Disk cartridge and storage assembly
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsBart Van Rompaey, Bob Van Someren
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Abstract
A disk cartridge and storage assembly comprises an optical disk and a housing (2) in which the disk is rotatably accommodated. The housing is adapted to be inserted into a disk drive together with the disk. The cartridge comprises at least a first coupling member (5) on the housing. The assembly is provided with a link element (6) to couple the cartridge to a storage support. A second coupling member (9) is provided on the link element and is adapted to be removably coupled to the first coupling member. In this way it is possible to store or transport one or more disk cartridges in a convenient manner.
Claims33
A disk cartridge and storage assembly, comprising:
- a disk having two sides, at least one of the sides being adapted to contain readable data thereon;
- a housing in which the disk is rotatably accommodated and which has an opening to provide access to the disk, the housing being adapted to be inserted into a disk drive together with the disk;
- wherein the cartridge comprises at least a first coupling member on the housing, and the assembly is provided with a link element to couple the cartridge to a storage support, said link element comprising a second coupling member adapted to be removably coupled to the first coupling member.
A storage system for storing a plurality of disk cartridges, comprising a body, a plurality of support members distributed along the body, and a plurality of link elements pivotally connected to a corresponding support member, each link element having a second coupling member which is adapted to be removably coupled to a mating first coupling member of a cartridge.
Link element for connecting a housing of a disk cartridge to a support member, the link element comprising a second coupling member adapted to be removably coupled to a mating first coupling member on the housing of the disk cartridge.
A disk cartridge, comprising:
- a disk having two sides, at least one of the sides containing readable data thereon;
- a housing in which the disk is rotatably accommodated and which has an opening to provide access to the disk, the housing being adapted to be inserted into a disk drive together with the disk;
- wherein the cartridge comprises at least a first coupling member on the housing, adapted to be removably coupled to a second coupling member.
Method of manufacturing a plurality of link elements comprising two pairs of legs which each comprise a second coupling member, and a bridge member between the pairs of legs, wherein the link elements are cut from flat metal sheeting, rows of link elements being cut out such that the link elements in adjacent rows are staggered and legs from link elements in one row are positioned between legs of link elements in an adjacent row.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.