Iomega Corporation

Walter E Broom

Lee Schultz

Mark A Swenson

A disk drive has a frame for receiving and retaining a disk cartridge which includes a disk therein, such disk being rotatable about a first axis perpendicular to the frame and cartridge. An actuator is mounted to the frame and is movable a first lesser amount from a first position to a second position and a second greater amount from the first position to a third position. A retract/eject lever is also mounted to the frame, is rotatable on an axis parallel to the first axis by the actuator, and is biased to a resting position. The actuator upon being moved to the second position rotates the retract/eject lever into a head-retracting position. The actuator upon being moved to the third position rotates the retract/eject lever to the head-retracting position and then to a cartridge-ejecting position. A head assembly is mounted to the frame and is movable toward and away from the retained disk cartridge and the disk therein for reading data from/writing data to such disk. A head retracting assembly is mounted to the frame for retracting the head assembly away from the retained disk cartridge when the retract/eject lever is rotated to the second position. A cartridge transport assembly is mounted to the frame for ejecting the retained cartridge when the retract/eject lever is rotated to the third position.

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Longmont, CO, United States of America

Walter E Broom