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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. 23, 1983
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
William E Beebe, Round Rock, TX (US);
Dean R Duff, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360133 ;
Abstract
An information storage cartridge utilized in a disk drive including a rotary magnetic recording disk and cover for containing the disk. The cover includes a plurality of orientation apertures and transducer apertures which are associated such that orientation sensing means in the disk drive can determine the orientation of the cartridge when it is inserted in the disk drive and thereby whether the information recorded on the disk is recorded on both sides of the disk or only on one side.