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7417713 Optical disc with a theft deterrent coating  
An optical disc used for storing content includes a theft control area selected to render the disc unreadable. The disc must be exposed to radiation of a specific wavelength before it can be read...
7412153 Information recording device and method, and information recording system  
In recording information, an SMPTE 339M-defined UMID buried in video and audio material signals to be recorded to a magnetic tape ( 30 ) or a UMID generated from information other than the material...
7342742 Magnetic recording and reproduction apparatus  
A magnetic recording and reproduction apparatus includes a rotatable head cylinder for recording information to, and/or reproducing information from, a magnetic tape; a tape pull-out member for...
7260884 Method of manufacturing a drum assembly associated with video tape machine  
A method of manufacturing a drum assembly associated with a digital betacam video tape machine is disclosed. The method includes providing a helical scan drum assembly having a stationary upper...
7096187 Compressed audio information  
Compressed entertainment content such as audio or video or both includes additional aspects and operations associated their way. The compressed audio may be used to signal computers such as a...
7054100 Magnetic tape recording/reproducing device and magnetic tape recording/reproducing system  
The present invention is to provide a magnetic tape recording/reproducing device capable of accurately positioning a magnetic tape relative to a magnetic head to thereby improve...
7031088 Apparatus and method for detecting an abnormality in a recorded signal  
An apparatus for detecting an abnormality of a recorded signal of a recorder/player includes a plurality of recording/reproducing heads for recording/reproducing a signal onto/from a medium, and a...
7002777 Tape drive head with lower core layer side inclined at angle equal to or greater than azimuth angle and aligned with upper core layer edge  
A thin film magnetic head, in which: a magnetic gap thereof is disposed slantingly relative to a direction orthogonal to a scanning direction of the head corresponding to an azimuth angle; an upper...
6819529 Head drum device with carbon-containing synthetic resin upper drum and larger diameter intermediate drum  
A head drum device of the present invention prevents a magnetic tape ( 2 ) from clinging to the head drum device ( 3 ) due to electrostatic charge by using a carbon-containing synthetic resin as...
6751057 Magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus and rotary head drum device  
A guide plate is provided along the respective outer periphery of rotary and fixed drums on the upstream side relative to an inlet portion where a magnetic tape starts making contact with a...
6680808 Magnetic millipede for ultra high density magnetic storage  
The present invention relates to computer storage systems which have a tip ( 24 ) directed close or in contact to the storage medium ( 10 ) by which bit-writing and bit-reading is enforced. It is...
6661601 Cabinet structure for a magnetic tape recorder  
Disclosed is a cabinet structure for a magnetic tape recorder having a rear-and-bottom structure to which a deck of the magnetic tape recorder is to be fixed. At least selected part or parts or the...
6563664 Magnetic signal recording and reproducing apparatus and magnetic signal recording and reproducing method  
There are provided an approximately cylindrical rotary drum, a magnetic field applying means and a magnetic field detecting means that are mounted on the rotary drum, signal processing means, and a...
6515833 Rotating drum assembly and magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus having a tape-contact piece  
A rotating drum assembly, and a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus including the rotating drum assembly, are provided. The rotating drum assembly comprises a cylindrical rotating drum; a...
6411465 Rotary head drum assembly with upper, lower and inner drums with cylindrical surfaces of differing outward radial position  
A rotary head in which the tape running load is decreased by setting the tape path cylindrical surface of an upper drum ( 12 ) in a range of winding of a tape ( 31 ) at an inner side relative to...
6356416 Assembly comprising at least one embedded chip with magnetic head(s)  
An assembly including at least one chip with an embedded magnetic head. A base and/or a cover includes at least partially a housing in which the at least one chip is embedded. Such an assembly may...
6313965 Chassis for mounting a mechanism such as a video cassette recorder  
A mechanism chassis 1 comprises a polygonal flat plate portion 11 for arranging a plurality of mechanisms on a surface of thereof, and a plurality of side plate portions 12, 13, 14, 15 bent from...
6304410 Helical scanning magnetic recording/playback device having multiple pairs of playback heads and recording heads  
Two playback heads A1 and A2 having the same azimuth θ and having a track width W 11 equivalent to about 1.5 times the track width W 2 of the recording head are paired to form a pair of heads....
6172840 Magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus including a rotary head cylinder and both vertical and inclined guides for winding a magnetic tape about the rotary head cylinder  
An apparatus of the present invention is a magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus for pulling out a magnetic tape from a tape cassette and winding the magnetic tape around a rotary head...
6125001 Method and apparatus for recording digital signal and drum unit for recording FM audio signal and digital signal  
A digital signal recording method of the present invention for recording data divided into at least two segments in a recording track on a magnetic tape with a magnetic head mounted onto a...
6115218 Tape support system for arcuate scan rotating head  
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for engaging a magnetic tape with a transducer at a read/write zone for achieving consistent head-to-tape coupling throughout the intended...
6091588 Magnetic tape recorder having a capacitive coupling device in the form of fixed and mobile rings or ring segments  
A magnetic tape recorder/reader including several magnetic heads (30-45) driven in a rotary movement at the periphery of an equatorial slot (4) of a cylindrical drum (1) on the surface of which...
6078464 Drum base on which a drum of a magnetic tape recorder is mounted  
A drum base according to he invention, on which a drum of a magnetic tape recorder is mounted, comprises a substantially annular frame having a fixing surface to which the drum is fixed; at least...
6038098 Rotary head apparatus with magnetic heads having respective gaps at azimuth angles which are not substantially equal to each other  
Information signals are recorded on a magnetic tape in parallel tracks that are oriented at an angle from the direction of magnetic orientation of the magnetic tape. Two magnetic heads which...
6018442 Recording and/or reproducing apparatus having rotary scanning drum supported by a bearing having contacting bearing surfaces which provide electrical grounding  
An apparatus having a read/write head for reading and/or writing information on an information carrier which may be in the form of a tape or disc. The head is mounted on a drum which is supported...
6015627 Magnetic head drum and method of manufacturing same  
A head drum for supporting a magnetic head for magnetically recording information on and reproducing information from a magnetic tape includes an inner body of an aluminum alloy, and a...
6014286 Magnetic head having a die-molded conductive resin head base  
A magnetic head has a head chip comprising a magnetic substance. A die-molded head base is formed from a conductive resin material, and the head base has a housing envelope for the head chip formed...
5949621 Magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus having double tilting member for dynamic tracking  
The magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus of the present invention performs a fast forward reproduction, a fast backward reproduction, a still picture reproduction and the time-lapse recording....
5949620 Magnetic head drum assembly  
Featured is a magnetic drum assembly including a rotary drum supporting a magnetic head for recording/reproducing information on a magnetic tape and a stationary drum secured to a base of a...
5883751 Magnetic tape recording and reproducing apparatus preventing axial vibration of rotary head cylinder  
A magnetic tape recording and reproducing apparatus prevents vibration caused by rotation of a rotary drum constituting a rotary head cylinder. The magnetic tape recording and reproducing apparatus...
5870257 Head drum assembly for use in a digital video cassette recorder  
A head drum assembly for use in a digital video cassette recorder includes a miniaturized transformer which has a rotor piece provided with a groove and a stator piece provided with an identical...
5867349 Drum with fitting lugs for positioning and attaching to a deck  
Deck and drum for a tape playback and/or recorder machines in which the assembly of deck and drum is made by way of lugs 19 of the drum cooperating with catch 14 of the deck. With such an...
RE36016 Disc storage device having an integrated driving system  
The present invention relates to an integrated driving system for signal-processing devices, especially video devices (recorders), and other, preferably magnetic pulse recording devices, wherein...
5844745 Magnetic head assembly having two heads with the magnetic layer of one head angled between 80° to 100° relative to the gap of the other head  
A magnetic head assembly having two heads with the magnetic layer of one angled between 80 to 100° of the gap of the other, and method and apparatus using same. The angle formed on a magnetic tape...
5835301 Multi-track helical scanning system  
A head drum, as a first embodiment, for scanning a magnetic tape guided at an angle (θ D ) to the head drum assembly includes 2N number of video heads being divided into a first and a second...
5831796 Apparatus for fixing a head cylinder  
An apparatus for fixing a head cylinder provided with a magnetic head to a deck base. The apparatus has a flange portion provided on a lower portion of the head cylinder; contacting portions...
5796559 Signal transmitting device with an optical coupler for use in a head drum assembly  
A signal transmitting device for use in a head drum assembly includes a fixed shaft, a rotary drum rotatably mounted around the fixed shaft, at least two magnetic heads arranged on and attached to...
5793561 Rotary drum assembly having dynamic-pressure generating mechanism between rotary shaft and bearing  
A rotary drum assembly is arranged so that upper and lower drums can rotate about a central shaft with respect to each other via a dynamic-pressure bearing. In the rotary drum assembly, the central...
5790350 Head drum assembly for a VCR with a shaft including a vertical groove and a slanted groove  
Disclosed is a head drum assembly for a VCR having a simple structure and high reliability. Provided is a shaft including a vertical groove extending from an upper portion to a lower portion of the...
5781372 Axial resonance attenuating apparatus for rotation drum apparatus having flexible rod-shaped linking members  
An axial resonance attenuating apparatus is formed by a disk-shaped attaching member, which is attached to a rotation shaft of a rotation drum apparatus or one of mass objects which are fixed to...
5777818 Magnetic head position detecting apparatus of tape recorder  
A magnetic head position detecting apparatus of a tape recorder, which sharply reduces assembly error and which has a simple structure, is provided. The magnetic head position detecting apparatus...
5770908 Motor having variable air gap  
An air gap varying motor includes a base, a rotation body, a motor rotor, a motor stator which is fixed in the base, and has an inner surface for contacting and supporting the motor rotor to enable...
5768046 VCR head drum coated with diamond-like hard carbon films and the method and apparatus for manufacturing the same  
A head drum is coated with double films, each having different characteristics, by forming a first diamond-like hard carbon film of high degree of hardness and then forming a second diamond-like...
5734530 Head drum assembly incorporating therein parts coated with diamond-like carbon  
A head drum assembly for use in a VCR includes a rotating shaft with a diamond-like carbon ("DLC") coating; a rotary drum fitted tightly around the rotating shaft; a stationary drum, fitting around...
5726826 Capstanless helical drive system  
A capstanless helical scan recording system (14) comprises a supply reel (24); a take-up reel (26); and a media transport path (20) extending from the supply reel to the take-up reel. A drum (30)...
5719724 Rotary head apparatus for recording and/or reproducing an information track to/from a magnetic tape having predetermined orientation characteristics to prevent unbalance of performance between the channel  
A rotary head apparatus for recording and/or reproducing an information track to/from a magnetic tape having predetermined orientation characteristics is constructed by: a first magnetic head...
5719723 Head drum assembly for rotating a rotary drum by generating a load bearing air layer  
A head drum assembly for use in a VCR includes a rotary drum, a stationary drum, a motor assembly, and a plurality of piezoelectric bearings. The novel head drum assembly allows smooth rotation by...
5715112 Apparatus for adjusting a gap between transformers in a tape recorder  
The head drum assembly for use in a tape recorder comprises a rotating shaft divided arbitrarily into an upper and a lower parts, a rotary drum pressed in and fixed to the upper part of the...
5682283 Rotary head apparatus having short distance between magnetic heads and rotary transformer  
A rotary head apparatus including a circuit board with an optimum and shortest distance between magnetic heads of the rotary head apparatus and a rotary transformer thereof. The members used in the...
5666245 Head drum assembly provided with an amplifier therein  
A head drum assembly for use in a video cassette recorder ("VCR") includes a rotary drum, a stationary drum, a rotary transformer including a rotor and a stator transformers, and an amplifier. The...