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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1976
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald E Griffiths, Boulder County, CO (US);
Carl F Pugliese, Adams County, CO (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 75 ; 360 98 ; 360 99 ;
Abstract
A stack of flexible record disks is peripherally accessed following a peripheral identification procedure. A magnetic sensing means disposed in close proximity to the outer circumference of the stack senses a magnetic record track on the respective disk for identifying axial position such that the record surface of a predetermined disk can be accessed. For example, one of a plurality of frequencies particularly identify a disk within a group of disks. A given storage apparatus may have a plurality of such groups.