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  3. /G11 · Information storage
  4. /G11B · Information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer
  5. /G11B 15/00 · Driving, starting or stopping record carriers of filamentary or web form
  6. /G11B 15/56 · The record carrier having reserve loop
  7. /G11B 15/58
G11B 15/58

With vacuum column

Official title: with vacuum column

G11B15/58 (With vacuum column) appears on 67 US grants and 1 published applications in this corpus.

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  1. GPhysics
  2. G11Information storage
  3. G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer
  4. G11B 15/00Driving, starting or stopping record carriers of filamentary or web form
  5. G11B 15/56The record carrier having reserve loop
  6. G11B 15/58With vacuum column
Granted patents
67
Published applications
1
Assignees
28
Inventors
92
Latest grant
5 Jul 2005

Filings by year

Granted patentsPublished applications
G11B 15/58: granted patents and published applications per publication year
YearGranted patentsPublished applications
1976110
197720
197820
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198060
198140
198260
198360
198430
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198610
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199210
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1976198619962005

By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.

Recent patents

  • Servo writer5 Jul 2005US 6,914,741 B2Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
  • Single deck dual tape path VCR system24 Nov 1998US 5,841,940 A
  • Vacuum box and method of operation for non-contact web transport therein8 Sep 1998US 5,803,392 AEastman Kodak Company
  • Free-traveling manipulator with optical feedback control and methods5 Nov 1996US 5,570,992 A
  • Series of images reproduced from addressable storage13 Feb 1996US 5,491,591 A
  • Servo writer22 Jul 2004US 2004/0141251 A1Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.

Most cited

By later US patents
  • Single deck dual tape path VCR system150US 5,479,302 A1995
  • Mechanism for damping tape vibrations in a magnetic tape recorder115US 4,825,317 ASiemens Aktiengesellschaft · 1989
  • Free-traveling manipulator with optical feedback control and methods75US 5,570,992 A1996
  • Automatic manipulator with reservoir and methods17US 5,281,079 A1994
  • Reel servo control system16US 4,065,074 ASperry Rand Corporation · 1977

Top assignees

Documents
  • STStorage Technology Corporation5
  • SWSangamo Weston, Inc.4
  • Siemens Aktiengesellschaft4
  • TCTelex Computer Products, Inc.4
  • AMAmerican Multimedia, Inc.3
  • Bell & Howell Company3
  • DDatatape Incorporated3
  • Eastman Kodak Company3
  • International Business Machines Corporation3
  • PIPotter Instrument Company, Inc.3

Often classified with

  • B65HHandling thin or filamentary material8
  • H04NPictorial communication4
  • G05BControl or regulating systems in general3
  • G06KGraphical data reading3
  • B23QDetails, components, or accessories for machine tools2
  • B25JManipulators2
  • G01BMeasuring length, thickness or similar linear dimensions2
  • G01DMeasuring not specially adapted for a specific variable2
  • G03BApparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them2
  • H03DDemodulation or transference of modulation from one carrier to another2

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