Claims
- 1. A flexible magnetic diskette for magnetically storing various information recorded and read by a magnetic head and engagable with and rotationally driven by a driving unit, said diskette comprising:
- a plastic disk sheet having two sides which are uniformly coated with magnetic material and having a mount hole at a center thereof and including a periphery; and
- holding means, mounted at the periphery of said mount hole, for securing said plastic disk sheet, said holding means comprising:
- a holder body, made of plastic and held to said flexible disk sheet at the periphery of said mount hole;
- a double-sided adhesive ring between said holder body and one side of said plastic disk sheet, adhesively securely said plastic disk sheet to said holder body; and
- a core member, made of magnetic metal having a high abrasive resistance, rigidly attached to said holder body and spaced from said plastic disk sheet, a center of the core member aligning with the center of said plastic disk sheet,
- wherein said holder body and said core member each have corresponding shaft insert holes passing therebetween through which the center shaft is inserted, and the disk sheet is thus positioned relative to the magnetic head.
- 2. A flexible magnetic diskette as set forth in claim 1, wherein said holder body and said core member each have corresponding drive pin insert holes passing therethrough adjacent to said shaft insert holes.
- 3. A flexible magnetic diskette for magnetically storing various information recorded and read by a magnetic head and engagable with and rotationally driven by a driving unit, said diskette comprising:
- a plastic disk sheet having two sides which are uniformly coated with magnetic material and having a mount hole at a center thereof and including a periphery; and
- holding means, mounted at the periphery of said mount hole, for securing said plastic disk sheet, said holding means comprising:
- a holder body, made of plastic comprising polycarbonate containing an additive of 5 to 35 weight% of carbon milled fibers held to said flexible disk sheet at the periphery of said mount hole; whereby said polycarbonate containing an additive of 5 to 35 weight% of carbon milled fibers improves the fluidity of the plastic when the plastic is heated to facilitate molding of the plastic; and
- a core member, made of magnetic metal having a high abrasive resistance, rigidly attached to said holder body and spaced from said plastic disk sheet, a center of the core member aligning with the center of said plastic disk sheet.
- 4. A flexible magnetic diskette for magnetically storing various information recorded and read by a magnetic head and rotationally driven by a driving unit, said diskette comprising:
- a plastic disk sheet uniformly coated on both sides with magnetic material and having a mount hole at a center thereof and including a periphery; and
- holding means, mounted at the periphery of said mount hole, for securing said plastic disk sheet, said holding means comprising:
- a substantially disk-shaped holder body having surfaces and including an outer periphery, made of plastic material and held to said flexible disk sheet at the periphery of said mount hole;
- a core member, made of magnetic metal having high abrasive resistance, rigidly attached to said holder body on at least one of the surfaces of said holder body and spaced from said plastic disk sheet by said holder body, a center of said core member aligning with the center of said plastic disk sheet;
- a ring-shaped flat-flanged support surface on the outer periphery of said holder body at the opposite side of said holder body from said core member; and
- a double-sided adhesive ring between said support surface on one side of said plastic disk sheet for attaching said support surface to said plastic disk sheet,
- wherein said holder body and said core member each have corresponding shaft insert holes passing therethrough through which the center shaft is inserted, and the disk sheet is thus positioned relative to the magnetic head.
- 5. A flexible magnetic diskette as set forth in claim 4, wherein said holder body further comprises a cylindrical projection having an outer wall thereof engaging with the mount hole of said plastic disk sheet at the opposite side of said holder body from said core member.
- 6. A flexible magnetic diskette as set forth in claim 4, wherein said ring-shaped flat-flanged support surface is tapered at an outer edge thereof, separating it from said plastic disk sheet.
- 7. The diskette as recited in claim 4, wherein the core member has a drive pin insert hole in the vicinity of said shaft insert hole and a drive pin of the drive unit is inserted into said pin insert hole.
- 8. A flexible magnetic diskette for magnetically storing various information recorded and read by a magnetic head and engaging with and rotationally driven by a driving unit, said diskette comprising:
- a plastic disk sheet having two sides which are uniformly coated with magnetic material and having a mount hole at a center thereof and including a periphery; and
- holding means, mounted at the periphery of said mount hole, for securing said disk sheet said holding means comprising:
- a substantially disk-shaped holder body having surfaces and an outer periphery, made of plastic and held to said flexible disk sheet at the periphery of said mount hole;
- a core member, made of magnetic metal having high abrasive resistance, rigidly attached to said holder body on at least one of the surfaces of said holder body and spaced from said plastic disk sheet by said holder body, a center of the core member aligning with the center of said plastic sheet;
- a ring-shaped flat-flanged support surface on the outer periphery of said holder body;
- a cylindrical projection on said holder body having an outer wall thereof engaging with said mount hole of said plastic disk sheet; and
- a ring plate fitted to said cylindrical projection of said holder body and fixed to said holder body to nippingly hold said plastic disk sheet at the peripheral portion of said mount hole thereof.
- 9. A flexible magnetic diskette as set forth in claim 8, wherein:
- said outer wall is provided with projections equidistantly arranged thereon;
- said plastic disc sheet has notches equidistantly arranged along the edge of said mount hole; and
- said ring plate has an inner wall having notches equidistantly arranged therealong engaging with said projections of said holder body.
- 10. A flexible diskette for magnetically storing data, engagable with and rotationally driven by a driving unit which includes a ring shaped magnet, comprising:
- a flexible disk sheet uniformly coated with magnetic material and having a mount hole at a center thereof; and
- holding means for securing said disk sheet and comprising:
- a rigid holder body attached to said flexible disk sheet; and
- a core member, attached to said holder body and spaced from said flexible disk sheet by said holder body, said holding means rigidly clamping said flexible disk sheet at said mount hole, said ring shaped magnet magnetically attracting said core member when said diskette engages said driving unit, holding the diskette against the driving unit and allowing said disk sheet flexibility of movement,
- wherein said holder body and said core member each have corresponding shaft insert holes passing therethrough through which the center shaft is inserted, and the disk sheet is thus positioned relative to the magnetic head.
- 11. A flexible magnetic diskette as set forth in claim 10, wherein said shaft insert hole of said holder body has an inner wall, said core member includes a central portion and said shaft insert hole of said core member is formed by bending the central portion thereof by burring, so that the bent central portion of said core member is arranged adjacent to the inner wall of said shaft insert hole of said holder body.
- 12. A flexible magnetic diskette as set forth in claim 10, wherein said metal core member is integral with said plastic holder body.
- 13. A flexible magnetic diskette as set forth in claim 10, wherein said core member is made of ferrite stainless steel.
- 14. A flexible diskette according to claim 10, wherein said holder body comprises plastic.
- 15. A flexible diskette according to claim 14, wherein said core member comprises magnetic metal having a high abrasive resistance.
- 16. The diskette as recited in claim 10, wherein the core member has a drive pin insert hole in the vicinity of said shaft insert hole and a drive pin of the drive unit is inserted into said pin inset hole.
- 17. The diskette as recited in claim 10, wherein both said shaft insert hole and pin insert hole are rectangular.
- 18. A flexible magnetic diskette for magnetically storing various information recorded and read by a magnetic head and engagable with and rotationally driven by a driving unit, said diskette comprising:
- a plastic disk sheet having two sides which are uniformly coated with magnetic material and having a mount hole at a center thereof and including a periphery; and
- holding means, mounted at the periphery of said mount hole, for securing said plastic disk sheet, said holding means comprising:
- a holder body, made of plastic and held to said flexible disk sheet at the periphery of said mount hole, said holder body including;
- a step portion comprising a flat-flanged support surface attached to the plastic disk sheet around said mount hole thereof via a double-sided adhesive ring between the support surface and the plastic disk; and
- a projection having an outer wall engaging with said mount hole of the plastic disk sheet; and
- a core member, made of magnetic metal having a high abrasive resistance, rigidly attached to said holder body on one of the surface of the holder body, said surface being opposite to said flat-flanged support surface, a center of the core member aligning with the center of said plastic disk sheet,
- wherein said holder body and said core member each have corresponding shaft insert holes passing therethrough through which the center shaft is inserted, and the disk sheet is thus positioned relative to the magnetic head.
- 19. The diskette as recited in claim 18, wherein the core member has a drive pin insert hole in the vicinity of said shaft insert hole and a drive pin of the drive unit is inserted into said pin insert hole.
- 20. A flexible magnetic diskette for magnetically storing various information recorded and read by a magnetic head and rotationally driven by a driving unit, said diskette comprising:
- a plastic disk sheet uniformly coated on both sides with magnetic material and having a mount hole at a center thereof and including a periphery; and
- holding means, mounted at the periphery of said mount hole, for securing said disk sheet, said holding means comprising:
- a substantially disk-shaped holder body having surfaces and including an outer periphery, made of plastic material and held to said flexible disk sheet at the periphery of said mount hole, said holder body having a step portion comprising a flat-flanged support surface engaging with the plastic disk sheet around said mount hole thereof and a projection having an outer wall engaging with said mount hole of the plastic disk sheet;
- a core member, made of magnetic metal having high abrasive resistance, rigidly attached to said holder body on one of the surfaces of said holder body, said surface being opposite to said flat-flanged support surface, a center of said core member aligning with the center of said plastic sheet; and
- a double-sided adhesive ring between said flat-flanged support surface and said plastic disk sheet for attaching said flat-flanged support surface to one of the surfaces of said plastic disk sheet at the periphery of said mount hole,
- wherein said holder body and said core member each have corresponding shaft insert holes passing therethrough through which the center shaft is inserted, and the disk sheet is thus positioned relative to the magnetic head.
- 21. The diskette as recited in claim 20, wherein the core member has a drive pin insert hole in the vicinity of said shaft insert hole and a drive pin of the drive unit is inserted into said pin insert hole.
- 22. A flexible magnetic diskette for magnetically storing various information recorded and read by a magnetic head and engaging with and rotationally driven by a driving unit, said diskette comprising:
- a plastic disk sheet having two sides which are uniformly coated with magnetic material and having a mount hole at a center thereof and including a periphery; and
- holding means, mounted at the periphery of said mount hole, for securing said disk sheet, said holding means comprising:
- a substantially disk-shaped holder body having surfaces and an outer periphery, made of plastic and held to said flexible disk sheet at the periphery of said mount hole, said holder body having a step portion comprising a flat-flanged support surface engaging with the plastic disc sheet around said mount hole thereof and a projection having an outer wall engaging with said mount hole of the plastic disk sheet;
- a core member, made of magnetic metal having high abrasive resistance, rigidly attached to said holder body on at least one of the surfaces of said holder body, said surface being opposite to said flat-flanged support surface, a center of the core member aligning with the center of said plastic sheet;
- a cylindrical projection on said holder body having an outer wall thereof engaging with said mount hole of said plastic disk sheet; and
- a ring plate fitted to said cylindrical projection of said holder body and fixed to said holder body to nippingly hold said plastic disk sheet at the peripheral portion of said mount hole thereof.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of copending application Ser. No. 839,035 filed on Mar. 12, 1986 now abandoned.
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Continuations (1)
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