Deposited strip heads

Claim 1

A transducer arrangement for a magnetic recording apparatus comprising a transformer core structure; a first winding on the core structure; a single turn second winding of strip conductive material on said core structure inductively coupled with the first winding; first and second strip elements integral with the ends of the second winding and arranged in overlapping relationship; a strip of electrically insulating material interposed between the first and second elements and co-operating therewith to provide a mechanically self supporting substantially rigid strip transmission line extending from the second winding to provide at its end remote from the winding a mounting for a transducer head; said head including a layer of conductive material having a thickness defining a required transducer gap; first and second layers of readily magnetisable material positioned against opposite faces of the conductive layers to form with one edge of the conductive layer an active transducer gap and being in contact at a region remote from this edge to complete a magnetic circuit between the magnetic layers and across the gap, said head unit being located between the first and second elements at said remote end of the transmission line such that the active transducer gap is remote from the windings and such that a series electrical contact is completed from the first element to the second element through the electrically conductive layer whereby a continuous electrical circuit is provided through said second winding, said elements and said conductive layer whereby the head unit is operationally connected to and mechanically supported from the core structure solely by the transmission line.