CHARACTERISTIC TEST EQUIPMENT FOR MAGNETIC HEAD

PURPOSE:To automatize handling for video tape loading by providing an arcuate tape guide wall and providing a video tape winding mechanism so that it can be brought into contact with and is separated from this wall. CONSTITUTION:A detaining lever 18 can be brought into contact with and be separated from a driven revolving shaft 13, and the revolving shaft 13 is switched to the lock state and the unlock state by the lever 18. A video tape cassette 10 is loaded, and tape take-up shafts 10a and 10b are fitted to revolving shafts 12 and 13. Thereafter, a video tape 10c is guided to a tape guide wall 20 through a guide roll 21. In this state, a magnetic head 22 is allowed to face the tape 10c guided along the guide wall 20, and a spindle 1 is rotated and driven, and read/write characteristics of the head 22 are tested and measured. Thus, it is unnecessary to wind the video tape around a bobbin, and the tape transporting work in the test is automatized.