Video tape recorder having two video decks on a single chassis for transducing with a single tape

Claim 2

A video tape recorder, comprising: first and second video decks; said first video deck comprising means for recording a video signal on a magnetic recording media; and said second video deck comprising means for simultaneously playing said video signal recorded on said magnetic media for verifying that said recording was made properly.

Claim 5

An apparatus as defined in claim 2 wherein said first video deck includes a write head and said second video deck includes a read head.

Claim 6

An apparatus as defined in claim 2, comprising: a tape drive motor for driving said tape sequentially through said first and second video decks.

Claim 7

An apparatus as defined in claim 2, wherein said video tape is supplied by a single cassette.

Claim 8

An apparatus as defined in claim 2, wherein said first and second video decks each include an independent video and an independent audio read/write head.

Claim 9

An apparatus as defined in claim 6, wherein said first video deck includes an erase head.

Claim 10

An apparatus as defined in claim 7, comprising: means for loading a video tape cassette, including means for pulling tape from said cassette and threading it past each of said heads.

Claim 11

An apparatus as defined in claim 2, comprising: means for loading a video tape cassette, including means for pulling tape from said cassette and threading it through said first and second video tape decks.

Claim 12

An apparatus as defined in claim 2, comprising: means for loading a video tape cassette, including means for pulling tape from said cassette and threading it through said first and second video tape decks; a tape drive motor for driving said tape sequentially through said first and second video decks; a first video read/write head incorporated into said first video tape deck; a first audio read/write head incorporated into said first video tape deck; an erase head incorporated into said first video tape deck; a second erase head incorporated into said second video tape deck; a second video read/write head incorporated into said second video tape deck; a second audio read/write head incorporated into said second video tape deck;

Claim 13

A video tape recorder, comprising: a first video deck means for recording on video tape; a second video deck means for playing said recording on said video tape; means for loading a video tape cassette into said video tape recorder, including means for pulling said video tape from said cassette and threading it through each of said video decks; and means for guiding said video tape from said first video deck to said second video deck for sequentially performing simultaneous write and read function on said tape.

Claim 14

A video tape recorder, comprising: a first video deck means for recording on video tape; a second video deck means for playing said recording on said video tape; means for loading a video tape cassette into said video tape recorder, including means for pulling said video tape from said cassette and threading it through each of said video decks; and means for guiding said video tape from said first video deck to said second video deck for sequentially performing simultaneous write and read function on said tape.

Claim 15

An apparatus as defined in claim 11 wherein said first video deck includes a write head and said second video deck includes a read head.

Claim 16

An apparatus as defined in claim 11, comprising: a first tape drive motor for driving said tape through said first video deck; and a second tape drive motor for driving said tape sequentially through said second video deck.

Claim 17

An apparatus as defined in claim 13, wherein said first and second video decks each include an independent video and an independent audio read/write head.

Claim 18

An apparatus as defined in claim 14, wherein said first and second video decks each include an independent erase head.

Claim 19

An apparatus as defined in claim 15 wherein each of said video tape decks are mounted on an independent chassis.

Claim 20

A video tape recorder, comprising: a first video recorder subassembly including a video head, an audio head, an erase head and a tape drive motor; a second video recorder subassembly including a video head, an audio head, an erase head and a tape drive motor; means for loading a video tape cassette into said video tape recorder, including means for pulling video tape from said cassette and threading it through each of said video recorder subassemblies; and means for guiding said video tape sequentially past said first video subassembly erase head, to said first video subassembly video head, to said first video subassembly audio head, to said second video subassembly erase head, to said second video subassembly video head, to said second video subassembly audio head for sequentially performing simultaneous write and read functions on said tape.

Claim 21

A video tape recorder, comprising: a first video recorder subassembly including a video head, an audio head, an erase head and a tape drive motor; a second video recorder subassembly including a video head, an audio head, an erase head and a tape drive motor; means for loading a video tape cassette into said video tape recorder, including means for pulling video tape from said cassette and threading it through each of said video recorder subassemblies; and means for guiding said video tape sequentially past said first video subassembly erase head, to said first video subassembly video head, to said first video subassembly audio head, to said second video subassembly erase head, to said second video subassembly video head, to said second video subassembly audio head for sequentially performing simultaneous write and read functions on said tape.

Claim 24

A method for simultaneously recording and reading a common video tape as defined in claim 18, including the further steps of: inducing an audio signal in said video tape down stream of said video recording head concurrently with the recording of said video signal; and reading an audio signal down stream of said video read head concurrently with the reading of said video signal.

Claim 25

A method for simultaneously recording and reading a common video tape as defined in claim 19, including the initial steps of: loading a video tape cassette into the recording device; pulling video tape from said cassette; threading said video tape in recording conjunction to said video recording head; threading said video tape in recording conjunction to an audio recording head; threading said video tape in reading conjunction with said video read head; and threading said video tape in reading conjunction to an audio read head.