Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Record transport with head moving during transducing – Tape record
Patent
1984-03-13
1987-03-03
Wolff, John H.
Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval
Record transport with head moving during transducing
Tape record
360105, 360 83, 360106, G11B 5027, G11B 554, G11B 2122, G11B 2108
Patent
active
046479945
ABSTRACT:
A miniaturized tape cartridge drive for data processors in accordance with the invention has as peripherally-enclosing main frame providing an access opening for insertion to a tape cartridge and structurally mounting flat, pancake-type drive motors for tape transport and head-positioning translation laterally with respect to the tape, for accessing any of a plurality of adjacent recording tracks on the tape, such motors being disposed in tandem with respect to the cartridge-admitting opening and having their output shafts pointing in opposite directions. The head-positioning motor drives a directly-coupled rotary cam, and a positioning arm extends between the cam and the transducer head to move the head in response to movement of the cam. The positioning arm is pivotally journaled in opposite sides of the main frame upon a transverse pivot axis disposed medially of the arm, such that the arm operates as a fulcrumed lever.
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Bolt Michael L.
Chambors John M.
Henke Steven E.
Irwin Samuel N.
Lum Francis
Garcia Alfonso
Irwin Magnetic Systems, Inc.
Wolff John H.
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