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Flexible record disk signal storage apparatus

US4167269A · kind A · utility

3Cited by
6References
31Claims
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Filing dateOct 31, 1977
Grant dateSep 11, 1979
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Expiry dateOct 31, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B17/32
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Flexible disk record storage apparatus has a chordally perturbed backing plate for inducing a dynamic stiffness in a flexible recording disk rotating immediately adjacent the plate. A head radially movably disposed between the chordal perturbations provides reliable recording and playback. A web portion of the backing plate has a predetermined flatness circumscribing a transducing location for enhancing recording and playback quality.

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