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US3293655A
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System for transferring data from a storage medium to a record medium
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-12-24
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Granted: 1966-12-20
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Expires: 1984-12-24
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Joseph T Mcnaney
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 13:47
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41B; B41B21/00; B41B21/16
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
297 words
A SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING DATA FROM A STORAGE MEDIUM TO A RECORD MEDIUM INCLUDING: (A) A STORAGE MEDIUM CONTAINING FIRST AND SECOND GROUPS OF RECORDATIONS OF CODED DATA; (B) DETECTION MEANS ADJACENT SAID STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CONVERTING SAID GROUPS TO CORRESPONDING DATA DISPLAY CONTROL SIGNALS UPON THE MOVEMENT OF SAID STORAGE MEDIUM IN RELATION TO SAID DETECTION MEANS; (C) A LIGHT GENERATOR WITH MEANS FOR (1) COVERTING SIGNALS OF SAID FIRST GROUP INTO A FIRST SERIES OF CORRESPONDING CHARACTER SHAPED LIGHT BEAMS AND DIRECTING SAID FIRST SERIES ALONG A FIRST OPTICAL PATH, AND (2) CONVERTING SIGNALS OF SAID SECOND GROUP INTO A SECOND SERIES OF CORRESPONDING CHARACTER SHAPED LIGHT BEAMS AND DIRECTING SAID SECOND SERIES ALONG A SECOND OPTICAL PATH; (D) A RECORD MEDIUM PRESENTING A LIGHT SENSITIVE RECORDING SURFACE; (E) FIRST LIGHT REFLECTIVE MEANS FOR INTERCEPTING SAID FIRST SERIES AND DIRECTING AN INTITIAL BEAM THEREOF TO A REFERENCE POINT ADJACENT, AND TO ONE SIDE OF, SAID RECORDING SURFACE; (F) SECOND LIGHT REFLECTIVE MEANS FOR INTERCEPTING SAID SECOND SERIES AND DIRECTING AN INITIAL BEAM THEREOF TO SAID REFERENCE POINT; (G) MEANS FOR (1) CHANGING THE ANGULAR POSITION OF SAID FIRST REFLECTIVE MEANS IN SYNCHRONISM, AND COINCIDENT, WITH SAID MOVEMENT OF THE FIRST GROUP IN RELATION TO SAID DETECTION MEANS, AND (2) REDIRECTING SAID FIRST SERIES OF BEAMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SAID REFERENCE POINT TO A PREDETERMINED POINT ADJACENT, AND ON AN OPPOSITE SIDE OF, SAID RECORDING SURFACE; (H) MEANS FOR (1) CHANGING THE ANGULAR POSITION OF SAID SECOND REFLECTIVE MEANS IN SYNCHRONISM, AND COINCIDENT, WITH SAID MOVEMENT OF THE SECOND GROUP IN RELATION TO SAID DETECTION MEANS, AND (2) REDIRECTING SAID SECOND SERIES OF BEAMS ALONG SAID LINE AND TOWARD SAID PREDETERMINED POINT; AND (I)D SAID FIRST AND SECOND SERIES OF BEAMS INTERSECTING SAID LINE.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
297 words
A SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING DATA FROM A STORAGE MEDIUM TO A RECORD MEDIUM INCLUDING: (A) A STORAGE MEDIUM CONTAINING FIRST AND SECOND GROUPS OF RECORDATIONS OF CODED DATA; (B) DETECTION MEANS ADJACENT SAID STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CONVERTING SAID GROUPS TO CORRESPONDING DATA DISPLAY CONTROL SIGNALS UPON THE MOVEMENT OF SAID STORAGE MEDIUM IN RELATION TO SAID DETECTION MEANS; (C) A LIGHT GENERATOR WITH MEANS FOR (1) COVERTING SIGNALS OF SAID FIRST GROUP INTO A FIRST SERIES OF CORRESPONDING CHARACTER SHAPED LIGHT BEAMS AND DIRECTING SAID FIRST SERIES ALONG A FIRST OPTICAL PATH, AND (2) CONVERTING SIGNALS OF SAID SECOND GROUP INTO A SECOND SERIES OF CORRESPONDING CHARACTER SHAPED LIGHT BEAMS AND DIRECTING SAID SECOND SERIES ALONG A SECOND OPTICAL PATH; (D) A RECORD MEDIUM PRESENTING A LIGHT SENSITIVE RECORDING SURFACE; (E) FIRST LIGHT REFLECTIVE MEANS FOR INTERCEPTING SAID FIRST SERIES AND DIRECTING AN INTITIAL BEAM THEREOF TO A REFERENCE POINT ADJACENT, AND TO ONE SIDE OF, SAID RECORDING SURFACE; (F) SECOND LIGHT REFLECTIVE MEANS FOR INTERCEPTING SAID SECOND SERIES AND DIRECTING AN INITIAL BEAM THEREOF TO SAID REFERENCE POINT; (G) MEANS FOR (1) CHANGING THE ANGULAR POSITION OF SAID FIRST REFLECTIVE MEANS IN SYNCHRONISM, AND COINCIDENT, WITH SAID MOVEMENT OF THE FIRST GROUP IN RELATION TO SAID DETECTION MEANS, AND (2) REDIRECTING SAID FIRST SERIES OF BEAMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SAID REFERENCE POINT TO A PREDETERMINED POINT ADJACENT, AND ON AN OPPOSITE SIDE OF, SAID RECORDING SURFACE; (H) MEANS FOR (1) CHANGING THE ANGULAR POSITION OF SAID SECOND REFLECTIVE MEANS IN SYNCHRONISM, AND COINCIDENT, WITH SAID MOVEMENT OF THE SECOND GROUP IN RELATION TO SAID DETECTION MEANS, AND (2) REDIRECTING SAID SECOND SERIES OF BEAMS ALONG SAID LINE AND TOWARD SAID PREDETERMINED POINT; AND (I)D SAID FIRST AND SECOND SERIES OF BEAMS INTERSECTING SAID LINE.
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