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Multiple flexible disk file

CA 1056056 A · Owner: International Business Machines Corporation · Inventors: Thompson, Paul A.; Talke, Frank E.; Penfold, Robert J.

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Abstract of the Disclosure A disk file includes a pressurized spindle for mounting a multiplicity of flexible disks, and apertured spacers for uniformly spacing and for stabilizing the flexible disks during rotation. Selected adjacent disks are parted by a wedge or knife-like element, and an accessing magnetic head is moved into transducing relation with a selected disk surface.

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  • Granted June 5, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 5, 1996.
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GrantedJune 5, 1979
Term endedJune 5, 1996
Patent numberCA 1056056 A
Classification (IPC)G11B5/82 +2 more

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198019821984198619881990199219941996Patent grantedJune 5, 1979Term endedJune 5, 1996

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