Head positioning apparatus
CA 1205190 A · Owner: Sony Corporation · Inventors: Otsuka, Toru
Overview
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A head positioning apparatus for an HVTR has two rotary heads mounted to a rotating drum by electrically deflectable bi-morph leaves. To trace tracks on the tape when the tape is played back at a speed different from that used to record it tracking correction signals are repeatedly applied to the bi-morph leaves to deflect the heads into position to trace the tracks properly. Residual deflection in the bi-morph leaves when the tracking correction signals terminate at the end of each trace, is removed by a hysteresis-erasing signal that flexes the bi-morph leaf back and forth. The polarity of the hysteresis-erasing signal depends on whether the tape on playback is running faster or slower …
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- Granted May 27, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 27, 2003.
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