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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 9902 ; 360 965 ; 360 9906 ; 369 772 ;
Abstract
A shutter mechanism for a disk drive includes at least one flat wire spring member inserted within lateral sides of opposing swingable shutters provided to a cartridge insertion opening to connect the shutters. The spring member swing the shutters closed when they are swingedly displaced from a neutral position. Regulating members control the range of the swingable shutters, and positions end portions of the shutters to guide an inserted disk cartridge to a waiting carriage for transporting the disk cartridge within the drive.