Magnetic recording/reproducing device having head carriage with shock absorber
AssigneeMitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsTeruo Shimazu, Toshiharu Shimizu, Yoshihide Majima, Toshimitsu Itoh
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Abstract
A flexible disk drive includes a carriage spaced from a main frame and holding a magnetic head, a pair of guide bars for guiding the carriage, rubber dampers fixed on each of the guide bars at both axial end portions thereof, and a linear motor for moving the carriage in a given radial direction of a flexible disk. When the linear motor excessively in the carriage in the given radial direction, the rubber dampers work to stop the carriage in a manner so as to prevent a shock.
Claims2
A magnetic recording/reproducing device comprising:
- a main frame;
- a disk table rotatably mounted on said main frame for receiving and driving a recording medium thereon;
- a magnetic head for recording data on and/or reproducing data from said recording medium which is received and driven on said disk table;
- a linearly driven head carriage spaced from said main frame and holding said magnetic head;
- a pair of guide bars mounted on said main frame for guiding said linearly driven head carriage, said pair of guide bars extending in a radial direction with respect to said recording medium which is received and driven on said disk table;
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- a head carriage shock absorber comprising a plurality of rubber dampers each having an O-ring structure, said rubber dampers being respectively mounted at both axial end portions of each of said guide bars.
A carriage shock absorber for a magnetic recording/reproducing device, said magnetic recording/reproducing device including a linearly driven carriage spaced from a main frame and holding a magnetic head, and said carriage shock absorber comprising:
- a pair of guide bars for guiding said carriage in a radial direction with respect to a recording medium;
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- a plurality of rubber dampers each having an O-ring structure, said rubber dampers being respectively provided at both axial end portions of each of said guide bars.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.