Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Record transport with head stationary during transducing – Disk record
Patent
1986-01-22
1987-04-28
Hecker, Stuart N.
Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval
Record transport with head stationary during transducing
Disk record
G11B 5012
Patent
active
046618708
ABSTRACT:
An automatic micro-floppy disk loader allows a stack of micro-floppy computer disks to be fed into a disk drive, one at a time, and fed out of the drive into selector bins. The loader has self-aligning construction so that the mechanisms used to transport and control the motion of the micro-floppy disks are placed in correct alignment during manufacturing without requiring manual, individualized adjustment. The disk drive is mounted in a movable frame construction such that the disk drive can be positioned to receive micro-floppy disks, and can be further positioned to eject the micro-floppy disks onto a mechanism for transporting the ejected disks to one of the two horizontally separated bins. The improved loader construction also allows the automatic feeding of micro-floppy disks while minimizing the chances of jamming or damaging the disks, and further includes automatic means for detecting and clearing jams which occur.
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Murray Brent W.
Norton James A.
Hecker Stuart N.
Media Systems Technology Inc.
Urcia Benjamin E.
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