CARTRIDGE FOR A MAGNETIC DISC ASSEMBLY

    公开(公告)号:GB1200572A

    公开(公告)日:1970-07-29

    申请号:GB1581869

    申请日:1969-03-26

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: 1,200,572. Magnetic disc cartridges. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP. 26 March, 1969, No. 15818/69. Heading G5R. A cartridge for a magnetic disc assembly 3 comprises a cover 2a having a bottom portion 2b permitting coupling of the assembly to a drive unit and a transducer side opening adapted to be covered by a removable base 4. As shown, one or more discs 3 are clamped by a plate 9 to a hub having a flexible portion 10 locatable over a machine spindle and carrying a magnetic ring 6 co-operable either with magnets 5 in the base, to hold the base and cover together, or with magnets (23, Fig. 4, not shown) in a drive unit, to transmit drive to the discs. A handle 8, foldable into a well in the cover, is raised to lift a bar 13 connected by pillars 14 to a plate 15 so as to engage and lift the clamping plate 9 to thereby break the attraction of the ring 6 and magnets. The handle includes a latch (Figs. 5, 6, not shown) allowing the handle to be raised without the bar 13 for carrying, and a lock preventing the latch from being released when the handle is raised. The cover includes further side apertures (20, 21, Fig. 3, not shown) for brushes and for ensuring correct orientation, and the base has a filtered air vent 38 to assist removal of the base which may then be clamped atop the cover. The cartridge contains a magnetic shield.

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