Reeling system for recording tape

Claim 1

A RECORDING TAPE HANDLING APPARATUS COMPRISING A FRAME, FIRST AND SECOND STORAGE REELS ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME, FIRST AND SECOND REEL DRIVE MOTORS CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND REELS RESPECTIVELY, A TRANSDUCER ATTACHED TO SAID FRAME AND OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH A PORTION OF SAID TAPE EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID REELS, A CAPSTAN FOR RAPIDLY STARTING, STOPPING AND REVERSING THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF SAID TAPE ACROSS SAID TRANSDUCER, A FIRST STORAGE MEANS YIELDABLY ATTACHED TO SAID FRAME FOR MOVEMENT ALONG A VERTICAL AXIS, SAID FIRST STORAGE MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A QUANTITY OF UNWOUND TAPE EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID FIRST REEL AND SAID CAPSTAN, A FIRST SENSING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST STORAGE MEANS AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST DRIVE MOTOR FOR SENSING THE WEIGHT OF SAID FIRST STORAGE MEANS AND THE TAPE CONTAINED THEREIN, A FIRST CONTROL MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF SAID FIRST DRIVE MOTOR IN RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN THE WEIGHT OF SAID FIRST STORAGE MEANS, A SECOND STORAGE MEANS YIELDABLY ATTACHED TO SAID FRAME FOR MOVEMENT ALONG A VERTICAL AXIS, SAID SECOND STORAGE MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A QUANTITY OF UNWOUND TAPE EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID SECOND REEL AND SAID CAPSTAN, A SECOND SENSING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND STORAGE MEANS AND SAID DRIVE MOTOR FOR SENSING THE WEIGHT OF SAID SECOND STORAGE MEANS, AND A SECOND CONTROL MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF SAID SECOND DRIVE MOTOR IN RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN THE WEIGHT OF SAID SECOND STORAGE MEANS.