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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:
Jan. 08, 1980
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Thomson-Brandt, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360102 ; 360 99 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to support systems for flexible information-carrying discs. More particularly, the invention relates to an air bearing support plate (1) for a flexible disc (3) of which the sliding surface (2) is free in a preponderant sector from any profile irregularity (6) capable of affecting the flatness of the annular band of the disc (3) containing the information. The invention is applicable in particular to the optical reading by reflection or transmission of information carried by a flexible disc.