Appeal No. 1998-2043
Application No. 08/606,601
BACKGROUND
The disclosed invention is directed to a method and apparatus for loading magnetic
tape to magnetic heads in a video tape recorder (VTR). Claim 1 is reproduced below.
1. An apparatus arranged to pull out, from a cassette, a tape contained in the
cassette and to record and/or reproduce information on or from the tape,
comprising:
(a) a rotary drum having a head for recording and/or reproducing
information on or from the tape;
(b) a cassette mounting member on which the cassette is mountable and
which is movable between a first position located away from said rotary drum and a
second position located close to said rotary drum; and
(c) first and second tape guiding members arranged to pull out the tape
from the cassette mounted on said cassette mounting member and to wrap the
tape around said rotary drum, wherein at least said first tape guiding member pulls
out the tape from the cassette before said cassette mounting member begins to
move from the first position to the second position, and, after that, said first tape
guiding member and said cassette mounting member move in directions of
approaching said rotary drum.
Claims 1-12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, as failing to
provide an enabling disclosure.
Claims 7-10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first and second paragraphs, as
failing to provide an enabling disclosure and/or failing to particularly point out and distinctly
claim the subject matter which applicants regard as the invention.
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