# US 5,703,737 A · Magnetic recording reproduction apparatus with improved adjustment characteristics for audio-control head

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- Number: US 5,703,737 A
- Document ID: US5703737A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/558,181
- Filed: 1995-11-15
- Granted: 1997-12-30
- Earliest claimed: 1994-11-18
- Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Inventors: Noboru Katohno; Yoshihisa Tsurumi; Chikara Iwama
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5703737A

## CPC

- G11B 5/56: with provision for moving the head {support} for the purpose of adjusting the position of the head relative to the record carrier, e.g. manual adjustment for azimuth correction or track centering ({G11B5/52,} G11B5/54, G11B5/58 take precedence)
- G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R)

## Abstract

In a magnetic recording and reproduction apparatus, for simplifying the structure of a fixing device of an audio-control head and for decreasing the number of adjustment procedures, a synthetic resin part formed of a plate member is molded of a resin integrally with a shaft part extending in a through hole in a base and with a fixed part provided on the opposite surface of the base to the surface of the base on which the plate member is provided, so that the synthetic resin part can be rotated around the through hole; an audio-control head is provided on a head plate, which is pressed toward the base by a spring fitted on a spring fixing screw; and three adjustment screws include screw parts which support the head plate, and cylindrical parts which abut against the surface of the base through holes bored through the synthetic resin part. Positioning of the audio-control head in a moving direction of a magnetic tape is effected by an adjustment jig between a notch on the synthetic resin part and a projection part on the base. Two of the adjustment screws are located on a straight line passing the center of the through hole in the base and the center of a control head, which positions are on the front and rear sides of the control head. Mainly, the height of the audio-control head is adjusted by one of the adjustment screws, the inclination angle .theta. is adjusted by another adjustment screw, and the azimuth angle is adjusted by the other one.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A magnetic recording and reproduction apparatus which effects recording/reproduction of a magnetic tape by a magnetic head provided on a rotary cylinder and effects recording/reproduction of audio signals and control signals by an audio-control head mounted on a head plate at a position different from a position of said rotary cylinder, comprising a synthetic resin part provided on a member having a through hole and on which said rotary cylinder is mounted, said synthetic resin part being molded of a resin integrally with a shaft part formed in the through hole in said member and a fixed part on a bottom surface of said member which is a remote side from the head plate, and
an adjustment screw for height adjustment of the audio-control head, an adjustment screw for inclination angle adjustment of the audio-control head and an adjustment screw for azimuth angle adjustment of the audio-control head,
wherein each of the adjustment screws has a cylindrical part on a tip thereof and are driven in respective tapped holes formed in the head plate on which said audio-control head is mounted, said cylindrical parts of the adjustment screws being inserted in respective holes bored through said synthetic resin part, so as to abut the surface of said member such that said head plate is fixed to said synthetic resin part to move said head plate and said synthetic resin part together parallel to said member, and the adjustment of the position of the audio-control head with respect to a moving direction of the magnetic tape is effectable by rotating said synthetic resin part around said through hole.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A magnetic recording and reproduction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said adjustment screw for adjusting the height of the audio-control head and said adjustment screw for adjusting the inclination angle of the audio-control head are located a positions on a straight line passing the center of said through hole and the center of a control head in said audio-control head, each of which positions is on one of the front and rear sides of the audio-control head.