Patent · US Expired

Device for the automatic loading/unloading of at least one magnetic head in a magnetic disc drive

US4206489A · kind A · utility

19Cited by

8References

7Claims

0Family size

Assignee

BASF SE

Inventors

Klaus Manzke · Wassertrüdingen, DE
Peter Hammerschmitt · Eslarn, DE
Richard Schneider · Livonia, US
Karl Uhl

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 6, 1978
Grant date	Jun 3, 1980
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 6, 1998

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11B5/54
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An automatic loading/unloading device for at least one magnetic head, consisting essentially of a support for the head and a spring-like member incorporating a ramp, the head support being decouplable from the spring-like member during loading and recouplable thereto upon unloading. The loading/unloading device of the invention can be used with advantage in any type of magnetic storage system which employs rigid magnetic media and magnetic heads which can be positioned relative to said magnetic media.

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