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US 4,791,511 AGranted
Disk cartridge with slide door engageable in either of two orientations
AssigneeLaser Magnetic Storage International Company
InventorMarvin B. Davis
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AssigneeLaser Magnetic Storage International Company
InventorMarvin B. Davis
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A disk cartridge for a disk drive has a slide door normally biased to the closed position. A recess on the door is positioned laterally offset from the horizontal center as to be oriented in either the upper or lower portion of the door depending on the orientation of the cartridge housing. The recess is engagable by a door opening mechanism on the disk drive to move the door to its open position wherein the disk media is exposed to the sensors in the disk drive. The recess is engagable by the door opening mechanism regardless of the orientation of the cartridge. A lock button supported on a resilient support engages the door recess when the door is in its closed position to thereby lock the door; the door opening mechanism engaging the lock button to unlock the door when engaging the recess.
In a disk cartridge having a cartridge housing adapted for enclosing a disk, and having a door on said cartridge housing movable between an open position wherein, when a disk is enclosed in said cartridge, a surface of the disk is exposed to a read/write head in a disk drive to enable recording and/or reading of data recorded on said disk and a closed position wherein, when a disk is enclosed in said cartridge, the disk surface is not exposed to a read/write head, and bias means carried by said cartridge housing biasing said door to its closed position, wherein said cartridge housing is a generally flat housing having opposite first and second major sides and an edge surface, and wherein said door includes a first surface adjacent to a portion of said cartridge edge surface, the improvement comprising:
A disk cartridge for enclosing a disk usable in a disk drive having a read/write head, the cartridge comprising:
A disk cartridge for enclosing a disk usable in a disk drive having a read/write head and also having unlocking means, the cartridge comprising:
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