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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Machio Shimanuki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360105 ; 360137 ;
Abstract
A carriage lock mechanism is provided with a lock member mounted on a movable member of the carriage mechanism, a lock pawl for engaging with the lock member to lock the carriage mechanism, and a spring for biasing the lock pawl in a direction where the lock pawl engages with the lock member, wherein a sliding surface on which the distal end of the lock pawl slides during the lock operation is formed on the lock member, and the sliding surface has a shape corresponding to a locus of the lock member. If the movable member of the carriage mechanism is to be pivoted about a shaft, the sliding surface consists of an arc surface having the shaft as its center.