Rotatable door and door opening mechanism for a cartridge

Details Rotatable door and door opening mechanism for a cartridge Rotatable door and door opening mechanism for a cartridge

1997-11-24

2000-04-11

Miller, Brian E.

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

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369291, G11B 2303

Patent

active

060494441

ABSTRACT:
A cartridge adapted to be inserted into a disk drive where the disk drive includes a read/write head and a finger for engaging the cartridge. The cartridge includes a housing defining a cartridge door port and a door control port, a rotatable media within the housing, a door that rotates about a pivot point between a closed position and an open position, a portion of the door blocking access to the rotatable media through the cartridge door port when the door is closed, and a door opening link having a first end and a second end, the first end being coupled to the door closer to the pivot point of the door than to the portion of the door that blocks the cartridge door port, the second end being movable between a closed location and an open location. The door is in the closed position when the second end of the door opening link is in the closed location, and the door is in the open position when the second end of the door opening link is in the open location. The door control port is adapted to permit the finger of the disk drive to extend through the door control port and push the second end of the door opening link from the closed location to the open location as the cartridge is inserted into the drive.

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