摘要 |
DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS PREVENT RIGID RECORDING MEDIA FOR VIDEO AND OTHER DATA FROM RATTLING WITHIN A CARTRIDGE (60) WHEN THAT CARTRIDGE IS REMOVED FROM A DISK DRIVE (10). TO DECREASE RATTLING (AND THE RESULTING DAMAGE TO THE DISK), A HUB (72) OF THE DISK (64) IS URGED AGAINST AN INNER SURFACE OF THE CARTRIDGE HOUSING (62). A DOOR (76) TRANSLATES LATERALLY TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE DISK WITHIN THE CARTRIDGE. A FEATURE (84) IS DEFINED BY AN INNER SURFACE OF THE CARTRIDGE HOUSING (62), AND ONE OR MORE RESILIENT ARMS (94) EXTEND FROM THE DOOR ASSEMBLY SO AS TO ENGAGE THE FEATURE WHEN THE DOOR (76) MOVES TOWARDS A CLOSED POSITION. .THEFEATURE DEFLECTS THE ARM AXIALLY AGAINST THE DISK (64), SO THAT THE ARM CAN ACT AS BOTH AN ACTUATION MECHANISM AND A BIASING SPRING. (FIG. 6)
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