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US 6,185,069 B2Granted
Magnetic disk cartridge having a flexible disk anti-drift mechanism
AssigneeIomega Corporation
InventorBrian Schick
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Abstract
A flexible magnetic disk cassette for use in a disk drive. The cassette comprises a flexible magnetic disk disposed within a rectangular shell. The flexible magnetic disk have a center hub with an aperature for engagement with a drive spindle. The hub aperature forms an annular projection for engaging a cylindrical retaining well that is formed in the top inside portion of the shell.
Claims13
A flexible magnetic disk cassette, comprising:
- an outer shell having top and bottom portions, said top portion having a substantially circular center opening and said bottom portion having a spindle access opening;
- a flexible magnetic disk disposed within said outer shell;
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- a center hub fixedly attached to said flexible magnetic disk, said center hub having a projection extending into said circular opening for engaging said center opening of said outer shell, wherein said projection is rotatably disposed within said center opening, whereby said flexible magnetic disk and said center hub rotate within.
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A magnetic disk cassette for use in a disk drive, comprising:
- a circular disk disposed within a substantially rectangular shell, said rectangular shell having a retaining well disposed therein proximate a center of an inside top portion of said shell and said rectangular shell having a spindle access opening in bottom portion of said shell;
- a center hub fixedly attached to said circular disk, said center hub having a center projection, wherein said projection projects into said rectangular shell for engaging said retaining well to constrain lateral movement of said circular disk while allowing rotational movement of said circular disk and said center hub.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.