Patent ID: 7855946
Filing Date: 2010-12-21
Classification: B82Y,G11B

Abstract:
1. A support section which swingably supports a rectangular recording medium including record information and servo information, in at least two directions that first and second axis directions; a probe array disposed in opposite to the recording medium, including a plurality of probe heads for recording/reading out the record information and a servo head acquiring the servo information, the probe heads and the servo head are disposed in a matrix manner; a position detecting section which detects a change in an absolute position of the recording medium; an actuator which reciprocatingly moves the recording medium in one of the axis directions while reading out the servo information by means of the servo head; and a control section which subjects the recording medium to the reciprocating movement by means of the actuator while in an operable state accessible to the recording medium, and recognizes a current position from the change in an absolute position and the servo information; wherein the support section has: a fixed base; a frame member; first support members which are provided respectively at an edge pair of a rectangular frame member opposite to each other in the first axis direction, and swingably support the frame member to the fixed base; and second support members which are provided respectively at an edge pair of the recording medium opposite to each other in the second axis direction, and swingably support the recording medium to the frame member; and the first support member is formed in a U shape, and the second support member is formed in an S shape.