Device for displacing the reading head of a video disc in radial and vertical directions

摘要

A device for providing access to information carried by a video disc comprises a fixed magnetic circuit having an air-gap which extends parallel to the radius of the disc. The access device is provided in addition with a low-weight moving system comprising at least one electric circuit forming a flat coil which is capable of sliding vertically within the air-gap and is so arranged that horizontal conductors are placed within the air-gap. Radial tracking and track-to-track transfer can be carried out by means of an electric circuit, at least one vertical conducting element of which is placed within the air-gap. Fast access is obtained by displacing this low-weight moving system.