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Apparatus for variably selecting the capacity of a recording medium in a recording system

CA 1075163 A · Owner: Dictaphone Corporation (Delaware) · Inventors: Sander, Willy M.

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Apparatus is provided for use in a recording system wherein messages are recorded on a recording medium of fixed length to, variably select the recording capacity of the medium. An operatorcontrolled selector permits an operator to establish a preselected capacity which is equal to or less than the total capacity of the medium. Signals are produced when messages are recorded and a, counter counts these signals, thereby accumulating an indication of the amount of recording medium that has messages recorded thereon. In one embodiment, the signals that are counted are representative of incremental, lengths of the recording medium so that the accumulated indication in the counter represents the …

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  • Granted April 8, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 8, 1997.
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GrantedApril 8, 1980
Term endedApril 8, 1997
Patent numberCA 1075163 A
Classification (IPC)G11B15/06 +2 more

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