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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2000
Tomokuni Wauke, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Takashi Nakagawa, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A head carriage device includes a carriage, a head arm, a flat spring extending from the head arm, a fixing member to fix the flat spring to the carriage, a resilient member to resiliently urge the head arm in a direction in which the head arm moves toward the carriage, a lifting mechanism to pivot the head arm away from and toward the carriage, and a finger to which the lifting mechanism is applied, the finger being provided at one side of the head arm. The head carriage device is provided with a first protrusion and a second protrusion. When the head arm is pivoted away from the carriage, a restricting finger restricts the movement of a free end of the first protrusion away from the carriage, and a restricting face provided on the carriage restricts the movement of a free end of the second protrusion toward the carriage.