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Patent No. 5823572

Self Defense Weapon With Memo

A self defense weapon formed as a memo pad and which is easily held by a person's fingers, therefore making it possible to provide protection from a mugger and also to quickly and easily write a record or a message without failure of missing or forgetting significant information under a stressful situation.

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Class 369/30.74 - Movable drive


Subclass of Class 369 - Dynamic information storage or retrieval
Definition: Subject matter wherein the disc recording/reproducing
No. of patents: 8
Last issue date: 11/01/2005


NumberTitleIssue Date
6961290Apparatus for loading an optical disk into a case
An optical disk loading apparatus (1) for unloading a case (10) from a case stacking device (3) where a plurality of cases (10) are stacked with each case (10) closed and placed upstandingly, transferring the case (10) via a...
11/01/2005
6725394Media library with failover capability
A process/method for controlling a digital data storage unit including a multiplicity of storage media slots for receiving media storage units, a plurality of media storage units loaded in some of the storage media slots, a plurality of data storage drives each havi...
04/20/2004
6118751Disk cartridge, disk drive and disk changer apparatus using the disk cartridge, and method for handling the disk cartridge
A disk cartridge comprising: an inner case for holing an optical disk; an outer case for accommodating the inner case, having an opening for allowing the inner case to come in and out; lock means for locking the inner case in the outer case, provided in a...
09/12/2000
5872765Disc loading device
A disc loading device including a disc stocker containing a plurality of the cartridge holders housed and held within the disc stocker in tiers. Each cartridge holder holds a disc cartridge that includes a recording disc housed within a cartridge main mem...
02/16/1999
5717681Movement apparatus and recording/reproducing apparatus
A lift stage that may be moved vertically by being guided by a longitudinal groove in a lateral wall is uplifted or lowered via a pin by first and second cams. The first cam has a zigzag-shaped cam groove to permit periodic reciprocating movement. The sec...
02/10/1998
5682363Disk selection and drive apparatus for electronic device
An electronic device includes a disk selection and drive apparatus to select and drive a plurality of disks or other recording media. Cartridges, each housing a recording medium therein, are held in holding areas in a disk container. Support rods of a dri...
10/28/1997
5555239Disk system
A reduction in the size of a CD player is achieved by making the transfer roller horizontally displaceable between a first position, adjacent the disk storage magazine, and a second position, adjacent the turntable. The roller is displaced to the first po...
09/10/1996
4833552Top loading record changer mechanism with removable magazine supported for swiveling between a top loading position and an operating position angularly displaced therefrom
A record changer apparatus having a removable magazine for storing a plurality of records, a playback/recording mechanism for receiving and playing or recording a record transferred from the magazine, a housing mounted adjacent the playback/recording mech...
05/23/1989
 
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