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Tape handling apparatus
Assignee: Decca Ltd
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Filing: 1963-07-15
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Granted: 1966-07-19
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Expires: 1983-07-15
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Sharpe Terence Clifford
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 17:05
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B15/00; G11B15/56
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
204 words
TAPE HANDLING APPARATUS COMPRISING A SCRAMBLE BIN FORMED OF TWO PARALLEL SHEETS OF TRANSPARENT MATERIAL BETWEEN WHICH THE TAPE IS SCRAMBLED, AND A CONNECTING WALL, THE SHEETS OF TRANSPARENT MATERIAL BEING SPACED APART A DISTANCE SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE WIDTH OF THE TAPE BY SAID WALL, A LIGHT SOURCE AND A DIFFUSING SCREEN ON ONE SIDE OF THE SCRAMBLE BIN AND A SENSING PHOTOCELL SYSTEM ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BIN, THE LIGHT SOURCE AND DIFFUSING SCREEN BEING ARRANGED SO THAT LIGHT PASSES THROUGH THE BIN IN MANY DIRECTIONS,A MONITOR PHOTO-CELL SYSTEM ADJACENT THE LIGHT SOURCE, CIRCUIT MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE OUTPUT OF SAID SENSING PHOTO-CELL SYSTEM AND THE OUTPUT OF THE MONITOR PHOTO-CELL SYSTEM TO EQUALITY WHEN THE BIN CONTAINS A PREDETERMINED QUANTITY OF TAPE, AND A PAIR OF TRIGGER CIRCUIT RESPONSIVE TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE OUTPUTS OF THE TWO PHOTO-CELL SYSTEMS, ONE TRIGGER CIRCUIT BEING ARRANGED TO OPERATE WHEN THE OUTPUT FROM THE SENSING PHOTO-CELL SYSTEM FALLS A PREDETERMINED AMOUNT BELOW THE OUTPUT FROM THE MONITOR PHOTO-CELL SYSTEM AND THE OTHER TRIGGER CIRCUIT BEING ARRANGED TO OPERATE WHEN THE OUTPUT FROM THE SENSING PHOTO-CELL SYSTEM RISES BY A DIFFERENT SMALLER PREDETERMINED AMOUNT ABOVE THE OUTPUT OF THE MONITOR PHOTO-CELL SYSTEM.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
204 words
TAPE HANDLING APPARATUS COMPRISING A SCRAMBLE BIN FORMED OF TWO PARALLEL SHEETS OF TRANSPARENT MATERIAL BETWEEN WHICH THE TAPE IS SCRAMBLED, AND A CONNECTING WALL, THE SHEETS OF TRANSPARENT MATERIAL BEING SPACED APART A DISTANCE SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE WIDTH OF THE TAPE BY SAID WALL, A LIGHT SOURCE AND A DIFFUSING SCREEN ON ONE SIDE OF THE SCRAMBLE BIN AND A SENSING PHOTOCELL SYSTEM ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BIN, THE LIGHT SOURCE AND DIFFUSING SCREEN BEING ARRANGED SO THAT LIGHT PASSES THROUGH THE BIN IN MANY DIRECTIONS,A MONITOR PHOTO-CELL SYSTEM ADJACENT THE LIGHT SOURCE, CIRCUIT MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE OUTPUT OF SAID SENSING PHOTO-CELL SYSTEM AND THE OUTPUT OF THE MONITOR PHOTO-CELL SYSTEM TO EQUALITY WHEN THE BIN CONTAINS A PREDETERMINED QUANTITY OF TAPE, AND A PAIR OF TRIGGER CIRCUIT RESPONSIVE TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE OUTPUTS OF THE TWO PHOTO-CELL SYSTEMS, ONE TRIGGER CIRCUIT BEING ARRANGED TO OPERATE WHEN THE OUTPUT FROM THE SENSING PHOTO-CELL SYSTEM FALLS A PREDETERMINED AMOUNT BELOW THE OUTPUT FROM THE MONITOR PHOTO-CELL SYSTEM AND THE OTHER TRIGGER CIRCUIT BEING ARRANGED TO OPERATE WHEN THE OUTPUT FROM THE SENSING PHOTO-CELL SYSTEM RISES BY A DIFFERENT SMALLER PREDETERMINED AMOUNT ABOVE THE OUTPUT OF THE MONITOR PHOTO-CELL SYSTEM.
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