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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1992
Katsuo Wada, Yao, JP;
Miyuki Onishi, Higashiosaka, JP;
Junichiro Nakayama, Shiki, JP;
Tomoyuki Miyake, Nara, JP;
Takashi Iwaki, Nara, JP;
Takeshi Yamaguchi, Sakai, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An information reproducing apparatus which has a rotating driver for rotating a disc-shaped recording medium, a floating-type head for reproducing information recorded in the recording medium while floating above the disc-shaped recording medium that is being rotated by the rotating driver, and a suspension, made of an elastic member, for supporting the floating-type head. The information reproducing apparatus is characterized in that the floating-type head has a slider which is floated by an air flow that is directed near the surface of the rotating disc-shaped recording medium, and that the slider has a bevelled portion at one side that faces the outer edge of the disc-shaped recording medium such that any contact between the slider and the ridge that exists along the outer edge area of the disc-shaped recording medium is virtually eliminated. Since the slider is virtually free from contacting the ridge that exists along the outer edge area of the disc-shaped recording medium, the storage capacity of the disc-shaped recording medium can be more effectively used.