System for transferring data from a storage medium to a record medium

Claim 1

IN A SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING DATA FROM A STORAGE MEDIUM TO A RECORD MEDIUM (A) A TAPE, HAVING MESSAGE CODES RECORDED THEREON, WITH MEANS FOR IMPARTING MOTION THERETO; (B) A LIGHT REFLECTOR WITH MEANS FOR IMPARTING MOTION THERETO; (C) MEANS INTERMEDIATE SAID TAPE AND SAID REFLECTOR FOR CONVERTING SAID CODES TO LIGHT BEAM INFORMATION AND DIRECTING SAID INFORMATION ALONG A PATH TOWARD SAID LIGHT REFLECTOR; AND (D) A DRIVE MECHANISM INTERMEDIATE SAID TAPE AND SAID REFLECTOR LINKING MECHANICALLY THE MEANS FOR IMPARTING MOTION TO SAID TAPE AND THE MEANS FOR IMPARTING MOTION TO SAID LIGHT REFLECTOR; (E) MEANS FOR SENSING MESSAGE CODES RECORDED ON SAID TAPE; (F) SAID MOTION IMPARTED TO SAID LIGHT REFLECTOR INCLUDES ROTATION THEREOF THROUGH (1) A PLURALITY OF LIGHT DIRECTING POSITIONS, DURING WHICH SAID LIGHT BEAM INFORMATION WILL BE DIRECTED TO SAID RECORD MEDIUM, AND (2) A PLURALITY OF NON-DIRECTING POSITIONS, DURING WHICH SAID REFLECTOR WILL NOT DIRECT LIGHT BEAM INFORMATION TO SAID RECORD MEDIUM;