Carriage for optical disk storage and retrieval array

Details Carriage for optical disk storage and retrieval array Carriage for optical disk storage and retrieval array

1994-10-20

2000-03-07

Evans, Jefferson

Dynamic information storage or retrieval

Information location or remote operator actuated control

Selective addressing of storage medium

360 9806, G11B 17022

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060349271

ABSTRACT:
A carriage assembly for transporting a sleeve assembly between multiple locations in which the drive motors are spring mounted so as to be self tensioning, the carriage is movably mounted to the worm screw by a two-way flexure which allows for planar movement of the carriage relative to the worm screw yet allows only minimal rotation of the carriage relative to the worm screw, and wherein the sleeve assembly is pivotally mounted to the carriage near the open end of the sleeve. first and second flex plates extending in a first direction perpendicular to the main plate from a first pair of opposing edges of the main plate, respectively,

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Product Literature For Prior Art: Todd Enterprises CD ROM Server.
Product Literature for Prior Art: Mreidian Data, Inc. CD ROM Server.

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