Row bar holder
AssigneeWestern Digital (Fremont), LLC
InventorReginald Lee
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Abstract
A row bar holder to hold a plurality of row bars containing reader heads for scanning operations is disclosed. The row bar holder includes: a base fixture having a length defining a y-axis and a width defining an x-axis, a plurality of separator walls formed on a top surface of the base fixture spaced from one another to separate the plurality of row bars containing reader heads, a plurality of grooves defined between the adjacent separator walls to receive the row bars, respectively, and a draw bar mountable within the base fixture, the draw bar having a plurality of draw bar walls that approximately align with the plurality of separator walls of the base fixture along the y-axis.
Claims20
A row bar holder to hold a plurality of row bars containing reader heads for scanning operations comprising:
- a base fixture having a length defining a y-axis and a width defining an x-axis;
- a plurality of separator walls formed on a top surface of the base fixture spaced from one another to separate the plurality of row bars containing reader heads;
- a plurality of grooves defined between the adjacent separator walls to receive the row bars respectively;
- a draw bar mountable within the base fixture, the draw bar having a plurality of draw bar walls that approximately align with the plurality of separator walls of the base fixture along the y-axis, and
- a spring mechanism mounted between the draw bar and the base fixture.
A method of holding a plurality of row bars containing reader heads for scanning operations comprising:
- providing a base fixture having a length defining a y-axis and a width defining an x-axis, the base fixture including a plurality of separator walls formed on a top surface of the base fixture spaced from one another;
- mounting a draw bar within the base fixture, the draw bar having a plurality of draw bar walls that approximately align with the plurality of separator walls of the base fixture along the y-axis;
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- mounting the plurality of row bars containing reader heads in a plurality of grooves defined between the adjacent separator walls and between the draw bar walls, respectively,
- wherein the draw bar includes a spring mechanism.
A row bar holder to hold a plurality of row bars containing reader heads for scanning operations comprising:
- a base fixture having a length defining a y-axis and a width defining an x-axis;
- a plurality of separator walls formed on a top surface of the base fixture spaced from one another to separate the plurality of row bars containing reader heads;
- a plurality of grooves defined between the adjacent separator walls to receive the row bars respectively;
- a draw bar mountable within the base fixture, the draw bar having a plurality of draw bar walls that approximately align with the plurality of separator walls of the base fixture along the y-axis;
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- a spring mechanism mounted between the draw bar and the base fixture, wherein, when the draw bar is compressed within the base fixture, the spring mechanism is loaded such that the draw bar is spring-loaded relative to the base fixture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.