Carrier tape for disk components
AssigneeEntegris, Inc.
InventorsRonald Thomas, Steven Kolbow, Joy Duban-Hu
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Abstract
A carrier tape for holding a plurality of disks includes a thin, elongate strip of polymer material presenting a longitudinal axis and having a plurality of pockets defined therein. Each pocket is adapted to receive a separate one of the disks. The pockets are spaced apart and arranged along the longitudinal axis of the strip, and each pocket has at least one operable disk restraining structure for retaining the disk when the disk is received in the pocket.
Claims36
The combination of a plurality of disks and a carrier tape for releasably holding the disks, the carrier tape comprising:
- a thin, elongate strip of polymer material presenting a longitudinal axis and having a plurality of pockets defined therein, each pocket for receiving a separate one of the plurality of disks, the plurality of pockets spaced apart and arranged along the longitudinal axis of the strip, each pocket having at least one resilient disk retaining structure therein, the at least one resilient disk retaining structure positioned so that when the disk is received in the pocket, the disk retaining structure applies a biasing force to the disk to retain the disk in the pocket, the disk retaining structure being selectively deflectable so as to enable the disk to be removed and inserted from the pocket.
A carrier tape for holding a plurality of disks, each disk having a center aperture formed therethrough, the carrier tape comprising:
- a thin, elongate strip of polymer material presenting a longitudinal axis and having a plurality of pockets defined therein, each pocket having a bottom and adapted to receive a separate one of the plurality of disks, the plurality of pockets spaced apart and arranged along the longitudinal axis of the strip, the carrier tape further comprising a plurality of closure flaps, each closure flap for closing a separate one of the pockets and being selectively shiftable between an open position wherein the closure flap is substantially coplanar with the strip and a closed position wherein the closure flap is covering the pocket, the bottom of the pocket and the closure flap having corresponding disk retaining structures for retaining the disk when the disk is received in the pocket and the closure flap is positioned in the closed position.
A carrier tape for holding a plurality of disks comprising:
- a thin, elongate strip of polymer material presenting a longitudinal axis and having a plurality of pockets defined therein, each pocket adapted to receive a separate one of the plurality of disks, the plurality of pockets spaced apart and arranged along the longitudinal axis of the strip, each pocket having operable means for retaining the disk when the disk is received in the pocket.
The combination of a plurality of data storage drive components including at least one disk and a carrier tape for holding the plurality of data storage drive components, the tape comprising:
- a thin, elongate strip of polymer material presenting a longitudinal axis and having a plurality of pockets defined therein, each pocket adapted to receive a separate one of the plurality of data storage drive components, the plurality of pockets spaced apart and arranged along the longitudinal axis of the strip, at least one of the pockets having operable means for retaining the disk when the disk is received in the pocket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.