198388 ⎘
Driving, starting or stopping record carriers of filamentary or web form; Driving both such record carriers and heads; Guiding such record carriers or containers therefor; Control thereof; Control of operating function; Control of operating function, e.g. switching from recording to reproducing Masking of heads; Selecting or switching of heads between operative and inoperative functions ; Masking of beams, e.g. of light beams
Sub-classes:Magnetic recording and reproducing device having magnetic head with first and second reproducing element portions and magnetic reproducing method
#2Magnetic tape driving apparatus comprising a tape separation portion that separates a magnetic tape from a magnetoresistive head unit
#3Servo writer with multiple servo write heads and a method of writing with the servo writer
#4Magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus
#5Magnetic tape reading system and method
#6Magnetic read head with multiple read transducers each having different design characteristics
#7Magnetic disk device and writing method of a magnetic disk