Disk loading and clamping mechanism for a data transfer apparatu

Details Disk loading and clamping mechanism for a data transfer apparatu Disk loading and clamping mechanism for a data transfer apparatu

1984-07-25

1987-06-23

Tupper, Robert S.

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

Record transport with head stationary during transducing

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369261, 360 99, G11B 5012

Patent

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046757627

ABSTRACT:
A data storage apparatus includes a housing having an entrance slot for the insertion and withdrawal of a record medium, such as a flexible magnetic disk cartridge, to and away from a data transfer position within the housing. A disk clamp mechanism including a rotary, flanged centering cone is mounted within the housing for clamping the loaded record medium onto a motor driven hub for joint rotation therewith. Disposed in the vicinity of the entrance slot is a disk loading handle pivotable between an open position for holding the entrance slot open and a closed position for blocking the entrance slot against the insertion or withdrawal of the record medium. The disk loading handle further functions, while being pivoted through a predetermined angle from the open toward the closed position, to push the record medium fully to the data transfer position. A lost motion linkage, including a cam mechanism, connects the disk loading handle to the disk clamp mechanism to cause the latter to clamp the record medium onto the drive hub only after the record medium has been moved fully to the data transfer position by the disk loading handle.

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