Appeal No. 1998-1677
Application No. 08/273,251
Claim 20 has been withdrawn from consideration.
The invention relates to magnetic tape duplication. In
particular, the invention relates to a machine capable of
simultaneous high-speed duplication and cassette loading.
Independent claim 17 is reproduced as follows;
17. In a combined magnetic tape duplicator and cassette
loader the method of producing copy-tape cassettes from a
master tape, comprising the steps of:
a) providing master tape in the form of a mirror master;
b) providing copy tape on at least one pancake-type
supply reel;
c) threading said master and said copy tape through
contact duplication means;
d) cueing said master tape for a transfer operation;
e) transferring a magnetically encoded pattern on said
master to said copy tape using said contact duplication means;
and
f) loading copy tape having said magnetically encoded
pattern transferred thereupon into a cassette, the path
followed by said copy tape from said contact duplication means
to said cassette forming a continuous, unbroken tape path.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Grindley et al. (Grindley) 3,864,732 Feb. 4,
1975
Kanematsu JP 4-61027 Feb. 27,
1992
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