Magnetic erasing head

Claim 1

A magnetic erasing head comprising a pair of magnetic core halves which define an erasing gap therebetween and forming a common surface which faces a travelling magnetic recording medium, said pair of magnetic core halves comprising, a leading side core and a trailing side core with respect to the travelling direction of said magnetic recording medium, said leading side core formed of a first portion comprising a magnetic ferrite and a second portion comprising a thin film of magnetic alloy which has a saturation magnetic flux density which is higher than the magnetic flux density of said first portion, said second portion located adjacent said erasing gap, said trailing side core formed with a notch which is adjacent to said erasing gap, said erasing gap being formed between a planar surface of said thin film of magnetic alloy and a planar surface of said trailing side core, and a coil wound through said notch being applied with an alternating erasing current for generating erasing magnetic field at said erasing gap, wherein the gap depth is in a direction perpendicular to said common surface of said notch and said trailing side core has a core portion adjacent to said erasing gap which has a thickness in the plane of said common surface and in a direction perpendicular to said gap which is substantially equal to said gap depth.