U.S. Philips Corporation

Pieter Van Der Giessen

Marinus J Dona

Adrianus J Franken

Johannes W Faber

A system for recording/reading information, comprising interchangeable disc units and a drive unit. Each disc unit comprises a disc pack with at least one information disc which is contained in an enclosure comprising two covers which can move relative to each other and which are interconnected by connecting means. The drive unit comprises means for supporting and driving the information-disc pack and means for recording/reading the information on the information discs, means for releasing the connection between the covers, and means for moving the covers relative to each other.

Disc unit for information recording and/or reading system

A disk unit (1) comprises a circular information disk (2) accommodated in an enclosure, at least one major wall (6) of the enclosure being formed with a slot (11) for an information write and/or read head of a disk drive apparatus, which slot is closed by means of a sliding plate (12) of a slot sealing device when the disk unit is disposed outside the drive unit, and which slot can be opened by sliding the sliding plate from the closed position to the open position when the disk unit is inserted into a drive unit. An actuating member for moving the sliding plate is constituted by a lever (13) which is journalled on the major wall (6) in which the slot (11) is formed, in such a way that a transmission ratio greater than unity is obtained between a free end (15) of the lever which is externally accessible to the drive unit and a second free end (16) which is connected to sliding plate (12).

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The Hague, Netherlands

Pieter Van Der Giessen