Magnetic head supporting mechanism of double side type flexible disc drive apparatus
AssigneeMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNoboru Higashiyama, Shin Isozaki, Kanji Sakurai, Masaru Sasaki
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Abstract
A magnetic head supporting mechanism equipped with a magnetic head positioning carriage of a interchangeable double side type flexible disc drive apparatus comprising a carriage having a pair of arms which is rotated in detachable to a double side type flexible disc and arms, and arm parts in the arms and sliding type magnetic heads which are respectively mounted on the arm part and slide on the surface of the flexible disc and gimbal spring placed between each sliding type magnetic head and each arm part.
Claims7
In an interchangeable double side type flexible disc drive apparatus, wherein a pair of magnetic heads are supported on a magnetic head supporting mechanism fitted to a magnetic head positioning carriage, adapted for positioning of the magnetic heads on the opposite surfaces of a flexible magnetic disc, an improved magnetic head supporting mechanism comprising:
- first and second support arms;
- first and second magnetic head assemblies mounted on said first and second support arms respectively and each having at least one contacting type head slider for making flexible sliding contact with a respective surface of said flexible disc, each slider movable at least in a direction normal to said disc;
- both of said support arms rotatable about said carriage to be detachably removed from said flexible disc;
- each of said head assemblies including projected two rigid bases of a holder on which is mounted a symetrically shaped cross fulcrum gimbal spring for supporting symmetrical outer parts of said spring, each said spring having symmetrical multigrooves and each said spring coupled on a central circular part thereof to a respective contacting slider for biasing said respective head against a respective surface of said flexible disc.
In an interchangeable double side type flexible disc drive apparatus, wherein a pair of magnetic heads are supported on a magnetic head supporting mechanism fitted to a magnetic head positioning carriage, adapted for positioning of the magnetic heads on opposite surfaces of a flexible magnetic disc, said disc provided with a jacket, an improved magnetic head supporting mechanism comprising:
- first and second support arms;
- first and second magnetic head assemblies mounted on said first and second support arms respectively and each having at least one contacting type head slider for making sliding contact with a respective surface of said flexible disc;
- each of said head assemblies including a relatively rigid branched holder on which is mounted a spring coupled to a respective contacting slider for biasing said respective contacting slider against the respective surface of said flexible disc;
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- said holders each including a part for contacting the disc jacket to reduce flutter caused in rotation of the disc.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.