摘要:
In order to provide a shutter open/close mechanism suitable for use with a cartridge body (6) whose front end is formed in an arbitrary shape for easily identifying the correct direction of insertion in a recorder/player, a guide recess (36) to support a shutter plate (25) movably is formed on a main side of the cartridge body (6) to be oblique relative to the width of the cartridge body (6). The shutter open/close mechanism (26) includes a guide member (31) supporting the shutter plate (25) and movably engaged in the guide recess (36), an operating member (32) to move the guide member (31), a transmission member (33) connecting the guide member (31) and operating member (32) to each other to transmit an operating force from the operating member (32) to the guide member (31), and support surfaces (37) formed on the cartridge body (6) to support the operating member (32) movably. The transmission member (33) is pivotably connected to the guide and operating members (31,32).
摘要:
In order to provide a shutter open/close mechanism (26) suitable for use with a cartridge body (6) whose front end is formed in an arbitrary shape for easily identifying the correct direction of insertion in a recorder/player, a guide recess (36) to support a shutter plate (25) movably is formed on a main side of the cartridge body (6) to be oblique relative to the width of the cartridge body (6). The shutter open/close mechanism (26) includes a guide member (31) supporting the shutter plate (25) and movably engaged in the guide recess (36), an operating member (32) to move the guide member (31), a transmission member (33) connecting the guide member (31) and operating member (32) to each other to transmit an operating force from the operating member (32) to the guide member (31), and support surfaces (37) formed on the cartridge body (6) to support the operating member (32) movably. The shutter open/close mechanism (26) further includes a shutter locking mechanism (38) disposed at the lateral side of the cartridge body (6) to lock the shutter plate (25) against movement.
摘要:
A main cartridge body unit for housing a disc-shaped recording medium which can be reduced in size and thickness. To this end, the main cartridge body unit 6 includes a flexible magnetic disc 5, an upper plate 21 of a metal material and a lower plate 22 of a metal material, fonning a plate pair, and an intermediate frame 23 sandwiched between the upper and lower plates 21, 22. A flexible magnetic disc 5 is housed in the inside of the main cartridge body unit 6. The main cartridge body unit 6 includes recording and/or reproducing apertures 24, 25 for exposing portions of the recording area of the flexible magnetic disc 5 to outside across the inner and outer rims of the disc. The main cartridge body unit 6 also includes a shutter member 61 for opening/closing the recording and/or reproducing apertures 24, 25.
摘要:
The presence of a disk cartridge (10) in a disk drive (40) is detected by obtaining a measure of the load on the spindle motor (82) of the disk drive and comparing that measure to a threshold value. The measure of load on the spindle motor may comprise (i) the time the spindle motor takes to spin-up to its full operating speed, (ii) the time the spindle motor takes to coast down to its operating speed from a first speed in excess of the operating speed, (iii) the voltage applied across the coils of the spindle motor, or (iv) the current drawn by the spindle motor.
摘要:
A disk cartridge is constituted by a case for holding a disklike medium therein, a slidable shutter, and a coil spring. The case has an upper case and a lower case coupled together. The upper case and the lower case is provided with a hole for inserting a record-playback head and a hole for inserting a driving shaft. The slidable shutter is substantially U-shaped in cross section, and exposes and blocks up the openings. The shutter is formed of a left-side shutter and a right-side shutter. The coil spring is stretched between retaining portions provided to the sliders of the respective left- and right-side shutters in order to urge the left- and right-side shutters in the direction of bringing both shutters close to each other. The left- and right-side shutters are abutted each other to block up the opening by the urging force of the coil spring. The left- and right-side shutters are slid in the direction of parting both shutters from each other against the tensile strength of the coil spring in order to expose the openings.
摘要:
A data storage device (40) comprises a cartridge receiving stop (53) having a substantially flat middle surface (57) and angled outer edges (55a, 55b) for inhibiting the insertion of incompatible disk cartridges into the data storage device. A disk cartridge (10) adapted for use in the data storage device has opposite front corners (20c, 20d). The opposite front corners of the disk cartridge have a non-square shape adapted to avoid interference with the angled outer edges (55a, 55b) of the cartridge receiving stop (53). The data storage device may further comprise means for enabling a function of the data storage device (40) upon insertion of a disk cartridge (10) having non-square front corners into the disk drive. The disk cartridge may further comprise a projection (20a) positioned on the front peripheral edge (20) of the disk cartridge (10, 11, 15) and adapted to engage an operating member (158, 164, 182) of the enabling means on the substantially flat middle surface (57) of the cartridge receiving stop (53).
摘要:
A disc cartridge has a cartridge body (2) formed with an aperture (6) for exposing at least a part of the signal recording area of an accommodated disc (1), and a shutter (9) slidably mounted on the cartridge body (2) to open or close the aperture (6). The cartridge body (2) is provided with a shutter opening groove (18) extending along the sliding direction of the shutter (9) which is parallel to the direction (L) of insertion of the disc cartridge (2) into a recording and/or reproducing apparatus to record and/or reproduce information signals on or from the disc, and a mistaken insertion inhibiting groove (19) extending parallel to the shutter opening groove (18) and having a length (G) shorter than the length (F) of the shutter opening groove (18). Mistaken insertion of the disc cartridge may be inhibited by mistaken insertion inhibiting pins (52, 53) provided in the recording and/or reproducing apparatus for mating with each of the grooves (18, 19).