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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5519553 | Coarse and fine head positioning apparatus which uses a slidable shaft for fine positioning This invention provides a small-sized and easy-assembling head positioning apparatus having a coarse moving mechanism and fine moving mechanism, by which the desired fine moving accuracy is easy to attain. A head positioning apparatus has a first stepping... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5313446 | Disc drive device having a head carriage A disc drive device has a head mounted on a head carriage with a head moving support mechanism which is capable of moving the head to the extent of one track pitch. The device is arranged to advance the head for a plurality of recording tracks on a disc-s... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5303103 | Head drive mechanism with resilient signal transmitting member A head drive mechanism is disclosed which is associated with a disk drive device for rotatably mounting a disk member. The head drive mechanism comprises a head member capable of recording signals on the disk member and reproducing the same from the disk ... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5245490 | Disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus including a head positioning mechanism having a spiral cam for positioning a head at a reference position A magnetic disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus in which a magnetic disc cassette containing a magnetic disc provided with a center hub is loaded so that the center hub engages with a rotary shaft of a disc rotating motor to rotate the magnetic dis... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5062019 | Method and apparatus for accurately positioning a magnetic recording and reproducing head A magnetic disk recording and reproducing apparatus is provided having a carriage which supports a magnetic head moving in radial directions about a magnetic disk which is rotatably supported on a body of the apparatus, a cam which is rotatable about a ro... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5005098 | Disk drive with stabilizer block for insuring stable contact between a read/write head and a flexible recording medium A disk drive unit includes a disk stabilizer block supporting a reading and/or writing head. The disk stabilizer block is formed a surface to sealingly contact with a mating surface of the disk. At least one void is formed on the disk stabilizer block for... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4989109 | Apparatus for accurately positioning a magnetic recording and reproducing head A magnetic disk recording and reproducing apparatus is provided having a carriage which supports a magnetic head moving in radial directions about a magnetic disk which is rotatably supported on a body of the apparatus, a cam which is rotatable about a ro... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4959740 | Disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus including means for minimizing the effects of temperature changes A recording and/or reproducing apparatus for recording on and/or reproducing from a recording medium. The apparatus includes a head supported by a head mount movable in the radial direction of the recording medium and a head positioning member for displac... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4872077 | Recording and/or reproducing apparatus with adjustments for positioning head and a moving device using the same A recording and/or reproducing apparatus arranged to use a rotary type record bearing medium, including a rotating member for rotating the medium about an axis, a recording and/or reproducing head, a head carriage carrying the head and movable to shift th... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4864445 | Head loading mechanism for recording and/or reproducing apparatus A recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes a recording and/or reproducing head; a head control device for moving the head along a recording surface of a medium and for shifting the head into condition away from the surface of the medium; a drive so... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4833557 | Transducer shifting device A carriage shifting device of a recording or reproducing apparatus comprises a transducer which is arranged to perform a recording or reproducing operation on a disc-shaped recording medium, a carriage arranged to shift the transducer along the recording ... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4829394 | Device for detecting reference position of magnetic head A device is disclosed for detecting a position of reference for the movement of a magnetic head when the magnetic head is moved by a driving force from a rotary driving source in the radial direction of a magnetic disc. A plurality of rotary members havin... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4827365 | Assembly for accessing information recording medium An assembly for accessing information recording tracks of an information storage medium comprises a transducer for recording and/or reproducing information; a transducer support carriage for advancing the transducer; a driving force generator for producin... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4802040 | Disk-type recording and reproducing apparatus A disc-type recording and reproducing system in which only a single motor is required for rotating the disc and for moving a magnetic head radially with respect to the disc. The system includes a continuously rotating body, a coupling rotary body rotated ... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4763214 | Head drive mechanism for electronic still camera Disclosed is a recording apparatus which is capable of efficiently driving a recording head with simple construction. The recording apparatus includes first and second slide members which are coupled through a spring to each other. The first slide member ... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4750068 | Mechanism for moving a magnetic head A mechanism for moving a magnetic head of a type at least having a chassis, a motor mounted on the chassis, a lead screw driven by the motor either in a normal rotational direction or in a reverse rotational direction, guide shafts mounted on the chassis,... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4747003 | Head shifting device for information recording and/or reproducing apparatus A head shifting device having a movable head carriage mechanism which carries a head is movable to shift the head to a selected position on a record bearing medium. A moving mechanism which is arranged to move the head carriage mechanism is provided with ... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4716481 | Recording and/or reproducing apparatus having an imposed head shifting feature A recording or reproducing apparatus having a recording or reproducing head, a spring member, a reset member for charging the spring member, a carriage member for moving the recording or reproducing head by the driving force of the spring member and a con... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4679105 | Head positioning assembly for a disk drive The invention is a head positioning assembly (10) for use with a conventional disk drive (12). The assembly (10) is adapted to position the ready/write head (22) on a rotating diskette (21) and includes a locating disk (30) provided with a cardioid cam gr... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4665453 | Floppy disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus A floppy disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes a driving shaft for rotationally driving a floppy disc, a cam body having a cam part, and a driving mechanism for rotating the driving shaft and the cam body independently of each other. A pair... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4630159 | Magnetic disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus In an apparatus for recording and/or reproducing signals on a flexible disc which is rotatably mounted in a jacket having an indicator for indicating the number of tracks on which the signals have already been recorded, a transducer records and/or reprodu... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4626944 | Positioning device for scanning means in a disk drive unit A positioning device, comprising a cylindrical guide element and a guide surface, is so designed that an angle of less than 90°, especially of from 1° to 80°, is formed between an axis at right angles to the direction of movement of the guide element o... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4198666 | Positioning device for a write/read magnetic head in a magnetic-disc data storage device A positioning device for a write/read magnetic head in a magnetic disc data storage device comprising a motor-driven guide disc, with a spiral-shaped guide wall arranged at right angles to the plane of the guide disc, for a guide element in the form of a ... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4131923 | Magnetic-head locating arrangement for floppy-disk mechanisms In one illustrated embodiment a generally conical locating member for a transducer head has a guide surface extending thereabout in successive turns of progressively increasing radius. In another embodiment two generally conical sections provide respectiv... | 12/26/1978 |
| 3950783 | Disk file access mechanism An access mechanism for a vertical stack of magnetic disks including a mechanism carriage moveable back and forth horizontally by a prime mover, an access arm having a magnetic head adjacent its end and carried by a carriage moveable along slide shafts mo... | 04/13/1976 |
