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Outside the sky is light with stars;
There's a hollow roaring from the sea.
And, alas! for the little almond flowers,
The wind is shaking the almond tree.
How little I thought, a year ago,
In the horrible cottage upon the Lee
That he and I should be sitting so
And sipping a cup of camomile tea.
Light as feathers the witches fly,
The horn of the moon is plain to see;
By a firefly under a jonquil flower
A goblin toasts a bumble-bee.
We might be fifty, we might be five,
So snug, so compact, so wise are we!
Under the kitchen-table leg
My knee is pressing against his knee.
Our shutters are shut, the fire is low,
The tap is dripping peacefully;
The saucepan shadows on the wall
Are black and round and plain to see.
I wish I had not got a cold,
The wind is big and wild,
I wish that I was very old,
Not just a little child.
Somehow the day is very long
Just keeping here, alone;
I do not like the big wind's song,
He's growling for a bone
He's like an awful dog we had
Who used to creep around
And snatch at things--he was so bad,
With just that horrid sound.
I'm sitting up and nurse has made
Me wear a woolly shawl;
I wish I was not so afraid;
It's horrid to be small.
It really feels quite like a day
Since I have had my tea;
P'raps everybody's gone away
And just forgotten me.
And oh! I cannot go to sleep
Although I am in bed.
The wind keeps going creepy-creep
And waiting to be fed.
Sing a song of men's pyjamas,
Half-past-six has got a pair,
And he's wearing them this evening,
And he's looking such a dear.
Sing a song of frocks with pockets
I have got one, it is so's
I can use my `nitial hankies
Every time I blow my nose.
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Across the red sky two birds flying,
Flying with drooping wings.
Silent and solitary their ominous flight.
All day the triumphant sun with yellow banners
Warred and warred with the earth, and when she yielded
Stabbed her heart, gathered her blood in a chalice,
Spilling it over the evening sky.
When the dark plumaged birds go flying, flying,
Quiet lies the earth wrapt in her mournful shadow,
Her sightless eyes turned to the red sky
And the restlessly seeking birds.
Babies must not eat the coal
And they must not make grimaces,
Nor in party dresses roll
And must never black their faces.
They must learn that pointing's rude,
They must sit quite still at table,
And must always eat the food
Put before them--if they're able.
If they fall, they must not cry,
Though it's known how painful this is;
No--there's always Mother by
Who will comfort them with kisses.
In the middle of our porridge plates
There was a blue butterfly painted
And each morning we tried who should reach the
butterfly first.
Then the Grandmother said: "Do not eat the poor
That made us laugh.
Always she said it and always it started us laughing.
It seemed such a sweet little joke.
I was certain that one fine morning
The butterfly would fly out of our plates,
Laughing the teeniest laugh in the world,
And perch on the Grandmother's lap.
After all the rain, the sun
Shines on hill and grassy mead;
Fly into the garden, child,
You are very glad indeed.
For the days have been so dull,
Oh, so special dark and drear,
That you told me, "Mr. Sun
Has forgotten we live here."
Dew upon the lily lawn,
Dew upon the garden beds;
Daintly from all the leaves
Pop the little primrose heads.
And the violets in the copse
With their parasols of green
Take a little peek at you;
They're the bluest you have seen.
On the lilac tree a bird
Singing first a little not,
Then a burst of happy song
Bubbles in his lifted throat.
O the sun, the comfy sun!
This the song that you must sing,
"Thank you for the birds, the flowers,
Thank you, sun, for everything."
Come, let us all sing very high
And all sing very loud
And keep on singing in the street
Until there's quite a crowd;
And keep on singing in the house
And up and down the stairs;
Then underneath the furniture
Let's all play Polar bears;
And crawl about with doormats on,
And growl and howl and squeak,
Then in the garden let us fly
And play at hid and seek;
And "Here we gather Nuts and May,"
"I wrote a Letter" too,
"Here we go round the Mulberry Bush,"
"The Child who lost its shoe";
And every game we ever played.
And then--to stay alive--
Let's end with lots of Birthday Cake
Because to-day you're five.
To and fro, to and fro
In my little boat I go
Sailing far across the sea
All alone, just little me.
And the sea is big and strong
And the journey very long.
To and fro, to and fro
In my little boat I go.
Sea and sky, sea and sky,
Quietly on the deck I lie,
Having just a little rest.
I have really done my best
In an awful pirate fight,
But we cdaptured them all right.
Sea and sky, sea and sky,
Quietly on the deck I lie--
Far away, far away
From my home and from my play,
On a journey without end
Only with the sea for friend
And the fishes in the sea.
But they swim away from me
Far away, far away
From my home and from my play.
Then he cried "O Mother dear."
And he woke and sat upright,
They were in the rocking chair,
Mother's arms around him--tight.
Grant me the moment, the lovely moment
That I may lean forth to see
The other buds, the other blooms,
The other leaves on the tree:
That I may take into my bosom
The breeze that is like his brother,
But stiller, lighter, whose faint laughter
Exhoes the joy of the other.
Above on the blue and white cloud-spaces
There are small clouds at play.
I watch their remote, mysterious play-time
In the other far-away.
Grant I may hear the small birds singing
the song that the silence knows...
(The Light and the Shadow whisper together,
The lovely moment grows,
Ripples into the air like water
Away and away without sound,
And the little girl gets up from her praying
On the cold ground)
These be two
What a size!
Grand big arms
And round red faces;
Big substantial
Great big bosoms firm as cheese
Bursting through their country jackets;
Wide big laps
And sturdy knees;
Hands outspread,
Round and rosy,
Hands to hold
A country posy
Or a baby or a lamb--
And such eyes!
Stupid, shifty, small and sly
Peeping through a slit of sty,
Squinting through their neighbours' plackets.
Love! Love! Your tenderness,
Your beautiful, watchful ways
Grasp me, fold me, cover me;
I lie in a kind of daze,
Neither asleep nor yet awake,
Neither a bud nor flower.
Brings to-morrow
Joy or sorrow,
The black or the golden hour?
Love! Love! You pity me so!
Chide me, scold me--cry,
"Submit--submit! You must not fight!"
What may I do, then? Die?
But, oh my horror of quiet beds!
How can I longer stay!
"One to be ready,
Two to be steady,
Three to be off and away!"
Darling heart--your gravity!
Your sorrowful, mournful gaze--
"Two bleached roads lie under the moon,
At the parting of the ways."
But the tiny, tree-thatched, narrow lane,
Isn't it yours and mine?
The blue-bells ring
Hey, ding-a-ding, ding!
And buds are thick on the vine.
Love! Love! Grief of my heart!
As a tree droops over a stream
You hush me, lull me, dark me,
The shadow hiding the gleam.
Your drooping and tragical boughs of grace
Are heavy as though with rain.
Run! Run!
Into the sun!
Let us be children again.
That deaf old man
With his hand to his ear--
His hand to hi head stood out like a shell,
Horny and hollow. He said, "I can't hear,"
He muttered, "Don't shout,
I can hear very well!"
He mumbled, "I can't catch a word;
I can't follow."
Then Jack with a voice like a Protestant bell
Roared--"Particulars! Farmhouse! At 10 quid a year!"
"I dunno wot place you are talking about."
Said the deaf old man.
Said Jack, "What the Hell!"
But the deaf old man took a pin from his desk, picked
a piece of wool the size of a hen's egg from his ear,
had a good look at it, decided in its favour and re-
placed it in the aforementioned organ.
Half-Past-Six and I were talking
In a very grown-up way;
We had got so tired with running
That we did not want to play.
"How do babies come, I wonder,"
He said, looking at the sky,
"Does God mix the things together
An' just make it-like a pie?"
I was really not quite certain,
But it sounded very nice;
It was all that we could think of,
Besides a book said "sugar and spice."
Half-Past-Six said--He's so clever--
Cleverer than me, I mean...
"I suppose God makes the black ones
When the saucepan isn't clean."
Shadow children, thin and small,
Now the day is left behind,
You are dancing on the wall,
On the curtains, on the blind.
On the ceiling, children, too,
Peeping round the nursery door,
Let me come and play with you,
As we always played before.
Let's pretend that we have wings
And can really truly fly
Over every sort of things
Up and up into the sky.
Where the sweet star children play--
It does seem a dreadful rule,
They must stay inside all day.
I suppose they go to school.
And to-night, dears, do you see,
They are having such a race
With their father moon--the tree
Almost hides his funny face.
Shadow children, once at night,
I was all tucked up in bed,
Father moon came--such a fright--
Through the window poked his head;
I could see his staring eyes,
O, my dears, I was afraid,
That was not a nice surprise,
And the dreadful noise I made!
Let us make a fairy ring,
Shadow children, hand in hand,
And our songs quite softly sing
That we learned in fairyland.
Shadow children, hin and small,
See, the day is far behind;
And I kiss you--on the wall--
On the curtains--on the blind.
I will think no more of the sea! Of the big green waves And the hollowed
shore, Of the brown rock caves No more, no more Of the swell and the weed
And the bubbling foam. Memory dwells in my far away home, She has nothing
to do with me. She is old and bent With a pack On her back. Her tears all
spent, Her voice, just a crack. With an old thorn stick She hobbles along,
And a crazy song Now slow, now quick, Wheeks in her throat. And every day
While there's light on the shore She searches for something; Her withered
claw Tumbles the seaweed; She pokes in each shell Groping and mumbling
Until the night Deepens and darkens, And covers her quite, And bids her be
silent, And bids her be still. The ghostly feet Of the whispery waves
Tiptoe beside her. They follow, follow To the rocky caves In the white
beach hollow... She hugs her hands, She sobs, she shrills, And the echoes
shriek In the rocky hills. She moans: "It is lost! Let it be! Let it be! I
am old. I'm too cold. I am frightened... the sea Is too loud... it is lost,
It is gone..." Memory Wails in my far away home. 1913
Playing in the fire and twilight together,
My little son and I,
Suddenly--woefully--I stoop to catch him.
"Try, mother, try!"
Old Nurse Silence lifts a silent finger:
"Hush! cease your play!"
What happened? What in that tiny moment
Flew away?
Valley of waving broom,
O lovely, lovely light,
O hear of the world, red-gold!
Breast high in the blossom I stand;
It beats about me like waves
Of a magical, golden sea
The barren heart of the world
Alive at the kiss of the sun,
The yellow mantle of Summer
Flung over a laughing land,
Warm with the warmth of her body
Sweet with the kiss of her breath
O valley of waving broom,
O lovely, lovely light,
O mystical marriage of Earth
With the passionate Summer sun!
To her lover she holds a cup
And the yellow wine o'erflows.
He has lighted a little torch
And the whole of the world is ablaze.
Prodigal wealth of love!
Breast high in the blossom I stand.
Heavens above! here's an old tie of your--
Sea-green dragons stamped on a golden ground.
Ha! Ha! Ha! What children we were in those days.
Do you love me enough to wear it now?
Have you the courage of your pristine glories?
Ha! Ha! Ha! You laugh and shrug your shoulders.
Those were the days when a new tie spelt a fortune:
We wore it in turn--I flaunted it as a waist-belt.
Ha! Ha! Ha! What easily satisfied babies.
"I think I'll turn into a piano duster."
"Give it to me, I'll polish my slippers on it!"
Ha! Ha! Ha! The rag's not worth the dustbin.
"Throw the shabby old thing right out of the window;
Fling it into the faces of other children!"
Ha! Ha! Ha! We laughed and laughed till the tears
Now it is Loneliness who comes at night
Instead of Sleep, to sit beside my bed.
Like a tired child I lie and wait her tread,
I watch her softly blowing out the light.
Motionless sitting, neither left or right
She turns, and weary, weary droops her head.
She, too, is old; she, too, has fought the fight.
So, with the laurel she is garlanded.
Through the sad dark the slowly ebbing tide
Breaks on a barren shore, unsatisfied.
A strange wind flows... then silence. I am fain
To turn to Loneliness, to take her hand,
Cling to her, waiting, till the barren land
Fills with the dreadful monotone of rain
White, white in the milky night
The moon danced over a tree.
"Wouldn't it be lovely to swim in the lake!"
Someone whispered to me.
"Oh, do-do-do!" cooed someone else,
And clasped her hands to her chin.
"I should so love to see the white bodies--
All the white bodies jump in!"
The big dark house hid secretly
Behind the magnolia and the spreading pear-tree;
But there was a sound of music--music rippled and ran
Like a lady laughing behind her fan,
Laughing and mocking and running away...
"Come into the garden--it's as light as day!"
"I can't dance to that Hungarian stuff,
The rhythm in it is not passionate enough,"
Said somebody. "I absolutely refuse...."
But he took off his socks and his shoes
And round he spun. "It's like Hungarian fruit dishes
Hard and bright--a mechanical blue!"
His white feet flicked in the grass like fishes...
Someone cried: "I want to dance, too!"
But one with a queer Russian ballet head
Curled up on a blue wooden bench instead.
And another, shadowy--shadowy and tall--
Walked in the shadow of the dark house wall,
Someone beside her. It shone in the gloom,
His round grey hat, like a wet mushroom.
"Don't you think perhaps..." piped someone's flute.
"How sweet the flowers smell!" I heard the other say.
Somebody picked a wet, wet pink,
Smelled it and threw it away.
"Is the moon a virgin or is she a harlot?"
Asked somebody. Nobody would tell.
The faces and the hands moved in a pattern
As the music rose and fell,
In a dancing, mysterious, moon-bright pattern
Like flowers nodding under the sea...
The music stopped and there was nothing left of them
But the moon dancing over the tree.
Now I am a plant, a weed,
Bending and swinging
On a rocky ledge;
And now I am a long brown grass
Fluttering like flame;
I am a reed;
An old shell singing
For ever the same;
A drift of sedge;
A white, white stone;
A bone;
Until I pass
Into sand again,
And spin and blow
To and fro, to and fro,
On the edge of the sea
In the fading light--
For the light fades.
But if you were to come you would not say:
"She is not waiting here for me;
She has forgotten." Have we not in play
Disguised ourselves as weed and stones and grass
While the strange ships did pass
Gently, gravely, leaving a curl of foam
That uncurled softly about our island home,
Bubbles of foam that glittered on the stone
Like rainbows? Look, darling! No, they are gone.
And the white sails have melted into the sailing sky...
Baby Babbles--only one,
Now to sit up has begun.
Little Babbles quite turned two
Walks as well as I and you.
And Miss Babbles one, two, three,
Has a teaspoon at her tea.
But her Highness at four
Learns to open the front door.
And her Majesty--now six,
Can her shoestrings neatly fix.
Babbles, babbles, have a care,
You will soon put up your hair!
The baby in the looking-glass
Is smiling through at me;
She has her teaspoon in her hand,
Her feeder on for tea.
And if I look behind her I
Can see the table spread;
I wonder if she has to eat
The nasty crusts of bread.
Her doll, like mine, is sitting close
Beside her special chair,
She has a pussy on her lap;
It must be my cup there.
Her picture-book is on the floor,
The cover's just the same;
And tidily upon the shelf
I see my Ninepin game.
O baby in the looking-glass,
Come through and play with me,
And if you will, I promise, dear,
To eat your crusts at tea.
The Half-Soled-Boots-With-Toecaps-Child
Walked out into the street
And splashed in all the pubbles till
She had such shocking feet
The Patent-Leather-Slipper-Child
Stayed quietly in the house
And sat upon the fender stool
As still as any mouse.
The Half-Soled-Boots-With-Toecaps-Child
Her hands were black as ink;
She would come running through the house
And begging for a drink.
The Patent-Leather-Slipper-Child
Her hands were white as snow;
She did not like to play around,
She only liked to sew.
The Half-Soled-Boots-With-Toecaps-Child
Lost hair ribbons galore;
She dropped them on the garden walks,
She dropped them on the floor.
The Patent-Leather-Slipper-Child
O thoughtful little girl!
She liked to walk quite soberly,
It kept her hair in curl.
The Half-Soled-Boots-With-Toecaps-Child
When she was glad or proud
Just flung her arms round Mother's neck
And kissed her very loud.
The Patent-Leather-Slipper-Child
Was shocked at such a sight,
She only offered you her cheek
At morning and at night.
O Half-Soled-Boots-With-Toecaps-Child
Your happy laughing face
Does like a scented Summer rose
Make sweet the dullest place.
O Patent-Leather-Slipper-Child
My dear, I'm well content
To have my daughter in my arms,
And not an ornament.


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Seniors advised to stop scams with information
ESCONDIDO - Seniors are often well off from a lifetime of labor. Raised in more trusting times, they're apt to take people at face value. And many of them live alone.
Put those traits together, and you have the dream victims for con artists, said speakers Tuesday at a meeting to educate seniors on how to avoid scams. The meeting, at the Joslyn Senior Center, was sponsored by the Contractors State License Board and North County Assemblyman Mark Wyland.
The best defense, they told an audience of 30, is information: Don't be afraid to ask questions. When you're given an offer that sounds suspiciously good, be on your guard. Shop around and resist pressure to act quickly. And if you're not certain of what to do, get help.
The crime can start with a call from a telemarketer, a handbill for home remodeling from a fly-by-night building contractor, or a visit from someone claiming to represent Medicare. Whatever the source, the speakers said, the goal is the same -- to take the money and run.
"I want you to leave here with a healthy dose of cynicism," said Robert E. Curtin, a detective with the Escondido Police Department. "I want you to be just a little bit on guard when the phone rings and somebody you don't know wants to sell you something."
Even an act as routine as throwing out the trash can expose people to scams, Curtain said. That's because criminals look through garbage for credit card offers and other financial records. They can use this information to impersonate someone and get goods on the strength of another person's credit, a crime known as identity theft.
To reduce the risk, Curtain said, anything that could contain financial or personally identifiable information should be shredded before being thrown out.
Scams come in through the computer by means of e-mails asking for your financial records, on the pretext of fulfilling a sale or updating your bank account. Don't reply to those e-mails, Curtain said. If there's an issue with your account, you'll see the request after logging on to the account. And if you're not sure, call the bank or institution yourself, but don't use the number provided in the e-mail.
Letters, phone calls or e-mails stating that you have won a lottery constitute another common scam, Curtain said. Typically, the messages claim that you have won a large amount of money, but must pay a fee to claim it. That makes no sense, he said, because the fee could simply be deducted from the prize amount.
Panelist Isabel Barajas of the California Department of Insurance cautioned seniors to be especially wary of annuities, policies that pay a fixed sum of money each year.
"What I question is, if a person is 60 years old, why are they selling them an annuity that will not start paying for 20 years? And they do it. They're out there," Barajas said.
"One of the things you should be worried about is that phone call that says, 'I'm from Medicare and do you know Medicare regulations have changed, and I'd like to come out to explain them to you,' " Barajas said. "It's an agent, and they're trying to sell you something."


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Henri Cartier-Bresson's record of his fascination with India over half a lifetime contains the very best of his photographs of that country. Beginning in 1947 at the time of Independence and produced during six extended visits over a twenty-year period, these beautiful, dramatic images are shaped by an eye and a mind legendary for their intelligent empathy and for going to the heart of the matter.
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A storage module drive with motor, actuator and electronic interface circuit has provisions to receive one or more storage modules. A storage module includes in an enclosure a storage disk, transducers and coupling means to link the storage disk to the motor in the module drive.
1. A storing device for signals representing data, comprising in combination
a removeable storage module including
a sealed enclosure for enclosing a shaft mounted inside said enclosure,
a storage disk mounted on said shaft, having a plurality of storage tracks for storing data,
transducer means for reading or writing data in said storage tracks,
positioning means including
transducer support means for moving said transducer means to a selected one of said storage tracks;
a magnetic coupling disk mounted on said shaft and concentrically connected to said storage disk;
said enclosure providing a magnetic field permeable cover over said magnetic coupling disk;
and a storage module drive including
means for receiving said storage module,
means for rotating said storage disk in said enclosure including
means for generating a rotating magnetic field, said field permeating said cover and providing motive force for rotating said magnetic coupling disk and said storage disk of said storage module;
and actuator means for operating said positioning means inside said enclosure.
2. A storage device for signals representing data as claimed in claim 1 wherein said means for generating a rotating magnetic field include
a drive motor,
a disk coupled to said drive motor,
first magnetic elements attached to said disk;
and wherein said storage module further including secondary elements mounted on said magnetic coupling disk, said primary magnetic elements and said secondary magnetic elements constituting a magnetic coupling between said drive motor and said shaft.
3. A storing device for signals as claimed in claim 1 wherein said sealed enclosure include a shroud surrounding said storage disk, thereby dividing the interior of said sealed enclosure into a first and a second plenum chamber located on both sides of said storage disk, the area of the storage disk and a prechamber;
each of said plenum chambers having first openings connecting said plenum chamber to the area inside said shroud and second openings for connecting said plenum chamber with said prechamber;
said shroud having third openings connecting said inside of said shroud with the area outside said shroud;
said first and second and third openings providing a passage for recirculating air from said prechamber.
4. A storing device for signals as claimed in claim 1, wherein said positioning means include
a pivot shaft;
second bearing means for moveably mounting said transducer support means on said pivot shaft;
an adjustable stop;
and a spring for preloading said support arm against said adjustable stop;
a push rod for moving said support arm from said stop towards the center of said storage disk under control of said first or second actuator means.
5. A storing device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said transducer support means include
a rectangular frame;
first and second bearing means extending from each of the short sides of said rectangular frame;
flexures for receiving said bearing means affixed to said first enclosing means and providing linear motion capability to said frame for moving said transducers between the inner and the outer tracks of said storage disk;
said first bearing means further including a pushrod protruding through an opening in said first enclosure for interfacing with said first or second actuator means;
and wherein said transducer means include two sets of transducers,
each of said sets of transducers connected to one of the short sides of said rectangular frame.
6. A storing device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said module drive including means for adjusting said actuator means to said positioning means in said storage module,
said actuator means including a first and a second actuator shaft;
said means for adjusting including interconnecting means for linking said first actuator shaft to said second actuator shaft for a determined extension of said secondary actuator arm towards said positioning means.
7. A storing device as claimed in claim 6, wherein said storage module drive including means for adjusting said actuator means arm to said positioning means in said storage module,
said means for adjusting including a hollow actuator shaft and a positioning shaft, mounted in said hollow actuator shaft;
said hollow actuator shaft and said positioning shaft having matching threads, whereby the position of said positioning shaft inside the hollow actuator shaft can be changed by rotating said positioning shaft inside said hollow actuator shaft, thereby adjusting the extension of said positioning shaft from said actuator shaft;
means for rotating said positioning shaft when positioned in a predetermined position.
8. A storing device for signals as claimed in claim 1, wherein said positioning means further include
means for retracting said transducer support means to a predetermined retract position, and
means for unloading said transducer means when said transducer support means are in said retract position.
9. A storing device for signals as claimed in claim 1 wherein said positioning means include:
an optical grid for determining movement of said positioning means, and
a multifiber light guide;
said storage module drive having means for detecting movement of said positioning means, including
a light source,
a light sensor;
said light source and said light sensor mounted next to each other, and said light guide receiving light from said light source through said optical grid of said storage module and emitting said received light in the direction of said light sensor, said light sensor receiving said emitted light through said optical grid,
said grid modulating said light travelling from said light source to said light guide and said emitted light travelling from said light guide to said light sensor, whereby said light sensor detects sequences of high intensity and low intensity while the positioning means are moved by said actuator means.
Mass memory is a major component in any data processing or data handling system. Mass memory is characterized by size in total storage capacity in words, by access time to a certain amount of data, by storage efficiency in storage capacity per volume, by cost in cents per word stored, and by removability of the storage medium.
Advancements in small business computers and word processing systems generated a need for exchangeable data storage devices. The diskette storage assumed the role of an exchangeable, low cost data storage. However, storage capacity and data safety is limited with these type of storages. Therefore, diskette-type devices do not qualify as mass-memory for central processors. Central processors have shrunk in size significantly in recent years. Mass memory, however, remained a bulky device.
The storage module of the present invention combines easy exchangeability of a diskette-like device with the capacity and data safety of a mega-byte storage device.
The present invention provides for an arrangement of a storage drive unit, which can be adapted for rack-mounting, and exchangeable storage modules. High recording density in bits/inch and tracks/inch are achieved by use of low-flying transducer heads. It is intended to record with a density of 16 kilo-bits/inch in the storage tracks, and to package tracks in a space of 0.001 inches. A double-sided storage disk with 256 tracks per surface offers a total storage capacity of 5 Mega-bits. At 1800 RPM the average latency time will be about 17 msec.
The cost of a storage module ist kept low by simplifying the transducer support means and by mounting the actuator and the drive motor in the module drive unit. The enclosure of the storage module is dustproof. A new method of interfacing the actuator with the transducer support arm is presented. A new method of coupling the storage disk to the motor in the drive unit ensures a clean environment for the storage disk and the transducer heads.
The basic preferred embodiment and several variations of major components of the storage module are presented in the specification.
It is an object of this invention to provide a low cost mass memory storage module.
It is another object of this invention to introduce an new type of removable storage module.
It is another object of this invention to present a removeable storage module with a magnetic, friction-free coupling between drive motor in the storage drive module and storage disk.
It is still another object of this invention to introduce a removeable dustproof sealed storage module, for use with the storage drive module.
It is still another object of this invention to introduce a storage drive for multiple disk storage modules with movable transducer heads.
FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of the user environment of the storage device.
FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of the basic interface between host device and storage device.
FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective illustration of a storage drive for two removable storage modules, one storage module inserted in the left position.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a storage module with magnetic coupling.
FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view if a receiving slot of the storage drive.
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the storage drive of the present invention with two storage module inserted.
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional illustration of a storage module having a magnetic coupling and linear motion transducer arm.
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the storage module shown in FIG. 7.
FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a control arrangement for the positioning of transducers in a storage module.
FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional illustration of a storage module with angular movement of the transducer support arm.
FIGS. 11 and 12 are cross-sectional views of a storage drive with transducers mounted on the positioning pushrod.
FIGS. 13a, 13b and 13c are illustrations of still another storage module, having a transducer support arm with dual set of transducers and flexure support.
FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view of still another storage module of the present invention.
FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional illustration of still another storage module, using friction coupling between the shaft of the storage disk and the drive motor in the storage drive.
FIGS. 16 and 17 are illustrations of a drive unit for storage modules with friction coupling.
FIGS. 18a, 18b, and 18c are cross-sectional illustrations of still another storage module, having a friction wheel, drive belt interface for the positioning of the transducer support arm.
FIG. 19 is an illustration of a dust seal for the transducer arm pushrod.
FIG. 20 is an illustration of an actuator with controllable arm extension to adjust for tolerances in the storage module/module drive interface.
FIGS. 21a, 21b, and 21c are cross-sectional illustrations of a storage module using a friction type interface between actuator in the storage drive and the band-driven transducer support means.
FIGS. 22a and 22b are illustrations of the optical positioning control means used in the storage module of FIGS. 21a through 21c.
FIG. 23 is a schematic diagram of a multiphase oscillator and a stationary primary coupling.
The present invention relates to a storage module and the drive for interfacing the storage module with a data handling device, such as a computer. The drive includes special mechanical and electrical components required to perform special tasks on the storage module under control of signals issued by the data handling device. In the present invention the storage module is a storage device for data, which can be removed from the drive. The storage module of the present invention includes a storage disk and transducer means for reading or writing data on the storage disk. A simplified method of driving the storage disk reduces the cost of the storage module and the cost for storing data.
In FIG. 1 the storage drive is shown in one of the many operating environments it may be used. Storage module drive 1 may receive either one or both of the storage modules 2a and 2b for reading or writing data on the storage disk contained in the storage module. The storage module drive 1 is controlled by a host unit 3, which may be a minicomputer, full-sized computer, a special purpose data gathering and/or retrieval device, or any other instrument which is capable to issue suitable control signals to the drive unit, receive status signals and exchange data signals with the drive unit 1 via cable link 4. Control signals issued by the host unit 3 include signals specifying the address of storage locations, and the operations to be executed, such as reading data, or writing data. Status signals include signals reporting the readines of the drive unit 1 and error conditions.
FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of the electronic signal interface between the host unit and the drive unit. The host unit issues control signals to prepare the storage drive unit for a task. The storage drive unit issues status signals to identify its operational conditions to the host. During a write operation the host sends signals representing data to the drive unit for storage in a storage module. During a read operation the host receives signals representing data from the storage drive unit, which retrieved these data from a storage module.
FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration of a storage module with two slots for receiving storage modules. Module drive 1 has one storage module 2 inserted in the left slot, while the right slot 10 is empty. Pushbuttons 6a and 6b are provided to release a previously loaded storage module. Major components interfacing module drive 1 with a storage module are shown for the right slot 10. A storage module is locked in place by a lever 5, which catches into a recess of the storage module (see recess 15 in FIG. 4). The storage disk inside the storage module is driven by a motor located in the module drive. Connection is made via the coupling disk 8 mounted on shaft 9. The transducers for reading or writing data on the storage disk are positioned by the positioning shaft 28 of an actuator located in the module drive. The electrical connection between the electronic means in the module drive 1 and the transducers in the storage module is established with connector 7.
While sliding a storage module, such as storage module 2, into a receiving slot, the module is aligned with the coupling disk 8, the positioning shaft 28, and the connector 7. When properly seated lever 5 will latch into the locking recess of the storage module. A storage module positioned in a receiving slot is released by operating release button 6a or 6b.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a storage module 11, showing the top side with the locking recess 15. The side wall 18 includes the coverplate 16 for the secondary coupling disk in the storage module and a recess 17 for easing handling of the module 11. The rearside 19 of the storage module 11 includes the pushrod 13 located in a recess 14. Pushrod 13 interfaces with the positioning shaft 38 of the module drive 1. A connector 12 interfaces with a connector 7 in the module drive 1 for transferring electrical signals between module drive 1 and storage module 11.
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a receiving slot of a storage drive 20. A storage module inserted in the slot rests on the floor 32. During the loading of the storage module into the slot from the left side in FIG. 5, the connector 30 with its slanted sides 35 aligns the module for proper match of connector 30 with connector 12 of the module, and for proper alignment between positioning shaft 28 and pushrod 13. Lever 22 falls into recess 15. The latching occurs when the coupling disk in the storage module is aligned with the coupling disk 24 of module drive 20. Primary coupling disk 24 is mounted on shaft 26, which is properly positioned in the module drive by support means 27 (see FIG. 6). Actuator 29 and the required electronic means are located in the rear section 34 of module drive 20. Lever 22 is mounted on support shaft 23 and held in the lower position by spring 33. Push button 21 when operated forces lever 22 to turn upward while pin 37 is gliding in slot 38.
FIG. 6 is another cross-sectional view of the module drive 40, showing two storage modules 41 and 42 positioned in module drive 40. Storage module 41 is positioned in the left slot between outside wall 40a and inside wall 51. Storage module 42 is positioned in the right slot between outside wall 40b an inside wall 52. The space between inside walls 51 and 52 is occupied by drive motor 43, which is mounted on support means 48 and 50, positioning the two primary coupling disks properly relative to the storage modules 41 and 42. Primary coupling disks 44 and 45 are of the magnetic type, and are shown in more detail on later FIGURES. A plurality of magnetic pieces 46 are attached to primary coupling disk 44. A plurality of magnetic pieces 47 are attached to primary coupling disk 45. Instead of the combination of motor and magnetic coupling disk a stationary circular arrangement of magnetic coils can be used. The magnetic coils are excited by a multiphase electrical signal, which generates a rotating magnetic field. This rotating magnetic field forces the coupling disk of a loaded storage module to rotate, following the rotating magnetic field. Actuator 54 and positioning shaft 55 position the transducer means in storage module 41. Actuator 56 and positioning shaft 57 position the transducer means in storage module 42.
FIGS. 7 and 8 are cross-sectional views of a storage module. Arrows "7" and linking "Z" shaped lines in FIG. 8 are indicative for the cross-sectional planes used for the view shown in FIG. 8. Arrows "8" and linking "Z" shaped lines in FIG. 7 are indicative for the cross-sectional planes used for the view shown in FIG. 7.
The storage module has an enclosure consisting of a first shell 61, a second shell 62 and a utility plate 63. Shell 61 carries bearings 70; shell 62 carries bearings 71. Bearings 70 and 71 support shaft 67. Storage disk 65 is mounted on shaft 67 between flanges 64 and 66. Two secondary coupling disks 68 and 69 are placed on shaft 67 on either side of storage disk 65. Secondary coupling disks 68 and 69 carry magnetic pieces 72, and 73, respectively. Either one of the two secondary coupling disks 68 and 69 may interface with a primary coupling disk in the module drive to rotate storage disk 65.
Data signals are read or recorded in tracks of storage disk 65 by transducer 74 for the upper side of storage disk 65, or transducer 75 for the lower side of storage disk 65. Transducer 74 is supported by arm 76; transducer 75 is supported by arm 77. Support arms 76 and 77 are connected to mounting block 78. Mounting block 78 is movably mounted on rails 79a and 79b. Rails 79a and 79b are placed on studs 80a and 81a, respectively 80b and 81b of enclosure shell 62. Moving block 78 allows to position transducers 74 and 75 over desired tracks on the upper and lower storage disk surface of disk 65. Movement of block 78 is effected by pushrod 82. As indicated relative to FIGS. 3 through 6, a pushrod of a storage module is operated by the positioning shaft and the actuator in the module drive. The positioning shaft applies a force on pushrod 82 and moves the transducers 74 and 75 towards the center of storage disk 65. Spring 83 in the recess of utility plate 63 applies a force on pushrod 82 for moving transducers 74 and 75 towards the periphery of storage disk 65. Therefore, positioning of transducers 74 and 75 is determined by the forces applied by the positioning shaft of the module drive and spring 83. Spring 83 is placed on pushrod 82 between the rearwall of the recess in utility plate 63 and a restraining plate 84 at the end of pushrod 82. Utility plate 63 provides an opening for pushrod 82 and includes the connector for electrical signals from and to transducers 74 and 75. The connector is represented here by three connector terminals 85. The recess of the connector includes slanted sides 87, which in combination with the connector 30 in the module drive position the storage module in the receiving slot of the module drive.
Flanges 64 and 66 have ribs 88 and 89, respectively, for enhancing the airstream across the surfaces of the storage disk 65. The air reaching the outside perimeter of the storage disk 65 leaves through openings 110 through 119 in the shroud surrounding the storage disk 65. The area inside the shroud is divided in four chambers: first and second chambers between storage disk 65 and secondary coupling disks 68 and 69 respectively. The airstream in the first and second chambers is directed substantially from the center to the outside. Chambers three and four are enclosed by the coupling disk 68 and shell 61, respectively coupling disk 69 and shell 62. Air flows in chambers three and four are directed from outside to the center. Openings 110 through 119 extend over all four chambers and serve as exits for air flow from chambers one and two, and as entry openings for air flow into chambers three and four. Secondary coupling disk 69 has openings 120 for passing air from chamber three to chamber 1. Secondary coupling disk 69 has equivalent openings to let air enter chamber two from chamber four. The flow of air into chambers three and four can be enhanced by giving magnetic pieces 72 a suitable form.
The thickness of the enclosure shells in the area of magnetic pieces 72 and 73 is small to provide close proximity between magnetic pieces of opposing primary and secondary coupling disks.
FIG. 10 is a top cross-sectional view of another storage module. Storage module 160 differs from the modules shown on FIGS. 5,6 and 7 by the transducer support means. Storage module 160 with storage disk 161 mounted between two flanges on shaft 163 may have a bearing arrangement as shown in FIG. 7 or the one shown on FIG. 9. Transducer 167 is mounted on arm 166 and connected to positioning arm 164. Positioning arm 164 turns around shaft 165 under control of the forces implied on positioning arm 164 from spring 168 and pushrod 180. If no force is implied on pushrod 180, spring 168 retracts positioning arm 164 into a position, where extension 169 hits set screw 170. Set screw 170 and extension 169 define the retract position of transducer 167. Set screw 170 is held in place by nut 173. Spring 181 is provided to ensure that pushrod 180 is always in contact with extension 185 of positioning arm 164.
Utility plate 190, consisting of a recess section for the pushrod 180-position shaft interface and a connector section. In the recess section there is a dust seal, consisting of a seal 183 and a cover plate 182. Seal 183 prevents dust from entering the interior of the storage module.
Transducer 167 is moving on an arc around the center of shaft 165. A second transducer may be connected to positioning arm 164 for reading or recording data signals on the lower surface of storage disk 161.
FIGS. 11 and 12 are illustrations of still another type of storage module. Storage disk 201 is clamped between flanges 202a and 202b. The assembly of storage disk 201 and flanges 202a and 202b is supported by bearings 204 and rotates around stationary shaft 203, which is held in openings of shells 200a and 200b. Transducer 206 and mounting flexure 207 are directly connected to pushrod 208. Ribs 222 of flange 202a provide for an air flow across the top surface of storage disk 201. Shield 223 of the upper enclosure shell 200a and shield 224 of the lower enclosure shell 200b protect transducer heads 206a and 206b from the direct air stream from impeller flange 202. The two enclosure shells 200a and 200b include the means for guiding pushrod 208; a guiding pin 209 moving in slots 210a and 210b prevents rotary movement around the axis of pushrod 208. Spring 211 retracts pushrod 208 if no force is exercised on the pushrod 208. Enclosure shells 200a and 200b provide two chambers 214 and 215 for the airflow. Chamber 214 receives airstream from the top and bottom surfaces of storage disk 201. Openings 232 and 233 above and below the guide of pushrod 208 allow the air to leave chamber 214 into 215. Chamber 215 is closed off by an air filter 216. Air filter 216 continuously collects particles contained in the air flow. The air reenters the circular flow from area 217. Flanges 222 are arranged in such a manner, that air is sucked into the center of the impeller through channel 218. Impellers 202a and 202b have a ringlike top closure, on which magnetic pieces 230 and 231 are mounted. Therefore flanges 202a and 202b serve as flange for holding storage disk 201, as impeller for providing an air flow, and as secondary coupling disk for rotating storage disk 201 when interfacing with a primary coupling disk.
FIGS. 13a, 13b and 13c are schematic illustrations of still another type of storage module of the present invention. The storage module of FIGS. 13a, 13b and 13c differs from those of the preceding FIGURES by the method of mounting the transducer support arm. A frame consisting of side bars 260 and 261 together with the end bars 258 and 259 is used to support flexures 255 and 257, carrying transducers 254 and 256 for reading or recording data on the upper side of storage disk 251. Shafts 262 and 263 connect the frame 260 with flexures 265 and 268. Flexure 265 supports shaft 262 and allows only movements in the direction of the axis of shaft 262. FIG. 13 is an illustration of the side view of flexure 265. Flexure 268 supports shaft 263, which in turn serves also as pushrod. Mounting of shafts 262 and 263 in flexures 265 and 268 is such that transducers 254 and 256 could operate on tracks in the center area of storage tracks, if no other force is applied to the frame. Spring 272, placed between the bottom of the recess 280 and a restraining washer 281 forces the frame to move into a position, from which transducer 256 could operate on the most outer track, and transducer 254 could operate on the most inner track of storage disk 251. When a force is applied on the pushrod by the positioning shaft of the module drive, the transducer 256 is moved towards the inner tracks, while transducer 254 is moved towards an outer track.
To prevent dust from entering the inside of storage module of FIG. 13, a seal 282 is placed from the inside over the recess of utility plate 270 and held in place by cap 283.
FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view of a storage module with a different enclosure shell. The storage module hat two enclosure shell sections 121a and 121b, and a utility plate 143. Storage disk 122 is held between flanges 123 and 124 on shaft 125. Bearings 126 and 127 mount shaft 125 in the enclosure shells 121a and 121b. However, differing from the storage module of FIGS. 5 and 6, bearings 126 and 127 for shaft 125 are located between the storage disk 122 and secondary couplings disks 132 and 129 respectively. Secondary coupling disks 132 and 129 are affixed to shaft 125 by flanges 128 and 131 respectively. Flanges 123 and 124 include ribs to enhance air flow across the surfaces of storage disk 122. The air is supplied through openings 153 in shell 121a and openings 154 in shell 121b. A thin shield 145 covers the area 152 in which secondary coupling disk 132 rotates. Area 152 serves as plenum chamber for the air flow to the lower side surface of storage disk 122. A thin plate 146 covers the area 151 in which secondary coupling disk 129 rotates. Area 151 serves as plenum chamber for the air flow to the upper surface of storage disk 122. Area 151 receives air through openings 148; area 152 receives air through openings 149. The mounting and moving of transducers 135 and 134 is similar to the one shown and described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8. Insert 143 includes the recess for holding pushrod 141 and also the connector for the electrical signals (not shown in FIG. 14).
The storage module of which FIG. 15 is a schematic illustration differs from the one shown on FIG. 9 in the method used to drive storage disk 400. All the storage modules shown on the preceding figures use magnetic coupling means for rotating the storage disk by a motor located in the module drive. The storage module shown in FIG. 15 has a friction wheel, which can be brought in contact with another friction wheel or a friction belt in the module drive. The external friction wheel 412 is protected by a cover 409, which is attached to the enclosure consisting of shells 407 and 408, the storage module by some screws, of which one screw 413 is shown. The penetration of shaft 403 through shell 407 requires extra precaution to prevent entering of dust into the enclosure. A filter 420 is placed over the openings 422 in the chamber wall 410. To inhibit dust particles from entering the area 425 of the rotating disk 400 from chamber 424. The lower chamber 426 does not require a particle filter, because the lower end of shaft 403 does not penetrate the lower enclosure shell 408, and electrical components required to perform special tasks on the storage module under control of signals issued by the data handling device. In the present invention the storage module is a storage device for data, which can be removed from the drive. The storage module of the present invention includes a storage disk and transducer means for reading or writing data on the storage disk. A simplified method of driving the storage disk reduces the cost of the storage module and the cost for storing data.
FIGS. 16 and 17 are top and side view illustrations of the drive assembly for a storage module with friction drive wheel. A baseplate 450 carries motor 452 with drive pully 453. Friction belt 456 is guided by pulleys 454 and 455. A pulley 457 on tension arm 458 provide sufficient tension to ensure that friction belt 456 remains operative. If a storage module is inserted in the slot of the module drive, its friction wheel 412 is pressed against the friction belt 456 as shown in FIG. 16 and reduces the slack in the friction belt 456 provided by the tension wheel 457. FIG. 17 is a side view of the arrangement.
FIGS. 18a, 18b, and 18c are cross-sectional views of still another type of storage module of the present invention. This storage module has a friction wheel interface for moving the transducer support arm. It requires a driving friction wheel in the drive unit to interface with the actuator.
The enclosure consists of a shell 500 and a cover plate 501. Shaft 502 is mounted in bearings 503 and 504 and carries storage disk 505 between flanges 506 and 507, as well as coupling disks 508 and 509. To ensure close proximity between the magnetic elements 510 respectively 511 and the magnetic elements of the driving coupling disks in the drive unit, shell 500 and cover plate 501 have circular recesses 512 and 513.
Transducers 515 and 516 are mounted on arms 517 and 518, respectively. Transducer support arms 517 and 518 are spaced apart by support block 520, which is clamped on metalband 521. The support block 520 can be moved by the metalband 521, so that the transducers can be can operate with any selected one of the storage tracks of storage disk 505. Metalband 521 is guided around rollers 523 and 524. The external drive wheel 526 of the drive unit is preloaded by a spring and presses against the metalband and the free roller 528 when the storage module is inserted in the drive unit. The recessed area into which drive wheel protrudes is closed of against the interior of the storage module by walls 531, 532, 533. The gaps through which metalband 521 passes into the interior of the storage module have suitable means preventing dust particles from entering the interior of the storage module.
The transducer support block and the attached transducers can be moved between two limiting positions. The first position is determined by the stop block 540, which includes also a spreader for unloading the transducers. Whenever support block is moved into the outside position, the transducers are unloaded, and cannot contact the surface of the storage disk. This is the restore position, to which the support block returns when the storage module is removed from the drive unit. This task is performed by spring 544 and the metalband 545, which is guided around wheel 547. The second limiting position is determined by the stop for the support block at the separation wall. This stop prevents the transducers from being moved into the flanges.
Instead of the plug/jack interface for the electrical signals of the transducers, this storage module has a plurality of recessed contact rails 550. The drive unit includes contact fingers, which glides along this rails while the module is inserted into the drive unit, thereby performing a wiping action and ensuring good contact.
FIG. 19 is an illustration of still another method of sealing the interior of the storage module against entry of particles through the opening for the pushrod in the enclosure. Pushrod 570 penetrates the enclosure 571 through opening 572. An elastic boot 573 with a washerlike endplate 575 is affixed to pushrod 570 by a screw 575. A pressure plate 576 and screws placed along the circle indicated by dashed lines 577 and 578 ensure a dustproof seal between boot 573 and enclosure 571.
In the arrangement of a storage module drive, including the drive motor for the storage disk and the actuator for the moving of the transducers, and a removable storage module, means have to be provided for proper alignment of the transducer with a desired storage track. Tolerances in the manufacturing process do not ensure, that a transducer is positioned with sufficient precision over a storage track.
FIG. 20 is an illustration of an arrangement which allows a fine adjustment of the transducer after the module has been inserted into a slot of the module drive. The actuator arm is hollow tube 600. A stepper motor 601 and a metal band 602 wound around drive wheel 610 are used to move actuator shaft 600 stepwise in a wellknown fashion. Actuator shaft 600 is supported in bearings (not shown) by posts 603 and 604. The positioning shaft 606 is movably mounted inside the actuator shaft 600. Actuator shaft 600 and positioning shaft 606 have matching threads 606 and 607. By rotating positioning shaft 606 inside actuator shaft 600 relative position of both arm to each other can be changed. In operation positioning shaft 606 interfaces with pushrod 610 of an inserted storage module. Operating the actuator positions the transducer. Reading the signals of the track next to the transducer will show if the signal generated in the transducer by the stored signal in the particular track can be read. If the signal is not of sufficient strength, the actuator arm is moved by actuator motor 601 to the retracted position, in which a motor 611 with coupling wheel 612 can rotate positioning shaft 606. Rotating positioning shaft 606 clockwise or counterclockwise effectively lengthens, respectively shortens the reach of actuator shaft 600. Repositioning the transducer to the desired position allows to recheck signal strength. Checking signal strength and changing the position of positioning shaft 606 relative to actuator shaft 600 is repeated until an alignment of the transducer with a desired storage track on the storage disk of the inserted storage module is achieved.
FIGS. 21a, 21b, and 21c are illustrations of still another embodyment of the present invention. The enclosure of the storage module consist of the shell 750 and the cover 751. Storage disk 752 is mounted between flanges 753a nad 753b on shaft 754. Shaft 754 is supported by bearings 755a and 755b in shell 750, respectively 751. A transducer 756, mounted in a flexure 757 and attached to transducer support arm 758 is used to read or write data in storage tracks of the upper surface of storage disk 752. There is another transducer attached to support arm 758 for reading or writing data in storage tracks of the lower surface of storage disk 752. Transducer support arm 758 is moveably mounted on shaft 759. A band 760 is provided to return transducer support arm 758 to a rest position, in which the transducers are unloaded by spreading the flexures on ramp 762. Transducer support arm 758 has two attachements, a metal band for interfacing with the friction wheel of the actuator drive wheel, and a position reading grid. Drive wheel 763 of the actuator in module drive 766 presses against band 764 and pressure roller 765. Rotating friction wheel 763 under control of an actuator causes transducer support arm 758 to move along shaft 759. The position reading means for the transducer support arm 758 consists of a grid 767, attached to the support arm 758, a light source 768, a light sensor 769 and a multifiber light guide 770, light guide 770 is attached to the enclosure of the storage module 751. Light source 768 and light sensor 769 may be attached to enclosure shell 750, as shown in FIG. 21b, and require electrical connections to the storage drive, or may be mounted on a carrier connected to the storage drive which reaches into the storage module when the storage module is inserted in the storage drive. The cross-section of light guide 770 covers several bands of grid 767. Receiving a number of light beams from light source 768 through grid 767, light guide 770 guides these beams to another area of grid 767. The beams exit guide 770 and pass through grid 767 if they encounter a transparent stripe. Light sensor 769 measures the intensity and generates equivalent signals, which are used to count the number of storage tracks traversed during the movement of the transducer support arm 758. As indicated for four relative positions of light guide 770 to grid 767 the sensor 768 detects a change in intensity from dark (D) to light (L) or light to dark for a relative movement by half a band of the grid. A black area of grid 767 representing an opaque band of grid 767, the white area representing a transparent band of grid 767. FIG. 22a is a more detailed illustration of the arrangement for determining the movement of the transducer support arm 758. The orientation of the fibers within light guide 770 is such, that light emitted by source 768 and entering guide 770 on the outerside will be carried by fibers on the outerside and pass through transparent stripes of grid 767 to sensor 769. FIG. 22b is an illustration of the movement between light guide 770, light source 768, and light sensor 769 relative to grid 767. The three different light beams 780, 781, and 782, generated by the light source 768 and the transparent stripes of grid 767, pass through guide 770 and appear at the end of guide 770 as light beams 783, 784, and 785. Resulting from the relative movement of guide 770 to grid 767, light beams 783, 784, and 785 move with double that speed relative to grid 767. Light sensor 769 will detect light and dark areas, whereby during movement of the guide 770 along grid 767 there will a dark area occur every time guide 770 passes one transparent or opaque stripe.
The storage module of FIGS. 21a, 21b and 21c has an opening, which allows the friction wheel 763 of module drive 766 to access band 764. This opening is closed by doors 771a and 771b. Module drive 766 has two guides 772a and 772b, which opens doors 711a and 711b while the storage module is inserted into module drive 766. Guide 772a has a plurality of contact fingers 773, which slide along contact rails 774 of the storage module. These contact fingers 773 and contact rails 774 make the electrical connection between the electronic components in the storage module and the controlling and sensing electronic means in the storage drive 766.
FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of the major components of a control and drive arrangement for positioning a transducer over a desired storage track for reading or writing data in the storage track. The address of the storage track is entered by the host via an data input 801 into the address register 802. The comparator 804 compares the actual address stored in address counter 803 and supplied via line 805 to the comparator 804 with the desired address value, stored in address register 802 and supplied to comparator 804 via line 806. The result of the comparison exits comparator 804 on line 807 and is fed to the positioning means 809. Depending on the comparison, showing the desired address value being higher, equal or lower than the actual address value, the positioning drive will move the transducer and the grid 811, which is connected to the transducer support means to a more inner track, let the transducers remain in position, or move the transducer to a more outer storage track. Address counter 803 receives during movement of the transducer support means pulses proportional to incremental movement of the grid. These pulses are generated by a photosensor 815, which receives light pulses generated by the light source 813, grid 814 and light guide 815 and fed to the address counter 803 via line 817. Counter 803 receives a control signal from comparator 804 via line 812 to determined the direction of count, counting up for movement of the transducer towards an inner track, counting down for a movement of the transducer towards an outer track. The control and drive arrangement may be complemented by a fine positioning control and means to switch between a coarse positioning operation and a fine postioning operation.
FIG. 23 is a schematic illustration of a stationary driving arrangement for the storage modules. The coils 902 through 909 are used to generate a rotary magnetic field and are mounted in a circular arrangement in the location of the first coupling disk in the storage drive, close to the secondary coupling disk of a storage module when it is inserted in a slot of the storage drive. clock oscillator 901, which generates 8 signals S1-S8. The eight signals have a predetermined timed relationship to each other. Each of the signals is supplied to one of the coils with magnetic cores 902 through 909 to generate a magnetic field. The timewise sequential fields represent a rotary magnetic field, similar to the one generated by a plurality of magnets on a rotating disk. The secondary coupling disk 910 of a storage module will follow the rotating field and cause the storage disk to rotate at a speed determined by the frequency of the signals supplied to the coils.
In the above description various implementations of the present invention are disclosed with reference to numerous FIGURES. Several different arrangements of the storage disk and secondary coupling disks have been discussed. Various methods of sealing the interior of the storage module are presented. Different transducer support arms are shown.
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THE motorcycle lane at KM17.40 - KM16.70 on the Federal Highway Route 2 (Subang to Kuala Lumpur) near Batu Tiga has been temporarily closed from yesterday to April 26 to facilitate the contruction of an access road for a new petrol station.
All motorcycles will be diverted to the emergency lane on the main road at the area. Motorcyclists are advised to follow traffic signages and instructions given by PLUS personnel at the area. For information, call 03-7981 8000.
Breast cancer workshop
THE Breast Cancer Welfare Association is holding a workshop themed 'Saving Life Thru Early Detection' tomorrow at Pusat PDK, Kampunga Kenanga Rawang. The workshop will feature breast self-examination. For details, call Barbara Khoo at 03-7954 0133.
Book exhibition
PUSAT Tuisyen AEB is holding a book exhibition and open day on March 18 from 10am to 6pm. It will be at the centre at Kg. Batu, Batu 5, Jalan Ipoh, 51200, Kuala Lumpur.The exhibition is in collaboration with University Book Store.
For detail, call 03-6250 2127/ 92.
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Elwarda Dance in collaboration with NRG Fitness Centre will conduct a belly dance workshop for beginners from 10am to noon every Sunday of March. It is held at NRG Fitness Centre, No. 23A, Jalan Kristal K7/ K, Section 7, 40000, Shah Alam. For detail, call Naziehah 012-925 0902.
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