Endless tape magazine

Claim 1

A magazine for accommodating therein a single endless magnetic tape and arranged for use on a conventional recording and playback apparatus having a pair of winding spindles, said magazine comprising a housing constructed as an oblong box having a bottom, a top cover, front and back side walls and a pair of end side walls, first and second aligned pairs of aperture passing through said bottom and said top cover, said apertures being spaced apart for accommodating therethrough the winding spindles of said apparatus, a core about said second pair of apertures for supporting a roll of endless magnetic tape, said tape being unwound from the center of said roll adjacent said core and wound about its outer periphery, said core being journalled so as to be freely rotatable about the axis journalled said second aperture, said core having a central opening larger than said second aperture so that said core may rotate on the spindle passing therethrough with little friction, so that there will be no positive coupling between the core and the winding spindle, a third pair of aligned apertures passing through said bottom and top cover for accommodating a driving capstan of said apparatus, first and second guide rollers mounted between said bottom and said cover for guiding the magnetic tape which is being unwound from said endless tape roll along the inside of said front side wall and back onto the outer periphery of said roll, said second guide roller being arranged for feeding said tape back onto said roll and being located on the same side of the transverse axis of said housing as is said core, said first guide roller being located on the other side of said axis with said first pair of aligned apertures, and a plurality of apertures in said front side wall for receiving magnetic heads and a driving roller of said apparatus for engaging the tape being passed along said front side wall.