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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1989
Keita Kimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Koichiro Kawamura, Yokohama, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A floppy disk driver includes a loader for mounting a disk, a drive for rotating the disk at a predetermined rotational speed, a speed detector for detecting when the disk reaches the predetermined rotational speed, a fluctuation detector for detecting fluctuation in rotational speed of the disk, and a defect detector responsive to a speed detection signal produced by the speed detector and a fluctuation detection signal produced by the fluctuation detector for determining the presence of a defect condition based on production of the fluctuation detection signal during a predetermined period after production of the speed detection signal and for causing the drive to stop rotating the disk when a defect condition is determined to be present.