Magnetic erase head for a tape player

Claim 1

A magnetic erase head comprising: (a) a head tip portion including a center tip and a pair of side tips respectively located adjacent and spaced from the sides of said center tip, each of said center tip and said pair of side tips having front and rear ends, the front end portion of said head tip portion being exposed so in use it contacts a magnetic recording medium travelling in a direction from one side tip to the other, each of said center tip and said pair of side tips having a height corresponding to a given width of a track on said recording medium; and (b) a back core portion including a center core equipped with a winding, and an L-shaped core, each of said center core and said L-shaped core having front and rear ends, said front end of said center core being connected to said rear end of said center tip while said rear end of said center core is connected to said rear end of said L-shaped core, said front end of said L-shaped core having two arms defining a substantially U-shaped recess in which said front end portion of said center core is received without coming into contact therewith, said two arms of said L-shaped core being respectively connected to said rear ends of said side tips, the center lines of the L-shaped core and center core being spaced apart in a plane perpendicular to the direction of travel from one side tip to the other, and the two arms defining the U-shaped recess extending and tapering from the main part of the L-shaped core in a direction normal both to the center line of the L-shaped core and the direction from one side tip to the other so that the areas of the arms facing the center core decrease towards the free ends of the arms.