Abstract:
Apparatus for automatically disposing a record web for operation by the transport of a recorder-reproducer system. The web is first formed into a given shape which approximates the shape of the operating path defined by the transport elements. The web is then interlaced with the elements of the transport. To retract the web, the reverse sequence is utilized.
Abstract:
A six-sided web storage device having three fixed sides and three movable sides. The movable sides are mounted to the fixed sides of the device by spring biased hinges. The movable sides are releasably held in enclosing relation by the cooperative action of latching means on the fixed sides. A pair of web reels are captively mounted for rotation between fixed sides of the device. Resilient means are included in the mounting of the reels to provide rotational drag when the reels are disengaged from a driving means, the device being properly apertured to permit operation of the reels by the driving means. Release of the enclosing movable sides exposes a web which may be wound between the reels and provides access through apertures in the fixed sides for withdrawing the web from the device.