Flexible magnetic disk drive using a rigid cartridge
CA 1188791 A · Owner: Iomega Corporation · Inventors: Kleczkowski, S. Peter; Bauck, Randall C.; Radman, Anton J.
Overview
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A magnetic disk drive includes a Bernoulli plate fixed in the drive with an edge thereof in proximity to an opening in the drive through which a cartridge is inserted so that the edge of the plate enters the cartridge through an edge thereof to position the flexible disk against the plate, a magnetic head, and means for rotating the disk against the plate in a read/write relationship with the magnetic head. Also provided is the combination of a magnetic disk drive and a disk cartridge comprising a rigid box forming the cartridge and a flexible magnetic disk enclosed in the box.
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- Granted June 11, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 11, 2002.
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