Disk guard device
AssigneeBarry Wright Corporation
InventorsBernard T. Cournoyer, David M. Wright, Jerome M. O'Toole
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Abstract
Guard device for storing a disk package comprising a jacket containing a flexible magnetic disk, said device being substantially rigid and having a front or cover surface, a back surface, sides and a bottom, said cover surface being preferably shorter in length than the back surface to permit a label on the jacket to be observed as well as to permit writing on the label and the sides preferably extending above the cover to protect the side edges of the disk package. The device also preferably includes ribs to protect a pocket for the disk package as well as restraining ribs located at the bottom of the pocket.
Claims17
A guard device for the storage of a flexible magnetic disk package which comprises a flexible jacket in which there is positioned a flexible magnetic disk, said device being substantially rigid and comprising a cover surface, back surface, sides and a bottom, a plurality of pocket defining ribs supported by one of said surfaces and extending inwardly towards the other of said surfaces to provide a pocket for said disk package, and restraining means positioned adjacent the bottom and supported by one of said surfaces to urge the jacket of said package towards the other of said surfaces, said restraining means engaging said jacket at a point under which the disk does not lie.
In a guard device for the storage of a flexible magnetic disk package which comprises a flexible magnetic disk supported within a flexible jacket, the device comprising a front cover, a back surface, sides, and a bottom, said cover being shorter in length so that the jacket is partially exposed to view when supported in the device, said sides extending above the cover to protect the sides of the package, said device being of substantially rigid material to prevent bending of the disk while stored in the device.
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