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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 1988
Filed:
May. 30, 1986
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A disc driving device including a drive mechanism for rotating a disc-like magnetic recording medium to record and reproduce information with respect to the recording medium; a stepping motor provided with a screw shaft, the screw shaft extending through a body of the stepping motor from a bearing portion provided in the stepping motor body up to a bearing portion provided at an opposite end side, and the screw shaft being partially formed with a feed screw; a guide rod disposed in parallel with the screw shaft; a carriage which is slidable along the guide rod and which has an engaging piece, the engaging piece being engaged with the feed screw to convert a rotational motion of the stepping motor into a linear motion and effecting a vertical positioning for the carriage; and a housing formed with guide slots capable of receiving therein the guide rod and both bearing portions of the stepping motor, the guide rod and the stepping motor bearing portions being mounted into the guide slots of the housing from the side where the recording medium is placed.