Apparatus for regulating automatically a recording apparatus

Claim 1

IN A RECORDING APPARATUS, IN COMBINATION: (A) A BASE MEMBER; (B) A CHASSIS MEMBER MOUNTED ON SAID BASE MEMBER FOR MOVEMENT IN A PREDETERMINED DIRECTION; (C) REEL MEANS FOR MOVING A MULTIPLE-TRACK ELONGATED MAGNETIC RECORDING CARRIER IN A FIXED PATH RELATIVE TO SAID BASE MEMBER, THE TRACKS OF SAID CARRIER BEING JUXTAPOSED TRANSVERSELY OF THE DIRECTION OF ELONGATION THEREOF; (D) HEAD MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID CHASSIS MEMBER ADJACENT SAID PATH FOR INTERACTION WITH THE TRACKS OF SAID RECORDING CARRIER, SAID CARRIER BEING MOVED PAST SAID HEAD MEANS BY SAID REEL MEANS IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE OF SAID PREDETERMINED DIRECTION; (E) A CONTROL MEMBER MOVABLY MOUNTED ON SAID BASE MEMBER AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF CAM FACES; (F) DRIVE MEANS SHIFTABLE ON SAID BASE MEMBER BETWEEN TWO POSITIONS IN WHICH SAID DRIVE MEANS ACTUATE MOVEMENT OF SAID RECORDING CARRIER IN SAID PATH BY SAID REEL MEANS IN RESPECTIVE OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS; (G) FIRST MOTION TRANSMITTING MEANS ENGAGING A FIRST ONE OF SAID CAM FACES AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID DRIVE MEANS FOR SHIFTING THE SAME BETWEEN SAID POSITIONS THEREOF IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID CONTROL MEMBER; (H) SECOND MOTION TRANSMITTING MEANS ENGAGING A SECOND ONE OF SAID CAM FACES AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID CHASSIS MEMBER FOR MOVING THE SAME IN RESPONSE TO SAID MOVEMENT OF SAID CONTROL MEMBER BETWEEN RESPECTIVE POSITIONS IN WHICH SAID HEAD MEANS INTERACT WITH DIFFERENT TRACKS OF SAID CARRIER; (I) SENSING MEANS ADJACENT SAID TRACK FOR SENSING PASSAGE OF A SIGNAL ELEMENT ON SAID CARRIER; AND (J) CONTROL ACTUATING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE SENSING OF SAID PASSAGE BY SAID SENSING MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID MOVEMENT OF SAID CONTROL MEMBER.