Magnetic tape recording and/or reproducing apparatus
CA 1110357 A · Owner: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. · Inventors: Sasaki, Toshiharu; Urata, Yoshihito; Tatekawa, Masaichiro
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A magnetic tape recording and/or reproducing apparatus having two electric motors, one of which is a capstan driving motor and the other is a reel driving motor. A tape drive capstan is directly driven by the capstan driving motor without any belts, and transports magnetic tape at a constant velocity by co-action with a pinch roller during recording or reproducing of the magnetic tape. The apparatus has two tape winding reels and the magnetic tape is wound up by either of the two tape winding reels according to the direction in which the magnetic tape is required to be transported. Each of the two tape winding reels is respectively rotated through idle wheels by the reel driving motor, …
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- Granted October 6, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 6, 1998.
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