Patent · US Expired

Device for clamping a flexible disk

US4705279A · kind A · utility

38Cited by
5References
3Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJun 25, 1986
Grant dateNov 10, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 25, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T279/26
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A collet device for engagement with a spindle hub for clamping a flexible disk between the collet device and the hub, the collet device having a collet having a plurality of radially extending petal-like portions therearound, a collet shaft on which the collet is mounted, a regulating body on the collet and having stops thereon extending outside the ends of the petal-like portions and engagable by the ends of the petal-like portions for limiting the outward movement of the petal-like portions during an increase in the diameter of the collet, and an enlarging spring on the regulating body have legs thereon engaging the ends of the petal-like portions for urging the ends of the petal-like portions outwardly for increasing the diameter of the collet.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.