Havant International Limited

George A Cunningham

Anthony R Hearn

Anthony W Leonard

Gianluca Elmo

David R Farquhar

David J Smith

Robert N Evans

A bay for receiving an electrical device such as a disc drive is designed for easy insertion and ejection of the drive. The bay, a sliding carriage bearing a forwardly facing ejection member having a forwardly facing ejection pin for passing on the rear of the electrical device, and a lever operated insertion and removal mechanism for the insertion and later removal of said electrical device, including a pivoted lever having a manually engageable handle, a roller carried by the lever for engagement with the forward face of the electrical device, and a quadrant gear coupled to a rack on the sliding carriage, whereby said lever is pivotable to drive the sliding carriage backwards and forwards in the bay by the action of the quandrant gear and rack to carry the elecrical device into and out of the bay.

Mounting and testing of electrical devices using a lever operated bay for receiving the electrical devices

A mounting for a disk file comprises a carrier defining a space into which the disk file can be removably inserted for operational use. The carrier has a base and two opposed sides and, and first and second wedges and which are movable to act between the main body of the disk file and the side of the carrier, to secure the disk file against movement relative to the carrier. The wedges include wedges which are movable in a vertical direction by a control linkage operated automatically when the disk file is inserted into the carrier structure.

Disk file mounting

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Emsworth, United Kingdom

George A Cunningham