Multichannel magnetic head for a recorder-reproducer system

Claim 1

A multichannel magnetic transducer head arrangement for transducing parallel tape tracks in a video tape recorder, comprising: a plurality of individual transducers, each transducer including first and second magnetic pole pieces, said first and second pole pieces defining a block with first and second parallel sides having a predetermined width and also defining a face substantially orthogonal to said first and second sides, said face being adapted for operative contact with magnetic tape, said first and second pole pieces defining said face being separated by a magnetic gap in said face, said gap lying in a plane substantially parallel with said first and second sides and having a width equal to that of said width of said pole pieces, the length of said gap being small over a predetermined portion of the width of said pole pieces and gradually becoming larger over at least a portion of the remainder of said width, each of said plurality of transducers having said small portion of said gap along a different portion of said width; and nonmagnetic bonding means for mechanically bonding together said plurality of individual transducers along adjacent ones of said parallel sides with said faces of said transducers lying substantially in the same plane and with said gaps lying in parallel planes, said bonding means producing magnetic isolation between the pole pieces of adjacent transducers for reducing crosstalk between said transducers whereby said small portion of each of said gaps can scan across a different lateral portion of said tape with substantially no separation between said tracks.