Data storage device with removable cartridge having shutter unlo

Details Data storage device with removable cartridge having shutter unlo Data storage device with removable cartridge having shutter unlo

1992-11-09

1996-01-02

Levy, Stuart S.

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

Record transport with head stationary during transducing

Disk record

360133, 369 772, 369291, G11B 1702, G11B 2303

Patent

active

054814200

ABSTRACT:
An interface between a removable cartridge containing a rigid disk for storage of data and a disk drive. The cartridge includes a normally closed and locked pivoting arcuately shaped shutter to cover a disk access window and an opening for a hub of the disk for spinning. The disk drive includes a shutter opener arm for unlocking and opening the shutter as the cartridge is inserted therein, a magnetic spindle with connecting mechanism for extending the spindle into contact with the hub and retracting it out of contact, and an abutment surface to deactivate a disk immobilizer when the cartridge is inserted into the disk drive.

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