Head load/unload and cleaning in a data storage device

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Record transport with head stationary during transducing – Drum record

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360128, G11B 554, G11B 541

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057680590

ABSTRACT:
In a magnetic disk drive heads are loaded and unloaded onto the magnetic disk by wings attached in close proximity to the magnetic heads. The wings ride on opposed profiles to separate the heads so that they can travel on either side of the disk and the heads are then brought together properly onto the disk. As the heads are withdrawn from the disk, they are separated by the opposed profiles and then the heads are parked on a cleaning pad.

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