31/2 inch removable cartridge for a disk drive

Details 31/2 inch removable cartridge for a disk drive 31/2 inch removable cartridge for a disk drive

1991-10-18

1993-06-08

Nelms, David C.

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

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360 9702, G11B 2303

Patent

active

052185036

ABSTRACT:
A cartridge 20 for a disk drive 130 includes a door 44 which can be urged from a closed position to an opened position which is substantially within the cartridge 20 and located in a plane substantially parallel to the disk 42 contained in the cartridge 20. The cartridge 20 includes a mounting mechanism 48 for accomplishing the motion of the door 44 from the closed to the opened position and a locking mechanism 50 for locking the door 44 in the closed position. Further, the cartridge 20 includes a groove 52 which extends rearwardly and across the cartridge in order to lockingly engage the cartridge in the drive 130.

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patent: 4873594 (1989-10-01), Chen
patent: 4885652 (1989-12-01), Leonard et al.
patent: 5153801 (1992-10-01), Ikebe et al.

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