Appeal No. 97-1758 Page 3 Application No. 08/326,721 a first pulley fixed to the carriage for moving the disk cartridge contained in the carriage to a specified fixed position, a motor for driving the first pulley, a belt coupling the motor to the first pulley whereby the motor can drive the first pulley to move the disk cartridge, and a spring coupled between the motor and the carriage positioned so as to exert a force between the carriage and the motor opposite to a force exerted between the first pulley and the motor by the belt so as to create a predetermined tension on the belt at a time prior to said motor being fixedly mounted to said carriage, and means for fixedly mounting the motor to the carriage in a position dictated by the spring force and the belt tension. The references relied on by the patent examiner in rejecting the claims follow: Lissner et al. (Lissner) 3,786,454 Jan. 15, 1974 Fago 4,815,055 Mar. 21, 1989 Glover et al. (Glover) 4,982,847 Jan. 8, 1991 Wanger et al. (Wanger) 5,014,255 May 7, 1991 Dimitri et al. (Dimitri) 5,377,121 Dec. 27, 1994Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007