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US 5,210,671 AGranted
Write protection for memory diskettes
AssigneeVerbatim Corporation
InventorMark D. Blackston
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Abstract
A slide component is configured to be inserted into a recess in an assembled magnetic diskette cartridge and rotated into operable orientation to be slideably positioned between locations in the recess that designate whether or not the magnetic disk in the cartridge is write-protected.
Claims5
A diskette cartridge for a magnetic disk that is disposed for rotation within a housing, the diskette cartridge comprising:
- a recess near a peripheral edge of the housing having selected length and width dimensions and including an aperture for access thereto having an opening width dimension smaller than the recess width dimension;
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- a slide component having a width dimension smaller than the width dimension of the aperture, and having a length dimension larger than the width dimension of the aperture and substantially equal to the width dimension of the recess for admitting insertion of the slide component through the aperture in one orientation and rotation thereof within the recess to an orthogonal orientation with the length of the slide component traversing the width of the recess to support slideable movement of the slide component in said orthogonal orientation within the aperture and recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.