Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Record transport with head stationary during transducing – Disk record
Patent
1985-02-06
1987-08-18
Wolff, John H.
Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval
Record transport with head stationary during transducing
Disk record
360 98, 369191, G11B 5012, G11B 5016
Patent
active
046881247
ABSTRACT:
A mechanism is provided for automatically removing a floppy disk from a stack of floppy disks and removably inserting that floppy disk into a variety of disk drives. A reciprocating picker mechanism engages a floppy disk and pushes it into a first set of rollers which grippingly engage the floppy disk and push it towards a second set of rollers. The second set of rollers feeds the floppy disk into the disk drive and stops the floppy disk in the correct position within the disk drive. The rollers are disengaged from the floppy disk during operation of the disk drive, but re-engage to retract the floppy disk from the disk drive. An ejection guide plate directs the floppy disk into one of two bins after being removed from the disk drive. Detectors sense the edges of the floppy disk to control the speed at which the disk is placed into the disk drive, and to insure proper positioning of the disk within the disk drive. Positioning pins are attached to the sides of the various disk drives and cooperate with positioning recesses on the frame holding the rollers, so as to position the various disk drives with respect to the rollers.
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Norton James A.
Scribner Richard A.
Media Systems Technology Inc.
Severin David J.
Wolff John H.
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