Abstract:
Apparatus for feeding a web of recorded medium such as plastic or paper tape has a capstan roller for feeding a web past a read/write station in a first direction and a device is positioned upstream of the station automatically to form a loop in the web when the capstan roller is disengaged from the web to move a fixed length of the web in a reverse direction past the station to permit reading or re-recording of the information on the web.
Abstract:
A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MAGNETIC RECORDING MEMBER HAVING A FILM OF MAGNETIC MATERIAL WITH A HIGHLY FINISHED SURFACE ON A BACKING LAYER IS DISCLOSED. THE METHOD INCLUDES THE STEPS OF PREPARING A GLASS DISC SUCH THAT THE DISC SURFACE IS OF NEAR OPTICAL FLATNESS, DEPOSITING A FILM OF MAGNETIC MATERIAL ON THE DISC, BONDING A BACKING LAYER TO THE FILM AND STRIPPING THE GLASS DISC FROM THE FILM TO REVEAL A HIGHLY FINISHED SURFACE ON THE FILM OF MAGNETIC MATERIAL, THE FILM BEING BONDED TO THE BACKING LAYER. A TWOSIDED MAGNETIC RECORDING MEMBER MAY BE PRODUCED BY PLACING TWO THREE-LAYER STRUCTURES BACK TO BACK AND STRIPPING BOTH GLASS DISCS TO REVEAL TWO HIGHLY FINISHED MAGNETIC FILMS.
Abstract:
A device is disclosed for detecting the presence of overlapping documents in a document feed. The device includes a member rotatable about a pivot and having a surface which, in the unoperated position, is spaced from the feed bed by a distance of approximately 1 1/2 times the thickness of the documents being fed. The surface is formed so that on rotation of the member from its unoperated position the spacing between the surface and the feed bed remains constant or slightly decreases. Documents in overlapped relationship will therefore rotate the member which in turn may interrupt a light beam and stop the document feed. The member may also carry a marking device to mark the overlapped document for subsequent identification.
Abstract:
Apparatus for assessing the quality of printed characters on a record has a document support arranged beneath a scanning head. The scanning head has a lens arranged to oscillate in a direction parallel to the vertical axis of characters printed on the document. The lens is arranged to focus a character to be evaluated on to a set of photoelectric strips arranged side-byside in a direction perpendicular to the oscillatory movement of the lens, so that a character image is scanned in vertical strips. The lens moving arrangement also has a timing pulse generator so that the character scan is broken into notional zones which, in conjunction with the orientation of the photoelectric strips enables a matrix representation of the recorded character to be generated. The separate output signals from the photoelectric strips are passed to shifting registers whose stages are connected to a storage matrix capable of selecting an idealised character form to be compared with the scanned character. The comparison is carried out over a number of scanning cycles while the position of the document carrying the character is changed and an indication is provided of the least deviation of the scanned character from the idealised character form during the change. The clock pulse generator is arranged so that non-linear clock pulses are generated from a harmonic scan. Signals from a velocity transducer are utilized to drive a voltage controlled pulse generator whose output frequency is proportional to the input voltage.
Abstract:
Apparatus for assessting the quality of printed characters on a record has a document support arranged beneath a scanning head. The scanning head has a lens arranged to oscillate in a direction parallel to the vertical axis of characters printed on the document. The lens is arranged to focus a character to be evaluated on to a set of photoelectic strips arranged side-byside in a direction perpendicular to the oscillatory movement of the lens, so that a character image is scanned in vertical strips. The lens moving arrangement also has a timing pulse generator so that the character scan is broken into notional zones which, in conjunction with the orientation of the photoelectric strips enables a matrix representation of the recorded character to be generated. The separate output signals from the photoelectric strips are passed to shifting registers whose stages are connected to a storage matrix capable of selecting an idealised character form to be compared with the scanned character. The comparison is carried out over a number of scanning cycles while the position of the document carrying the character is changed and an indication is provided of the least deviation of the scanned character from the idealised character form during the change.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing magnetic transducing heads to facilitate testing of individual components of the head is disclosed. A head for digital recording on magnetic discs is made of a slider profiled for co-operation with the disc and contains a pair of gapped pole pieces and a yoke assembly includes a yoke for completing the magnetic circuit and a resilient mounting for the head. The slider and the yoke assembly are tested individually.
Abstract:
A switching circuit for energising a load with unidirectional current of either polarity as desired from an a.c. supply includes a pair of triacs connected as a full wave rectifier in which the control electrodes of the triacs are responsive to control currents which are derived from the a.c. supply by a control switch which switches diodes into the control current path so that the control current flows in a direction such that the triac conducts to establish the required current in the load.
Abstract:
A pseudo-random number generator produces a substantially Gaussian distribution of output numbers from a succession of uniform random numbers. In each cycle uniform random numbers are produced and applied to an adder operative to form cumulative sums. A counter is responsive to carry signals from the adder and the outputs of the adder and counter are combined to form an output pseudo-random number. The number of permitted adding operations is preset.