Apparatus for magnetically recording and/or reproducing video signals and which has a still motion reproducing mode of operation
CA 1047639 A · Owner: Sony Corporation · Inventors: Iwata, Hirokimi; Chimura, Toshihiko
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In an apparatus in which a magnetic tape extends between supply and take-up tape reels in a helical path about at least a portion of the periphery of a guide drum having one or more rotary magnetic heads a capstan and a, pinch roller drive the tape longitudinally during recording and normal reproducing operations, so that video signals are recorded and normally reproduced from parallel tracks extending obliquely across the tape. For a still motion reproducing operation, the pinch roller is moved away from the capstan and a brake applied to a tape reel to halt the driven movement of the tape and thereby permit the heads to scan and reproduce the signals recorded in one of the oblique tracks …
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- Granted January 30, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 30, 1996.
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