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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroaki Kakimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuaki Date, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshikazu Miyajima, Kawasaki, JP;
Masahiko Chaya, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364 13 ; 360114 ;
Abstract
A magnetooptical information recording/reproducing apparatus is provided with a floating slider for supporting a magnetic head for applying a magnetic field modulated according to information to a magnetooptical information recording medium. The floating slider is adapted to be retracted from the recording medium according to the kind of the medium by a retraction device, so that the floating slider is free from damages on the slider or in the medium loaded in the apparatus.