Floppy disk drive unit with contact preventing mechanism

Abstract

To provide a floppy disk drive unit in which a magnetic head is prevented from being broken. This floppy disk drive unit 1 includes an upper magnetic head 10a and a lower magnetic head 10b which have the respective sliding faces opposite to each other, a cassette support 4 for supporting a floppy disk 3 opposite to the magnetic heads 10a, 10b, and a contact preventing element 19 for preventing breakage of the magnetic head 10b. The contact preventing element 19 has a first stopper part 19b for inhibiting the downward movement of the cassette support 4 to prevent its contact with the magnetic head. By this arrangement, even if impact is applied from the outside to the floppy disk drive unit so that the cassette support 4 is bent and descended, the cassette support 4 is supported from below by the first stopper part 19b so as to prevent the magnetic head 10b from being damaged.

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