摘要 |
An apparatus for recording information on a record carrier and/or reading information from the same. The apparatus comprises a carriage which is displaceable parallel to the record carrier and supports a head displaceable in a direction essentially perpendicular to the record carrier. In order to obtain a mounting free of play while maintaining parallelism of the head during its movement and at the same time reduce the risk of damage of the head in the event of a collision, the head is supported by at least one leaf spring pair. Each leaf spring pair consists of a front and a rear leaf spring attached between the carriage and the head in attachment points. The connecting lines between the attachment points of the leaf springs substantially form the geometrical shape of a parallelogram. The apparatus is i.a. suitable to be used as a printer for printing information on record carriers of paper type. <IMAGE> |