Multi-gap magnetic head

Claim 1

A TRANSDUCER SYSTEM COMPRISING (A) A RECORD MEDIUM HAVING A SIGNAL TRACK EXTENDING IN A LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION THEREALONG AND HAVING A PERIODICALLY RECURRING SIGNAL RECORDED ALONG SAID TRACK OF RECORDED WAVELENGTH$, (B) TRANSDUCER HEAD MEANS COUPLED TO SAID SIGNAL TRACK FOR SCANNING OF SAID RECORDED SIGNAL AND COMPRISING A SERIES OF POLES SUCCESSIVELY SPACED ALONG SAID SIGNAL TRACK AND DEFINING A SERIES OF GAPS OF LONGITUDINALLY OF THE HEAD MEANS TO A SERIES OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED REGIONS OF SAID SIGNAL TRACK SIMULTANEOUSLY, SAID GAPS HAVING A SPACING THEREBETWEEN EQUAL TO M$/2 WHERE M IS AN INTEGER, (C) MEANS COUPLED TO SAID TRANSDUCER HEAD MEANS AND SIMULTANEOUSLY RESPONSIVE TO THE SIGNAL FLUXES FROM THE RECORD MEDIUM AT EACH OF SAID GAPS FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTRIC OUTPUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SIGNAL FLUXES FROM THE REGIONS OF SAID SIGNAL TRACK INSTANTANEOUSLY COUPLED TO SAID HEAD NAMES.