Patent ID: 7911740

Claim:
Apparatus for receiving and positioning a read/write head to a disk in a test apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a deck; a spindle on the deck and on which said disk can be mounted for rotation of the disk; a gripper for holding said head during testing, the gripper being movable over a surface of the deck; a precisor for receiving said head and accurately aligning said head, the precisor being movable over a surface of the deck so as to move said head received by the precisor over a surface of the deck; and, a pick operable to pick up and place down said head; the precisor being movable to a position where the pick can pick up said head from the precisor and place down said head on the precisor; the gripper being movable to a position where the pick can pick up said head from the gripper and place down said head on the gripper.