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US 5,313,446 AGranted
Disc drive device having a head carriage
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKaneyoshi Tokano, Sunao Kurahashi
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Abstract
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-shaped recording medium at the pitch of two frame-recording tracks. At each moving position of the head carriage, the head is moved from one track position to an adjacent track by the head moving support mechanism.
Claims16
A disc drive device comprising:
- a) a head arranged to perform recording or reproduction on a disc-shaped recording medium;
- b) a head carriage arranged to change a recording or reproducing track from one track to another by radially moving said head over said disc-shaped recording medium while said disc is rotating;
- c) driving means for moving said head carriage;
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- d) head support means for carrying said head, said head support means being mounted on said head carriage with moving means which is arranged to be capable of moving said head relative to said head carriage as much as a distance corresponding to a predetermined pitch of recording or reproducing tracks on said recording medium.
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A disc drive device comprising:
- a) a head arranged to perform recording or reproduction on a disc-shaped recording medium;
- b) a head carriage arranged to change a recording or reproducing track from one track to another by radially moving said head over said disc-shaped recording medium while said disc is rotating;
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- c) head support means for carrying said head, said head support means being mounted on said head carriage with moving means which is arranged to be capable of moving said head relative to said head carriage as much a distance corresponding to a predetermined pitch of recording or reproducing tracks on said recording medium, said head support means being urged to move in one direction by a spring, and
- d) driving means arranged to move said head support means relative to said head carriage.
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A disc drive device comprising:
- a) a head carriage having a head mounted thereon and arranged to be movable in a predetermined direction relative to a disc-shaped recording medium;
- b) a lead-screw bar having a groove arranged therein to engage an engaging part disposed on said head carriage in a direction interacting with said lead-screw bar, said groove being arranged to allow the engaging part of said head carriage to have a gap of a predetermined distance within said groove;
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- c) biasing means for biasing the engaging part of said head carriage for moving said head in the axial direction of said lead-screw bar selectively to one of two end faces of said groove of said lead-screw bar within said groove in the axial direction of said lead-screw bar.
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A disc drive device comprising:
- a) a head carriage having a head mounted thereon and arranged to be movable in a predetermined direction relative to a disc-shaped recording medium;
- b) head positioning means arranged to move said head carriage in a first direction by engaging an engaging part disposed on said head carriage in a second direction intersecting said first direction, said head positioning means being provided with a plurality of engaging faces for engaging the engaging part of said head carriage;
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- c) selecting means for selectively changing the engaging face of said head positioning means from one of said engaging faces.
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A head advancing control device comprising:
- a) first head moving means for moving a head to a desired track on a recording medium;
- b) second head moving means for moving said head to a track adjacent to said desired track on said recording medium;
- c) first control means for controlling said first head moving means for positioning said head relative to said desired track in such a way as to have a reproduced signal obtained at the maximum level thereof;
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- c) second control means for controlling said second head moving means for positioning said head to said track adjacent to said desired track and for stopping the operation of said first control means, after positioning of said head adjacent to said desired track.
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A disc drive device comprising:
- a) a head arranged to perform recording or reproduction on a disc-shaped recording medium;
- b) a head carriage arranged to change a recording or reproducing track from one track to another by radially moving said head over said disc-shaped recording medium while said disc is rotating;
- c) driving means for moving said head carriage;
- d) head support means for carrying said head, said head support means being mounted on said head carriage with moving means which is arranged to be capable of moving said head relative to said head carriage as much as a distance corresponding to a predetermined pitch of recording or reproducing tracks on said recording medium;
- e) head position control means for controlling the position of said head relative to said desired track in such a way as to have a reproduced signal obtained at the maximum level thereof;
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- f) control means for stopping said head position control means from operating when said head is to be moved to a track adjacent to a track for which the position of said head has been controlled by said head position control means, said control means being arranged to then cause said head to be moved by said head support means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.