Cartridge type floppy disk drive

Details Cartridge type floppy disk drive Cartridge type floppy disk drive

1984-07-05

1987-08-11

Hecker, Stuart N.

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

Record transport with head stationary during transducing

Disk record

G11B 1704

Patent

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046865942

ABSTRACT:
A floppy disk drive having a frame portion which includes a spindle motor for directly driving a floppy disk, a plurality of pins for positioning a disk cartridge relative to the spindle motor and a carriage carrying head for contacting the disk to READ/WRITE information there and for travelling to the desired track on the disk by the carriage, and a carrier pivotably mounted on the frame portion and adapted to contain the disk cartridge therein. The carrier for the disk drive further includes a cartridge guide pivotably and parallel-movably mounted therein and adapted to receive the disk cartridge, whereby the disk cartridge can be inserted into the cartridge guide when the cartridge guide is opened relative to the carrier at the pop-up position of the carrier, and the cartridge guide can be moved upwardly and parallel relative to the carrier to a predetermined position while holding the disk cartridge when the carrier is engaged by the frame portion.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4339778 (1982-07-01), Wise
patent: 4445157 (1984-04-01), Takahashi
patent: 4466032 (1984-08-01), Saito
patent: 4523240 (1985-06-01), Dunstan et al.
patent: 4546397 (1985-10-01), Asami et al.

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