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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7519981 | Cartridge for an information recording medium A cartridge for an information recording medium includes a cartridge case, an opening cover, detachably mounted to a rear side opening of the cartridge case, for enabling the information recording medium to be withdrawn or inserted with respect to the cartridge case... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7444654 | Optical disc cartridge casing providing for easy disc insertion/removal An optical disc cartridge of the present invention includes: a casing provided with a disc inserting/opening part for inserting/taking out a disc thereinto/therefrom at an upper surface thereof and an access hole which an optical pickup approaches at a lower surface... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441259 | Optical recording media cartridge An optical recording media cartridge includes an optical recording medium, an upper frame facing a first surface of the optical recording medium, the optical recording medium rotatably coupled to the upper frame, and a lower frame facing a second surface of the opti... | 10/21/2008 |
| RE40141 | Recording medium cartridge and signal recording apparatus A cartridge for housing a recording medium therein. The cartridge includes a cartridge body configured such that a signal recording apparatus can record a signal onto the recording medium when the cartridge is loaded in the signal recording apparatus. The cartridge ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7322037 | Structure of optical disc cartridge A disc cartridge can prevent a disc from being damaged, and smoothly enable a disc rotation, by forming a protruding supporting member to have a predetermined height from an inner surface of a casing receiving the disc, and by preventing the disc from interfering wi... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7222352 | Cartridge for an information recording medium A cartridge for an information recording medium includes a cartridge case, an opening cover, detachably mounted to a rear side opening of the cartridge case, for enabling the information recording medium to be withdrawn or inserted with respect to the cartridge case... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7191460 | Disk protection casing and drive for receiving the same The disc protection casing includes a disc protection casing body having a disc receiving space therein. A disc holder, insertable into the interior of the disc protection casing body, has an elastic member formed at one end of the same for supporting a disc. When t... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185351 | Cartridge for an information recording medium A cartridge for an information recording medium includes a cartridge case, an opening cover, detachably mounted to a rear side opening of the cartridge case, for enabling the information recording medium to be withdrawn or inserted with respect to the cartridge case... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7125258 | Card-type terminal The present invention relates to a card-type terminal such as a PC card with a memory card such as a USIM card. It allows a memory card to be secured easily on a tray and inserted easily into a card-type terminal. A card-type terminal includes a tray slidable in and... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7055164 | Disk production casing and drive for receiving the same The disc protection casing includes a disc protection casing body having a disc receiving space therein. A disc holder, insertable into the interior of the disc protection casing body, has an elastic member formed at one end of the same for supporting a disc. When t... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6931655 | Cartridge for an information recording medium A cartridge for an information recording medium includes a cartridge case, an opening cover, detachably mounted to a rear side opening of the cartridge case, for enabling the information recording medium to be withdrawn or inserted with respect to the cartridge case... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6912724 | Cartridge for an information recording medium A cartridge for an information recording medium includes a cartridge case, an opening cover, detachably mounted to a rear side opening of the cartridge case, for enabling the information recording medium to be withdrawn or inserted with respect to the cartridge case... | 06/28/2005 |
| 5764622 | Recording medium cartridge and signal recording apparatus A cartridge for housing a recording medium therein. The cartridge includes a cartridge body configured such that a signal recording apparatus can record a signal onto the recording medium when the cartridge is loaded in the signal recording apparatus. The... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5724332 | Disk loading technique permitting loading of both a disk set in a disk loading adaptor and a naked disk A disk loading system includes a disk drive and a disk loading adaptor. The disk loading adaptor is composed of a tray member and a case member, between which is formed an internal space for receiving an information recording disk. The tray member can be ... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5537389 | Disk cartridge having a single closing energizer for closing two independently opened shutters Scratches on the recording disk caused by sliding of a disk cartridge shutter is prevented by slidably inserting first and second shutters between a tray and a case on the opposite side to a recording disk accommodating portion of the tray. The first shut... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5212683 | Cassette for storing and handling an information carrier, and scanning system comprising the cassette The invention relates to a cassette (3) for the trouble-free storage of an information carrier and for conveniently inserting this information carrier into a scanning device. The cassette comprises a sleeve-shaped housing (301) and a box-shaped holder (30... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5093823 | Cassette with removable disc A cassette accommodates an information disc (1) which is rotatable inside a housing (2) and which can be read by means of a pick-up which is movable over the disc surface through an aperture (6) in a main wall (3). To enable the information disc to be exc... | 03/03/1992 |
| 4928271 | Holder for discs of different diameters Holder has two opposed holding elements (5) with holding means (6) for holding a disc at its circumferential edge inside the holder. At least one holding element (5) can be moved out of a holding position by means of an adjusting element (4) to receive or... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4926411 | Cassette having an information disc A cassette contains an information disc arranged to be rotatable in the space inside the cassette and has an opening in a main wall of the housing to provide access to the disc surface for a pick-up. In order to minimize the area of the opening, while mai... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4905217 | Enclosure for optical disk or the like An enclosure for an optical disk or the like in which the main element thereof is preferably formed of a one-piece structure and which is adapted to accept a cover element. The one-piece structure is formed of a pair of substantially flat wall elements wh... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4853926 | Split carrier for data storage disks A carrier for releasably retaining a data storage disk comprises a pair of crescent shaped frame members which cooperate to define a generally circular aperture for receiving a data storage disk. The frame members are preferably identical in shape and sli... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4852078 | Impact-absorbing buffer element for optical disk carrier A carrier for an optical disk or the like is provided with a pair of resilient buffer elements to isolate the relatively delicate disk assembly from impulse spikes to which the carrier may be subjected. The disk carrier comprises a pair of frame members h... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4849958 | System for recording/reading information on/from a disc, comprising a disc cassette and an apparatus Cassette includes a disc (1) accommodated in an external sleeve (2) and retained therein by a disc holder (7) which closes the front of the sleeve (2) by means of a shutter (8), which retains the disc by retaining jaws (9), and which is latched in the sle... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4849959 | Split disk carrier with locking mechanism A carrier for releasably retaining a data storage disk comprises a pair of frame members which cooperate to define a generally circular aperture for receiving a data storage disk. The frame members are slidably coupled so as to vary the size of the apertu... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4817079 | Carrier retainer for disk cartridge A protective cartridge for a data storage disk (e.g. an optical disk) includes a retainer mechanism for restricting longitudinal movement of a disk/carrier assembly within the cartridge interior. Such mechanism preferably comprises a flexible, cantilever-... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4773061 | Carrier for data storage disk Disclosed herein is a carrier for a data storage disk. Such carrier comprises means for releasably capturing a disk so that it may be removed by a suitable disk release mechanism and used at a location spaced from the carrier, thereby avoiding any potenti... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4755982 | Disc cassette A disc cassette includes a rotatable disc (1) contained in a disc-receiving space of an external enclosure (2), a front opening of the enclosure being closed by a closing member (7) which is latched in the enclosure by means of one or more resilient latch... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4627037 | Disc reproducing apparatus A disc reproducing apparatus for reproducing a disc which is received in a disc case, and on which optical information data are recorded. The disc case can be set into the reproducing apparatus with the disc received in the disc case. When set into the re... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4623995 | Recording disc reproducing device The present invention relates to a recording disc reproducing device wherein a disc like recording medium is held in a disc case having an opening at one end thereof, for insertion and removal of the disc like recording medium. The disc like recording med... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4482991 | Disk recording and reproducing device A disk clamping mechanism for disk recording and reproducing devices of the type in which when a disk cartridge with a disk enclosed therein is inserted into the device the disk clamping mechanism is actuated to clamp the raised groove guard formed around... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4481617 | Memory disc drive An optical disc drive system in which the empty sleeve component of an optical disc cartridge is utilized to lock the optical disc in its operational position while occupying a storage location within the drive system. The locking/storage feature is achie... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4455642 | Case for accommodating a rotary recording medium A case for accommodating a rotary recording medium comprises a jacket having an opening at one end, for accommodating a rotary recording medium within an internal space provided therein, and a detachable lid member for closing the front end opening of the... | 06/19/1984 |
