Abstract:
A magnetic recording head including a composite element formed by a inner layer of conductive material sandwiched between two layers of readily magnetisable material. A conductive outer layer is disposed over at least a portion of each magnetisable layer, these outer layers being electrically interconnected solely by the inner conductive layer.
Abstract:
The development of a simplified arrangement for drawing arcuate lines on a display, such as a cathode ray tube face, by the successive specification of a sequence of displacement positions is explained, and apparatus is described for calculating the sequence of displacement positions by relative right-shifting and selective addition of a pair of initially calculated values, one for each of two co-ordinate axes. The apparatus includes a first register for each of the initial values and an accumulator for each axis, the values from the first registers being entered into each of the accumulators to form a new value. The resultant values are used to specify a drawing displacement for each axis and are recirculated to replace the values in the first registers, this cycle of events being repeated as required until the line is drawn. Where an arc extends beyond a quadrant bounded by the axes the signs of the values entered into the accumulators are changed as required for drawing an arc in the new quadrant. The change of sign is effectively accomplished by selective complementing of the values as they are entered into the accumulators.
Abstract:
In apparatus for detecting the presence of documents on a document support surface, the surface has at least one groove extending from one end of the surface to the other end and aligning with the direction of document feed. The groove is closed at one end and open at the other. A flow of pressurized air is fed from the closed end lengthwise of the groove. A gas pressure dectection means monitors the gas pressure intermediate the ends of the groove and produces an output signal which has a first value when a document covers the groove and a second value when the document is not covering the groove.
Abstract:
To eliminate undesired interference between tracks of signals recorded on a magnetic recording medium by a multitrack magnetic recording device having adjacent heads spaced apart by predetermined distances, the marginal edge portions of the signal tracks are erased by erase heads. These are located in fixed positions relative to the record heads so that after recording, the signal tracks travel past the erase heads to remove said marginal portions. To ensure that the erasing effect is limited to the marginal edge portions each erase head is surrounded, except for the actual erasing area, by a non-magnetic medium.
Abstract:
For variation of the lateral positions of pairs of paper tractors, each tractor is slidable on a separate rack which is itself axially slidable. Coarse adjustment is according to preset positions of the tractors on the racks. Fine adjustment is by driving both racks of a pair of tractors together or driving only one of those racks.
Abstract:
A METHOD FOR BONDING FERRITE COMPONENTS IN WHICH A GLASS BONDING MATERIAL IS CAUSED TO FILL THE GAP BETWEEN COMPONENTS. THE COMPONENTS AND GLAS ARE HEATED IN A CLOSED ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRESSURE IS REDUCED. AFTER OUTGASSING OF BUBBLES FROM THE GAP AND FERRITE HAS CEASED, THE PRESSURE IN THE ENVIRONMENT IS INCREASED, WHILE THE HEAT IS AT LEAST MAINTAINED, TO CAUSE THE GLASS TO FLOW INTO AND UNIFORMLY FILL THE GAP. THE GLASS, UPON HARDENING, THEN BONDS THE FERRITE COMPONENTS.
Abstract:
A D.C. power supply employs shunt stabilization of the output of a full-wave rectifier for an A.C. source. The A.C. source is a low-loss, high impedance type and a shunt stabilizer can be connected across the source output and/or the rectifier output.
Abstract:
A technique for adding fields or portions in a fixed word adding system with carry-in and carry-out signals being as if two complete words are added together. A masking register causes two logic circuits to pass particular fields of corresponding words in two word registers. The logic circuits operate to fill the digits of one word outside of the field of that word with binary ''''1'''' signals and corresponding digits of the other word with binary O''s. The sum of each digit which appears in the adder is a binary ''''1'''' so that a carry-in signal may be injected at the lowest order bit position of the adder and extracted from the highest order bit position of the adder in a normal manner. The masking register controls a further logic circuit so that only the added fields are read out of the adder.
Abstract:
Data processing apparatus for the recognition or analysis of patterns, which may, for example, be character representations requires that the pattern to be processed be divided into elementary areas arranged in a matrix. The matrix of areas is scanned by a corresponding matrix of detecting elements, such as photocells, and the resultant signals are applied as inputs to a plurality of logic units. Each logic unit is, for example, primarily associated with a specific elementary area of the pattern but connections are also provided to the unit from those detecting elements scanning other pattern areas having a particular positional relationship to the primarily associated one. These other pattern areas are typically those immediately surrounding the primarily associated one. A standard timing waveform is applied to the logic units and is modified according to the states of and positional relationships of the pattern areas whose detectors are connected to the logic unit, so that the output of the logic unit has a time relationship to the standard timing waveform which is dependent on these positions and states. For example, the areas with which a logic unit is associated may produce varying delays to the standard waveform and the various waveforms derived in this way may again be recombined. Typically, the states of the areas may produce a half-cycle delay in the waveform and the positional differences of the various areas may produce appropriate phase delays in the waveform. The resultant output waveform may be that made to indicate such features of the pattern as it is desired to recognize, such as, for example, the direction of a line, or the existence of a curve or junction in the line.