Abstract: A complex magnetic transducer head with a single magnetic pole includes a recording and reproducing main magnetic pole made of a thin film of soft magnetic material with a predetermined width and in contact with a magnetic recording medium. A non-magnetic guard member is adjacent each side of the recording and reproducing main magnetic pole and a magnetic core portion is integrated with each guard member. Grooves are formed in the magnetic core portion for separating a first auxiliary magnetic pole portion in contact with the recording and reproducing main magnetic pole from a magnetic flux return path portion. The winding is wound around the recording reproducing main magnetic pole through the grooves.

Abstract: An improved alloy used in the form of an amorphous soft magnetic thin film having a desirable combination of saturation magnetic flux density and saturation magnetostriction constant, the alloy having the compositional formula:Co.sub.x Zr.sub.y Pd.sub.zwherein:0.85.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.0.940.04.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.0.070.01.ltoreq.z.ltoreq.0.10.

Abstract: Magnetic transducer head for perpendicular mode recording is disclosed which comprises a main magnetic pole made of a thin film of soft magnetic material and a pair of guard blocks bonded to the main magnetic pole as a unitary body so as to grip the main magnetic pole from both sides thereof, wherein the guard blocks are each formed of a nonmagnetic material portion extended from a magnetic record medium contact surface to a predetermined position and a magnetic material portion, grooves are formed on bonded boundary surfaces between the nonmagnetic material portions and the magnetic material portions, the grooves for separating auxiliary magnetic pole portions magnetically connected to the main magnetic pole to become auxiliary magnetic poles of a predetermined width from return path portions which become return path of magnetic fluxes from the main magnetic pole, boundary surfaces between the nonmagnetic material portions and the magnetic material portions come apart (diverge away) from the magnetic record

Abstract: An improved amorphous soft magnetic material particularly useful as a thin film for a magnetic recording and reproducing head. The amorphous material has the formula:Co.sub.1-x-y Hf.sub.x Pd.sub.ywherex is in the range from 0.04 to 0.08 andy is in the range from 0.005 to 0.15.The thin film is characterized by a high saturation magnetic flux density and a low saturation magnetostriction constant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an erasing head for a magnetic recording apparatus using a static magnetic field. The erasing head consists of a plurality of magnetic poles having surfaces which confront the recording tape. The first and second poles have polarities opposite to each other. The first pole is arranged to engage a recording track along its full width and magnetizes it to a given polarity. The second pole is arranged to engage the upper half of the track and magnetize it to the opposite polarity. Each half track is magnetized to opposite polarities so that the distortion of output signals is reduced, when the signal is reproduced by a reproducing head engaging both half tracks.