Head positioning mechanism for data cartridge recorder.

摘要

A head positioning mechanism for a multitrack data cartridge recorder including a stepper motor (14), a lead screw (36) driven by the stepper motor (14) and a head mounting slide (12) engaged with the lead screw (36) by a partial female thread (38) for incrementally moving a recording/playback head (32) transverse to the path of a magnetic recording tape to enable accurate positioning of the head (32) at any given track across the tape.