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Class 720/732 - Movable cartridge case or jacket piece


Subclass of Class 720 - Dynamic optical information storage or retrieval
Definition: Subject matter housing can move so as to expose the optical
No. of patents: 11
Last issue date: 11/22/2011


NumberTitleIssue Date
8065694Removable optical disc storage cartridge
The removable optical disc storage cartridge stores a plurality of optical disc media in a substantially stacked orientation for later extraction and presentation to a picker in an optical disc storage library. Each optical disc media is stored on a separate extract...
11/22/2011
7761889Disc cartridge protecting member, and disc cartridge
The present invention provides a disc cartridge protecting member capable of closing a write and/or read aperture larger relative to the size of the disc cartridge and protecting a disc housed in the disc cartridge, such as optical disc used as an information record...
07/20/2010
7607146Data medium storage systems
A system providing efficient cataloging and storage of data-storage devices. The system comprises a plurality of removable holders adapted to hold at least one of the data-medium-containing articles. Each holder is adjustably mounted within a support comprising thre...
10/20/2009
7340754Disk drive device
In an optical disk drive device, in order to reduce structural vibration noise and aerodynamic sound during high-speed revolution, a recess is formed at the deeper end. This recess is in a position axially symmetric to a hole for the movement of an optical head with...
03/04/2008
7337449Disk drive for minimizing jamming during disk positioning
A disk drive including a tray having a seating portion in which a disk or disk cartridge is seated, and an opening hole, and further having a disk cartridge holder installed on the tray to be capable of sliding, the disk cartridge holder fixing the disk cartridge to...
02/26/2008
7331056Data storage cartridge having baffles
A media cartridge for use with data storage libraries. The cartridge includes a housing having an opening through which a carrier tray can be loaded and extracted to reveal a media element. A number of baffles are included to limit exposure of the media elements to ...
02/12/2008
7227816Container for optical disks, tray and magazine type player therefor
The invention refers to a container (1) for optical disks (25), a tray (5) for such container (1) and a magazine type player (39) adapted to be used with such container (1). Object of the invention is to provide a container ...
06/05/2007
7155731Optical disc drive having a function of preventing an optical disc from being pushed down by turbulence in the air flow generated by the rotation of the optical disc
A disc drive includes a main body having a roughly box-shaped casing and a top plate which covers the upper side of the casing, a disc tray having a disc holding portion in which an optical disc is to be placed and being movable with respect to the main body through...
12/26/2006
6964058Optical disk device
There is provided a thin optical disk device having a slot-in mechanism which is able to smoothly carry out operations of clamping and releasing an optical disk, including an optical pickup which carries out reading and/or writing from/to the optical disk, a turntab...
11/08/2005
5096064Enclosure for information storage disks with a temporarily increasing width
An enclosure for optical disks comprising: a rectangular top portion comprising a top wall, a pair of opposite depending side walls and a depending end wall; a rectangular bottom portion, including a bottom wall, sized to align with the bottom edges of th...
03/17/1992
4862448Disc cartridge and casing therefor
A disc cartridge and a casing therefore capable of carrying out insertion and removal of a disc with respect to the casing without separating a shutter from the disc cartridge and adversely affecting the disc, with simple operation. The casing includes a ...
08/29/1989
 
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