US 4,875,743 A · Recording media storage apparatus

Abstract

An apparatus for storing a plurality of disc-shaped recording media includes a housing and a plurality of thin, substantially C-shaped lever members, each of which has an inner circumferential surface for holding a disc-shaped recording media by an outer circumferential surface of the recording media. Each lever member is pivotally connected to the housing by a pivot post and is pivotally movable into and out of the housing. A lock mechanism prevents the lever members from pivoting out of the housing, while a detent mechanism holds the unlocked lever members in either a closed or open position. The inner circumferential surface of the C-shaped lever members subtends an angle greater than 180.degree. in order to create a spring force in two arms of the lever member, the spring force acting to hold the disc-shaped recording media on the circumferential surface of the lever member.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for storing a plurality of disc-shaped recording media, each having an outer circumferential edge, comprising;

portable housing means for securely housing and portably transporting the plurality of disc-shaped recording media;
holder means, pivotally connected to the housing, for holding the plurality of disc-shaped recording media by the outer circumferential edges thereof the holder means including a plurality of thin substantially C-shaped lever members formed of a flexible material, each having an inner circumferential surface for holding a disc-shaped recording media thereon, and each circumferential surface having a radius substantially equal to a radius of the disc-shaped recording media and a recording media insertion diameter smaller than the diameter of the disc-shaped recording media wherein the C-shaped lever member acts as a spring and flexes open when the disc-shaped recording media is inserted and securely holds the media therein upon insertion;
pivot means, disposed within the housing, for pivotally moving the holder means into and out of the housing;
and
lock means for locking the holder means in the housing.

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An apparatus for storing a plurality of disc-shaped recording media, each having an outer circumferential edge, comprising:

a housing;
holder means, pivotally connected to the housing, for holding the plurality of disc-shaped recording media by the outer circumferential edges thereof, wherein the holder means includes a plurality of thin, substantially C-shaped lever members, each lever member having first and second arm portions, and each arm portion having a distal end;
pivot means, disposed within the housing, for pivotally moving the holder means into and out of the housing;
lock means for locking the holder means in the housing;
and
detent means, operatively connected to the C-shaped lever members for positioning the C-shaped lever members in an open position and a closed position, wherein the detent means includes a spring detent having a plurality of spring arms snapped nnto engagement with the plurality of C-shaped lever members, the spring arms being separately and independently movable into engagement with corresponding C-shaped lever members for positioning the individual C-shaped lever member in its open position or its closed position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Recording media storage apparatus

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