Patents by Inventor Rainer K. Zopfy

Rainer K. Zopfy has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for automatically loading tape cartridges with supply tape
    Patent number: 4332355
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for automatically loading tape cartridges with supply tape. By this invention one tape cartridge can be wound with supply tape while simultaneously a second tape cartridge is prepared for loading with supply tape. The invention also relates to a novel shift block assembly for supporting, aligning, cutting and splicing two separate lengths of tape simultaneously. In another aspect of the invention a novel feeding assembly for controllably feeding tape cartridges to the winding position of the apparatus is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1982
    Assignee: Raikon Research Corporation
    Inventors: Rainer K. Zopfy, Robert F. Nolan, Carl J. Stapf
  • Transferring information signals from a first to a second recording medium
    Patent number: 4320486
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for achieving improved efficiency and economy in the transfer of information signals from a first to a second recording medium utilizing an optical storage medium as an intermediate transfer medium. Information signals from a first recording medium are reproduced and recorded onto a second recording medium at speeds in the range of 2 to 200 times normal speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1982
    Assignee: Advanced Integrated Design, Incorporated
    Inventors: Leslie F. Cooley, Rainer K. Zopfy