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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:
Feb. 15, 1977
Filed:
Jan. 02, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
John J Lynott, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Elwood H Storm, Aptos, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 97 ; 360 86 ;
Abstract
A disk file employs a fixed magnetic head and a rotary magnetic disk that precesses about the axis of a drive motor. An escapement mechanism, that is coupled to the rotary spindle which supports the disk, is free to rotate about the motor axis, causing the disk to precess while the disk is rotating. Thus, there is relative radial movement between the precessing disk and the fixed head, enabling accessing to different data tracks.