Patent ID: 6765859
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A record and read apparatus, comprising:a head by which information is read from or written to a recording medium; a guide shaft guiding movements of the head; a base part supporting the guide shaft; and an adjustment mechanism adjusting an end part of the guide shaft so that the end part of the guide shaft has a designated height from the base part, wherein the adjusting mechanism includes: a screw hole part piercing the guide shaft in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the guide shaft; a hole part formed at the base part; an adjustment screw adjusting the height of the end part of the guide shaft by being inserted into the hole part of the base part and being screwed into the screw hole part piercing the guide shaft; and a messing member pressing the guide shaft in a direction remote from the base part wherein the pressing member is a plate spring formed in a body comprising by a first pressing part pressing the guide shaft in the direction remote from the base part and a second pressing part pressing an outer circumference of the guide shaft so that the guide shaft is supported at a designated position against the base part.