Patent ID: 6307710
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A storage disk cartridge comprising:a storage disk;a shell having first and second main walls generally parallel to the storage disk and encasing the storage disk there between, the storage disk being rotatable within the shell, the shell also having a side wall extending between the first and second main walls;a head access aperture formed in the side wall, the aperture for enabling a head to be inserted into the shell to be positioned in operative relationship with respect to the storage disk;a linear shutter mounted to the shell, the shutter being generally linearly movable between a closed position where the shutter covers the aperture and an open position where the shutter exposes the aperture;a compression spring coupled to the shell and to the shutter and biasing the shutter to the closed position, the compression spring having a helical coil wound around an axis, the axis bending when the linear shutter is moved to the open position, the compression spring further having a first arm coupling one end of the coil to the shell and a second arm coupling the other end of the coil to the linear shutter, the second arm having a bending elbow dividing the second arm into proximal and distal portions, the bending elbow bending when the shutter is moved to the open position.