US4227220A
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Tape recording system
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1977-05-02
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Granted: 1980-10-07
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Expires: 1997-05-02
Abstract
Abstract A tape reproducing and recording system for recording selected pieces from a bank of recorded material having a system for selecting desired pieces of recorded material from a bank of recorded material and a memory for storing the selections made. A scanning or retrieval system is coupled to the memory and to a tape reproducing system having the bank of recorded material coupled thereto for locating the selected pieces in the bank of recorded material and reproducing the selected pieces. A recorder then records the selected pieces in the order they were reproduced whereby recordings can be made having only preselected recorded pieces thereon.
Inventors
- 👤 Hill Brown
- 👤 Jack M. Pippin
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 07:38
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B15/00; G11B15/005; G11B27/00; G11B27/02; G11B27/022; G11B27/028; G11B27/36; G11B2220/00; G11B2220/40; G11B2220/41; G11B2220/90
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
217 words
A tape recording system comprising in combination: input means for indicating selections of predetermined pieces of recorded material from a bank of recorded material; memory means for storing said selections from said input means; reproducing means having a blank of pre-recorded material located thereon in a predetermined sequence; scanning means coupled to said input means memory means and to said reproducing means for locating each selected recording piece from said pre-recorded material located on said reproducing means for reproduction by said reproducing means responsive to selections made in said input means, said scanning means scanning through a predetermined cycle to retrieve each selected piece and returning to a rest position, said scanning means being an electromechanical scanner retriever having a moving member scanning a plurality of contacts and selecting each contact having a voltage thereon; recording means coupled to said reproducing means for recording each selected recorded piece played by said reproducing means; control means coupled between said scanning means and said reproducing means for controlling said recording and reproducing means responsive to said scanning means reaching a selected piece to be recorded whereby a recording can be made having only preselected pieces from a bank of pre-recorded material; and a monitor operatively connected to said reproducing means for reproducing the material being recorded during the recording.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
217 words
A tape recording system comprising in combination: input means for indicating selections of predetermined pieces of recorded material from a bank of recorded material; memory means for storing said selections from said input means; reproducing means having a blank of pre-recorded material located thereon in a predetermined sequence; scanning means coupled to said input means memory means and to said reproducing means for locating each selected recording piece from said pre-recorded material located on said reproducing means for reproduction by said reproducing means responsive to selections made in said input means, said scanning means scanning through a predetermined cycle to retrieve each selected piece and returning to a rest position, said scanning means being an electromechanical scanner retriever having a moving member scanning a plurality of contacts and selecting each contact having a voltage thereon; recording means coupled to said reproducing means for recording each selected recorded piece played by said reproducing means; control means coupled between said scanning means and said reproducing means for controlling said recording and reproducing means responsive to said scanning means reaching a selected piece to be recorded whereby a recording can be made having only preselected pieces from a bank of pre-recorded material; and a monitor operatively connected to said reproducing means for reproducing the material being recorded during the recording.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
The apparatus in accordance with claim 1, in which said reproducing means reproduces from a bank of recorded material on magnetic tape and said recording means records upon blank magnetic tapes.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
The apparatus in accordance with claim 2, in which said memory means includes a bank of silicon control rectifier switches, each activated by the selection being made by the input means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
The apparatus in accordance with claim 3, in which said input means is a plurality of depressibly actuated switches actuating a silicon control rectifier switch.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
The apparatus in accordance with claim 4, in which a power supply provides a predetermined voltage to the input means switches and to the silicon control rectifiers.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
45 words
The apparatus in accordance with claim 5, in which the magnetic tape of said bank of recorded material has markings thereon and said reproducing means includes a magnetic pickup for reading said markings for locating the beginning and end of each piece of recorded material.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
The apparatus in accordance with claim 6, in which said markings on said pre-recorded material are metal index tabs.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1983-10-07 | 1984-04-07 | 1984-10-07 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1987-10-07 | 1988-04-07 | 1988-10-07 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1991-10-07 | 1992-04-07 | 1992-10-07 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |