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Recording apparatus for magneto-optical disc and disc cartridge misinsertion preventing mechanism

US5224079A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 16, 1991
Grant dateJun 29, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 16, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B19/10
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A magneto-optical disc recording apparatus for writing information signals on a disc includes an external magnetic field generator that moves in close to the disc after the disc begins to rotate and moves away from the disc before the disc stops rotating to prevent the external magnetic field generator from contacting the disc.

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