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US 4,071,864 AGranted
Flexible recording head mounting assembly
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
InventorRaymond J. Zapala
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Abstract
A flexible recording head mounting assembly where the head is secured to a cap which is supported by a pressure sensitive diaphram, the head being pivotally secured to the cap and having an off center shoe located near the pick-up end so that the head is inclined to a recording medium and a hydrodynamic force minimizes the space between the head and moving recording medium.
Claims1
A flexible recording head mounting assembly for information recording systems having one moving member positioned in a close spaced relationship comprising:
- a housing;
- a cylindrically shaped chamber open at one end and reduced to a passage at the other end, in the housing;
- a flexible diaphram positioned across the open end of the chamber;
- a cup shaped means within the chamber extending through the diaphram and secured thereto;
- a recording head pivotally mounted to said cup-shaped means and a shoe means affixed to the recording head and adjacent an end distally from the pivot mount and having a cylindrical surface whose center line is offset from the recording head whereby the head will be inclined to the moving member and spaced therefrom by a hydrodynamic bearing created by said inclination.
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