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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1993
Hans K Tannert, Cupertino, CA (US);
SyQuest Technology, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A cartridge 52 adapted for being inserted into a disk drive 50 includes a housing 70 which contains a disk 256 mounted for rotation and an interlocking device 90 defined in the housing 70 and adapted for automatically lockingly positioning the cartridge 52 in the disk drive 50 as the cartridge 52 comes to a final position relative to the disk drive 50. The interlocking device 90 includes an element 90 which is defined in the cartridge housing 70 in the direction which is substantially across the direction of insertion of the cartridge 82 into the drive 50. The interlocking device 90 includes a recess 90 for lockingly positioning the cartridge 52 which recess 90 includes an opening 360 disposed through the front edge 98 of the cartridge 52 and which is directed therefrom in a direction which is substantially across the direction of insertion of the cartridge 52 into the drive 50.