Appeal No. 1997-3965
Application No. 08/389,069
The appellant's invention relates to a magnetic disk
apparatus having a floating slider. The longitudinal axis of
the slider body coincides with a tangent line of an
intermediate track when the slider is positioned over that
track. In addition, two parallel rails on the slider extend
obliquely to the longitudinal axis of the slider body. The
rails form an angle with the tangent line of the track over
which the slider is positioned, the angle being substantially
zero for the innermost track and increasing as the slider
moves radially away from the innermost track. Claim 1 is
illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as
follows:
1. A magnetic disk apparatus comprising:
a plurality of coaxially arranged magnetic disks having
respective opposite surfaces and tracks arranged on said
surfaces;
a magnetic head assembly including a rotatable head
carriage with a hub and a plurality of head arms extending
from the hub in a line, each of the head arms having a
longitudinal central axis;
at least one floating slider having a body configured in
a generally rectangular parallelepiped shape carried by each
of the head arms and having at least one magnetic head for
access of one of the surfaces of the magnetic disks;
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