Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha

Hideo Tsumura

Kanji Sakurai

Chiaki Kawamura

A disc assembly for a magnetic disc apparatus comprises a plurality of vertically arranged magnetic discs each having a central aperture, a rotating shaft which is inserted in the central aperture of each of the magnetic discs and which is connected to a rotating source to be driven together with the magnetic discs, spacers interposed between the magnetic discs, and a clamp attached onto a top surface of the shaft, wherein a temperature compensating disc having substantially the same outer diameter as the magnetic discs is mounted on the clamp in one piece.

Disc assembly for a magnetic disc apparatus

A magnetic head actuating mechanism including a capstan attached to the shaft of a magnetic head driving motor, and an actuator arm supported on a pivot, adapted to be turned through a thin metallic band by the capstan and mounted fixedly at one end thereof with at least one magnetic head. The magnetic head actuating mechanism is designed so that the moment of the unbalanced mass of the turning assembly thereof about the pivot is within the predetermined range. The magnetic head is held stationary even while the magnetic head driving motor is not energized. Thus, the magnetic head actuating mechanism obviates the injurious state of contact between the magnetic head and a magnetic disk easily and need not have any magnetic head locking mechanism.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Hideo Tsumura