Record disk file.

摘要

A clamping device (20) for a rigid record disk file includes an annular member (22) that acts through a spacer ring (21) to clamp a stack of rigid disks (10) in spaced parallel relationship to a hub (13) having a portion (12) supporting the lower end of the stack. The annular member has a plurality of uniformly spaced radial slots (23) to define a plurality of substantially identical tapered leaf springs (24). Each leaf spring terminates at its wider end in a common solid hoop-shaped rim (25) that overhangs and contacts the spacer ring (21) along a circular line in the same horizontal plane as, and near, the centroid of the cross-sectional area of the rim when the clamp is uncompressed. Upon application of a compressive force in an axial direction concurrently to the small innermost ends of all said leaf springs, the rim pivots at and along the aforementioned circular line to substantially eliminate radial load transmitted via the spacer ring to the top disk when clamping the stack to the hub. A minimal spring constant results from substantially uniform stress distribution across and along each tapered leaf spring.