Index marking for a cassette magazine apparatus
AssigneeU.S. Philips Corporation
InventorsFriedrich Louzil, Gerhard Habelt, Gustav Mrazek
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Abstract
An indexing device for a recording and/or playback apparatus for tape recording cassettes arranged in a magazine, for selective recording or playback of portions of a selected cassette. The cassette magazine has at least one compartment for insertion of an index strip section, the section being exposed through a window in a peripheral surface of the magazine. The magazine is so arranged that the strip mark device has the same start position for any selected cassette.
Claims6
An improved recording and/or playback apparatus for record carriers accommodated in tape cassettes, comprising a magazine having a plurality of chambers for accommodating cassettes containing record carrier tapes, means for positioning said magazine to align a selected chamber for scanning, and means for scanning a track on the tape of the cassette associated with the selected chamber, wherein the improvement comprises:
- an index strip having a respective plurality of index strip sections, one section associated with each cassette,
- means for holding said strip on the magazine, each section being aligned at a location on the magazine associated with the respective cassette,
- a strip mark device for marking or sensing marks at a point along a section,
- mounting means for holding the said strip mark device at a starting position associated with the location of the section associated with a selected cassette, and
- means, responsive to operation of said scanning means, for moving said strip mark device past said associated strip section in synchronism with scanning of a track on the carrier of the selected cassette.
An improved recording and/or playback apparatus for record carriers accommodated in tape cassettes, comprising a magazine having a plurality of chambers for accommodating cassettes containing record carrier tapes, means for positioning said magazine to align a selected chamber for scanning, and means for scanning a track on the tape of the cassette associated with the selected chamber, wherein the improvement comprises:
- a respective plurality of index strip sections, one section associated with each cassette chamber,
- means for removably receiving and holding said strip sections in the magazine, each section being aligned at a location on the magazine associated with the respective cassette, said receiving and holding means comprising a respective plurality of compartments, one individual compartment in said magazine being associated with each chamber, said compartments being disposed adjacent each other directly at a peripheral surface of the magazine,
- a strip mark device for making or indicating marks at a point along a section,
- mounting means for holding said strip mark device at a starting position, said magazine being so arranged that the strip section associated with a selected cassette chamber is aligned with said starting position, and
- means responsive to operation of said scanning means for moving said strip mark device past said associated strip section in synchronism with scanning of a track on the carrier of the selected cassette.
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