Disk drive for receiving a removable cartridge and method of inserting the cartridge
US5699210A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 13, 1996 |
| Grant date | Dec 16, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 13, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B23/0308
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A removable cartridge disk drive includes a removable cartridge adapted to be received by a disk drive having a base plate and right and left guide walls. The cartridge inserts into the drive at an angle with the aid of a movable slider attached to one of the guide walls. Once inserted, the cartridge is locked in and held. During operation, a rotary actuator arm with adjustable angular orientation loads one or more read/write heads off of a fixed ramp onto the surface of a data storage disk contained inside the cartridge. After read/write operations are finished, the head is unloaded onto the fixed ramp and the cartridge is ejected from the drive at an angle.
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