Pad lifting mechanism of a floppy disk device

Details Pad lifting mechanism of a floppy disk device Pad lifting mechanism of a floppy disk device

1984-01-06

1987-04-21

Wolff, John H.

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

Record transport with head stationary during transducing

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360 97, 360133, 360105, G11B 5012, G11B 5016, G11B 554, G11B 2122

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046601112

ABSTRACT:
A lifting mechanism for a floppy disc device and including a base, a carrier pivotally mounted to the base, a collet arm pivotally mounted to the carrier and having an end biased in a clockwise direction, a collet attached to the collet arm, a pad arm having an end biased in a counterclockwise direction and a pad, the pad arm engaging under pressure the collet arm, a head carriage pivotally receiving the pad arm, and components for vertically moving the collect arm engaging the pad arm in synchronism with vertical movement of the carrier.

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patent: 4024581 (1977-05-01), Lesca et al.
patent: 4223359 (1980-09-01), Galvagni
patent: 4315289 (1982-02-01), Holecek et al.
patent: 4339778 (1982-07-01), Wise
patent: 4466033 (1984-08-01), Jordan et al.
patent: 4523240 (1985-06-01), Dunstan et al.
IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 22, No. 11, Apr. 1980, pp. 5096-5098, "Disk Cartridge Player" and Interlock . . . Player, both by Godsoe.
IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 23, No. 11, Apr. 1981, pp. 5070-5072, "Collet . . . Drives" by Holecek.

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