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US 2019/0325911 A1Published application
Disc storage cassettes
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsDavid J. Altknecht, Donald S. Bethune, William M. Dyer, A. David Erpelding, Steven R. Hetzler, Drew B. Lawson, Daniel F. Smith
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Abstract
A disc cassette includes a curved portion configured to hold multiple discs. A platform portion abuts the curved portion. A movable bale is configured to maintain discs securely in the disc cassette except when rotated off the discs.
Claims6
A disc cassette comprising:
- a curved portion including multiple ribs, wherein the ribs define multiple disc slots in the curved portion that are configured to hold multiple discs in place, and the discs are spaced apart by the ribs;
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- multiple index features positioned on an inside edge of the curved portion, wherein the index features are configured to allow alignment of a kicker device of a disc retrieval unit (DRU) to a disc of the disc cassette to lift the disc into a disc gripper device without disturbing one or more other discs of the disc cassette that are adjacent to the disc.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.