Information recording unit and method for information recording/reproduction

U.S. Patent Number: 5392275

Abstract: A method and apparatus for recording information on an information recording medium and/or reproducing information from the recording medium. Probes for recording and/or reproducing information and a support for supporting the probes are arranged so that the probes are positioned to face the information recording medium. The support and the information recording medium are relatively moved by sliding on sliding surfaces thereof. The distance between the support and the recording medium is roughly set by projections formed between the support and the recording medium, and is finely adjusted during operation by a mechanism for moving the probes.

Inventors: Kawada; Haruki (Yokohama, JP), Miyazaki; Toshihiko (Hiratsuka, JP), Kawagishi; Hideyuki (Ayase, JP), Yamano; Akihiko (Yokohama, JP)

Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP)

Application Number: 08/176,516

Issued: 1995-02-21

Expired: 2007-02-21

Classes: 369/126 ; 250/307; 250/442.11; 977/851; 977/872; 977/932; 977/947

Field of search: 250/442.11,306,307,440.11 365/151 369/126,276

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