. A reinforcing member of a material having a mechanical strength higher than that of the pair of cartridge halves reinforces the thinner portion of the peripheral wall to which the opening extends.

Abstract: A magnetic tape cleaner comprising a tape scraper engaging a recording face of a magnetic tape to scrape magnetic powder out of the recording face thereof and a magnet to attract and adhere thereto the magnetic powder scraped out of the recording face of the magnetic tape.

Abstract: A magnetic transducer assembly for cooperating with a relatively moving magnetic recording medium to magnetically record and reproduce information on and from the magnetic recording medium. The transducer assembly comprises first and second magnetic transducers incorporated into one rail of a double-rail type slider with they are adjacent to each other. The rail has a contacting surface with a recording surface of the recording medium in recording and reproducing. The first magnetic transducer includes a first read/write core assembly having a first magnetic gap extending in directions normal to the moving direction of the recording medium and placed in a plane including the contacting surface of the rail. The second magnetic transducer includes a second read/write core assembly having a second magnetic gap which is different in length from the first magnetic gap and extends in directions normal to the moving direction thereof.

Abstract: A device for driving magnetic tape suitable for running from a pay-out spool to a take-up spool along a determined path during which the tape is wound through a given angle around a stationary element such as a cylindrical drum provided with rotary heads, and is caused to slip over the surface thereof, the device comprising first and second drive elements disposed respectively upstream and downstream from the element, wherein one of the drive elements includes a capstan and wherein the other one of the drive elements includes a wheel having the tape wound thereabout, the wheel being rotated so that its linear speed is greater than the linear speed of the tape and is in the same direction as the linear speed of the tape, and is suitable for enabling the tape to slip over the wheel.

Abstract: An apparatus for driving a disk-type recording medium includes a base plate including a magnetic material, a spindle mechanism, formed on the base plate, for rotating the recording medium, and a controller for controlling the spindle mechanism. An insulating film is formed on the base plate, and an electric wiring pattern is formed on the insulating film. The spindle mechanism includes stator coils magnets, a rotor, a bearing, and a spindle shaft. The stator coils and the bearing are fixed on the base plate, the magnets are fixed on the rotor, the rotor is fixed on the spindle shaft, the spindle shaft is supported by the bearing, and the stator coils are connected to the writing pattern. Parts of the controller are mounted on the base plate and connected to the wiring pattern. With this arrangement, the entire apparatus can be made thin, mounting positional precision of the respective parts can be improved, workability is improved, and therefore a manufacturing cost can be reduced.

Abstract: A magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus includes a control section, a recording section and a medium access section having a head. The control section sets a write mode in response to an input write access command, and outputs write data and density indication data to the recording section. In the write mode, the recording section generates dummy data in accordance with the density indication data and modulates a write current in accordance with the write data and the dummy data subsequent to the write data. The modulated write current is supplied to the medium access section. A value of the write current is determined in accordance with the density indication data, and the write current decays with a time constant while the write current is modulated in accordance with the dummy data. The medium access section write-accesses a medium in accordance with the modulated write current in the write mode.

Abstract: A magnetic head feeding device suitable for mass production while providing a higher tolerance to vibration and shock is provided. A carriage is rotatably and slideably mounted on a guide shaft. A magnetic head is mounted on the carriage as is a rack. A pinion mounted on a motor, engages the rack to move the rack along the guide shaft in a reciprocating fashion when the pinion is rotated. A magnetic coupling between the carriage and a fixed support provides an attractive force which acts as an engagement force between the rack and the pinion without applying a contact force on the carriage. A stop is provided at each end of the rack and is integrally formed with the rack so that the stop prevents the pinion from rotating and the carriage from moving once the carriage has reached a desired outer limit of motion in either direction. A contour wall is integrally formed with the rack at a position opposed to the rack to prevent disengagement of the pinion from the rack.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system comprising a magnetic tape (7) and a magnetic tape apparatus (1), which apparatus (1) comprises drive means for driving the magnetic tape (7) and reels (5,6), magnetic-head means (9, 10), and buffer means comprising a belt (8), the information on the magnetic tape (7) being arranged in sections (47) and being recorded in individual discontinuous tracks (48) within the sections (47), each section (47) having a magnetically recorded address (49). The system further comprises input means (51) for selecting one of the sections and a control unit (45) comprising a selection device (45a) for the rapid location of the section (47), and control means (45b) for controlling the tape transport within a section (47). As a result of this, the system is suitable for the storage of large amounts of information in serial form in such a way that the information within each section (47) can be scanned directly.

Abstract: A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus which includes a set of loading members for drawing out a magnetic tape accommodated in a tape cassette and wound around a set of reels disposed to contact the same plane. The tape storing portions of the tape cassette are directed along part of the outer peripheral surface of a rotary head cylinder in an approximately M-shape, and a single inclining member is provided in the vicinity of one tape storing portion for causing a tape travelling reference face of the magnetic tape drawn out from the tape storing portion to be inclined.

Abstract: A disk drive which removably holds a filter member for air filtration system by an elastic member being fixed in a casing housing a disk-type data recording medium, so that its constitution can be simplified and process of assembling and mounting it in the sealed casing can be minimized.

Abstract: A magnetoresistive head including a magnetoresistive element in which the magnetoresistive head has a specifically determined gap length and/or the magnetoresistive element has a specifically determined magnetostriction constant to thereby define a reproduction output vs. operation current characteristic curve of the head. The above-mentioned gap length and/or magnetostriction constant is determined such that a saturation operation current for which a reproduction output of the head is maximum is higher than an operation current with which the head is operative.

Abstract: A magnetic disc apparatus comprises a single write/read magnetic head for carrying out write/read with respect to either one of a low-density magnetic disc and a high-density magnetic disc, and a cosine equalizer supplied with a read signal from the write/read magnetic head. The write/read magnetic head has a core gap length which is between 0.60 and 1.20 times a minimum field conversion length for high-density write by a write/read signal.

Abstract: A magnetic head feeding device suitable for mass production while providing a higher tolerance to vibration and shock is provided. A carriage is rotatably and slideably mounted on a guide shaft. A magnetic head is mounted on the carriage as is a rack. A pinion mounted on a motor, engages the rack to move the rack along the guide shaft in a reciprocating fashion when the pinion is rotated. A magnetic coupling between the carriage and a fixed support provides an attractive force which acts as an engagement force between the rack and the pinion without applying a contact force on the carriage. A stop is provided at each end of the rack and is integrally formed with the rack so that the stop prevents the pinion from rotating and the carriage from moving once the carriage has reached a desired outer limit of motion in either direction. A contour wall is integrally formed with the rack at a position opposed to the rack to prevent disengagement of the pinion from the rack.

Abstract: A disk drive spindle assembly including a rotatable hub and one or more disks having a central opening slightly larger than the cross dimension of the hub, so that the disk may freely fit over the hub. A flange extends radially outwardly from a lower region of the hub and defines an narrow, vertically extending annular support wall for supporting a disk along a uniform narrow contact region between the hub and the disk. A disk clamp clamps the disk against the support wall contact region. An annular concentric space, preferably defined by an elastomeric spacer structure which aligns the disk relative to an axis of rotation of the hub, spaces the disk away from the hub.

Abstract: A computerized video record rental system and method in which a video record unit such as a tape cassette is provided with an integral counting device for counting the number of times the record is played. Upon rental and return of the record, the counts are recorded in computer memory, together with an identification of the record unit, and the computer computes the rental fee due based on the net play count for the record unit. The preferred counting device in the video cassette uses caliper arms to detect the position of one of the tape rolls in the cassette at two points on opposite sides of the roll and drives a counter in proportion to changes in the distance between the points. This virtually immunizes the mechanism from false counts due to lateral shifting of the tape reels in the cassette housing during handling of the cassette of a cassette playing machine.

Abstract: A lock plate which comprises a plate body having protrusions, a shaft combined with and extending parallel to the plane of the plate body, and a torsion spring having a coiled portion engaged with the shaft is incorporated in the cassette case body of a video cassette in order to allow a guard panel to be locked in a closed position. The guard panel is mounted on a surface of the cassette case body, along which surface the magnetic tape slides. An apparatus for incorporating a lock plate in a video cassette comprises a plate holding device which holds the lock plate in an inclined orientation so that the surface of the plate body, on which surface the protrusions are formed, faces down obliquely and so that the shaft extends horizontally above the plate body. A fitting device grasps the lock plate held by the plate holding device, moves it linearly while keeping it in the inclined orientation, and thereby fits it into the cassette case body.

Abstract: A composite type magnetic head assembly for recording and/or reproducing an information signal on and from a magnetic tape transported in a predetermined direction comprises a plurality of magnetic heads aligned in the predetermined direction with a predetermined separation, each of the magnetic heads carrying a plurality of magnetic cores aligned generally perpendicularly to the predetermined direction, deformable connection member provided substantially in coincidence with a center line passing in the predetermined direction through a central part of the plurality of magnetic cores on each of the plurality of magnetic heads for providing a fulcrum deformably connecting the plurality of magnetic heads each other, and adjusting member provided so as to engage with a pair of neighboring magnetic heads for modifying the predetermined separation.