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AssigneeMulti-Video, Inc.
InventorsMario W. Espin, Helen P. Espin, Thomas P. Senn, Harry M. Joyner, Jr.
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Apparatus for inspection and repair of recording tape cassettes, particularly videotape cassettes, includes a base having a recess for stationarily receiving the cassette housing and an adjacent channel for receiving and maintaining the tape cover in open dispostion, and a tape advance mechanism having a pair of drive hubs engageable with the tape reels and a clutch release pin simultaneously engageable with the cassette's clutch mechanism to permit manual advance of the tape in either forward or reverse directions. A pair of spindles are mounted on the base in spaced relation to permit a medial extent of the tape to be withdrawn and trained sequentially about the spindles to maintain a portion of the tape transiently exposed for visual inspection during manual advance of the tape. The apparatus is particularly suited for locating and correcting twists, wrinkles, tears, cuts, etc. in the tape of the cassette.
Apparatus for performing inspection and repair of recording tape cassettes of the type having a cassette housing, a pair of tape reels rotatably mounted within the housing, and a length of recording tape wound about the reels with one tape end attached to one reel and the other tape end attached to the other reel for traveling movement of the tape between the reels, said apparatus comprising a base for supporting the housing of a cassette stationarily during inspection and repair procedures, means for selectively actuating rotation of the reels of the supported cassette to cause the tape to travel between the reels, and at least one spindle mounted on said base to permit a medial extent of the tape from the cassette housing to be withdrawn and trained about the spindle to transiently expose a portion of the tape for inspection during traveling movement of the tape controlled by said actuating means, said spindle being particularly adapted for locating and correcting a twist in the tape which is characterized by a pair of twisted tape areas spaced along the length of the tape, said spindle permitting one twisted tape area to be positioned and maintained along the exposed tape portion during traveling movement of the tape until the other twisted tape area is located and the twist may then be corrected.
Apparatus for performing inspection and repair of recording tape cassettes of the type having a cassette housing, a pair of tape reels rotatably mounted within the housing and exposed at one side thereof, and a length of recording tape would about the reels with one tape end attached to one reel and the other tape end attached to the other reel for traveling movement of the tape between the reels, said apparatus comprising a base for supporting the housing of a cassette stationarily during inspection and repair procedures and means for selectively actuating rotation of the reels of the supported cassette to cause the tape to travel between the reels, said actuating means including a body, a pair of hubs rotatably mounted to the body for driving engagement repectively with the reels at the one side of the cassette housing, and crank means for selectively actuating driving rotation of one said hub for causing rotation of the reels and attendant traveling movement of the tape for inspection and repair thereof.
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