Automatic recorder-reproducer systems

Claim 1

IN TAPE RECORDER-REPRODUCER APPARATUS HAVING A POWER-DRIVEN CAPSTAN ROLLER AND ASSOCIATED GUIDE MEANS FOR DIRECTING A RECORDING TAPE FROM A FEED REEL PAST A ROTATING TRANSDUCER HEAD TO A TAKE-UP REEL, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A NORMAL CAPSTAN DRIVE INCLUDING MOTOR MEANS FOR ROTATABLY DRIVING SAID TRANSDUCER HEAD AND FOR DRIVING SAID CAPSTAN AT A PREDETERMINED SPEED THROUGH AN INCREMENTAL CLUTCH, TAPE REPOSITIONING MEANS FOR OVERRIDING SAID NORMAL CAPSTAN DRIVE THROUGH SAID INCREMENTAL CLUTCH AND FOR DRIVING SAID CAPSTAN AT A HIGHER SPEED THAN SAID PREDETERMINED SPEED, A MOVABLE AND DISENGAGEABLE TAPE SHOE POSITIONED TO URGE SAID TAPE INTO RESILIENT CONTACT WITH SAID TRANSDUCER HEAD, DISENGAGING MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING SAID SHOE FROM SAID TAPE, AND AUTOMATIC MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID DISENGAGING MEANS DURING THE OPERATION OF SAID REPOSITIONING MEANS, WHEREBY SAID TAPE MAY BE FREELY REPOSITIONED FOR RECORDING OR REPRODUCING SELECTED ITEMS OF INTELLIGENCE.