Track selection control means for magnetic signal recording and reproducing systems

Claim 1

A TRACK SELECTION MEANS FOR A MAGNETIC SIGNAL RECORDING SYSTEM, COMPRISING A HEAD ASSEMBLY INCLUDING MULTIPLE RECORDING HEADS AND MULTIPLE ASSOCIATED ERASE HEADS DISPOSED ON THE TRACKS OF A MULTIPLE TRACK TAPE FOR RECORDING AND ERASING SIGNALS, THREE INDIVIDUAL CONTROLS, SAID RECORDING HEADS AND SAID ERASE HEADS BEING CONNECTED TO THE THREE CONTROLS, THE FIRST CONTROL BEING A PLAY SELECTOR CONTROL HAVING MULTIPLE TRACK SELECTION POSITIONS, THE SECOND CONTROL BEING A STEREO SELECTOR CONTROL CONNECTED TO ONE POSITION OF SAID PLAY SELECTOR CONTROL AND HAVING MULTIPLE PREDETERMINED SEQUENCES OF STEREO TRACKS SELECTION POSITIONS, THE THIRD CONTROL BEING A SEQUENCE SELECTOR CONTROL CONNECTED TO THE OFF POSITION OF SAID STEREO SELECTOR CONTROL AND HAVING MULTIPLE PREDETERMINED SEQUENCES OF TRACKS SELECTION POSITIONS, SAID STEREO SELECTOR CONTROL BEING ACTIVATED WHEN THE PLAY SELECTOR CONTROL IS DISABLED, SAID SEQUENCE SELECTOR CONTROL BEING ACTIVATED WHEN THE PLAY SELECTOR CONTROL AND THE STEREO SELECTOR CONTROL ARE DISABLED, EACH CONTROL INCLUDING SELECTIVE SWITCH MEANS ARRANGED FOR SELECTIVELY ACTIVATING AND DEACTIVATING THE HEADS, AND MEANS CONNECTING RESPECTIVE RECORDING MEANS, AND RESPECTIVE ERASING MEANS TO THE RESPECTIVE OPERATING SELECTIVE SWITCH MEANS OF SAID EACH CONTROL FOR ENERGIZING SAME THEREBY APPLYING TRACK SELECTION MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY ACTIVATING AND DEACTIVATING RESPECTIVE OPERATING HEADS DISPOSED ON THE TRACKS OF THE MULTIPLE TRACK TAPE FOR SELECTED POSITIONS OF THE OPERATING CONTROL; WHEREBY SAID PLAY SELECTOR CONTROL SELECTIVELY ACTIVATES ONE RECORDING HEAD AND ONE RESPECTIVELY ASSOCIATED ERASE HEAD SIMULTANEOUSLY ON ONE TRACK AT THE SELECTED POSITION OF SAID MULTIPLE TRACK SELECTION POSITIONS, AND ACTIVATES ANOTHER RECORDING HEAD AND ANOTHER RESPECTIVELY ASSOCIATED ERASE HEAD SIMULTANEOUSLY ON ANOTHER TRACK AT ANOTHER SELECTED POSITION WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY DEACTIVATING SAID ONE RECORDING HEAD AND SAID ONE RESPECTIVELY ASSOCIATED ERASE HEAD, AND WHEREBY WHEN THE SAID PLAY SELECTOR CONTROL IS DISABLED THE SAID STEREO SELECTOR CONTROL SELECTIVELY ACTIVATES ONE PAIR OF RECORDING HEADS AND ONE PAIR OF RESPECTIVELY ASSOCIATED ERASE HEADS SIMULTANEOUSLY ON ONE PAIR OF PREDETERMINED STEREO TRACKS AT THE PREDETERMINED POSITION OF THE SELECTED SEQUENCE OF SAID MULTIPLE PREDETERMINED SEQUENCES OF STEREO TRACKS SELECTION POSITIONS, AND ACTIVATES ANOTHER PAIR OF RECORDING HEADS AND ANOTHER PAIR OF RESPECTIVELY ASSOCIATED ERASE HEADS, SIMULTANEOUSLY ON ANOTHER PAIR OF PREDETERMINED STEREO TRACKS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY DEACTIVATING SAID ONE PAIR OF RECORDING HEADS AND SAID ONE PAIR OF RESPECTIVELY ASSOCIATED ERASE HEADS, THEN DEACTIVATES SAID SELECTED SEQUENCE AND ACTIVATES ANOTHER SELECTED SEQUENCE OF SAID MULTIPLE PREDETERMINED SEQUENCES OF STEREO TRACKS SELECTION POSITIONS THEREBY SELECTIVELY ACTIVATES ONE PAIR OF RECORDING HEADS AND ONE PAIR OF RESPECTIVELY ASSOCIATED ERASE HEADS SIMULTANEOUSLY ON ONE PAIR OF PREDETERMINED STEREO TRACKS AT THE PREDE-