US 6,585,021 B2Granted

CD label applicator kit

AssigneeImation Corp.

InventorsJon R. Clark, George L. Foster, Richard E. Jewett, Leo W. Spychalla, John W. Swanson

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Abstract

A CD label applicator kit including a case, a support device and an applicator tool. The case includes a base and cover that provides a label plate. The label forms an opening. The support device includes an alignment post, a hub and a spring. The alignment post is affixed to an outer wall of the cover and extends outwardly through the opening. The hub is slidably disposed about the alignment post and defines a disk-receiving surface. The spring biases the hub to a raised position in which the disk-receiving surface is above the label plate. Finally, the applicator tool forms a central passage sized for selective placement about the alignment post. In one preferred embodiment, the kit includes a label sheet pack and a software disk stored within the base, and a writing utensil secured to the cover.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A method for applying a label to a CD, the method comprising:

providing an applicator kit including a housing and a support device, the housing including an outer wall and a label plate opposite the outer wall and forming an opening, the support device including an alignment post extending from the outer wall through the opening, a hub slidably disposed about the alignment post, and a spring biasing the hub to a raised position, wherein the label plate is biased to assume an initial deflection position in which a perimeter of the opening is raised relative to an adjacent portion thereof;
placing a label about the hub and onto the label plate;
placing a CD about the alignment post and onto the hub;
and
forcing the CD and the hub toward the label plate such that an inner diameter of the CD initially contacts an inner diameter of the label due to the deflected nature of the rebel plate;
wherein with further forced movement of the CD and the hub toward the label plate, a surface area interface between the CD and the label increases radially outwardly, thereby forcing out air from between the C.D. and the label.

3 more elements

A CD label applicator comprising:

a housing including:
an outer wall,
a label plate maintained opposite the outer wall and forming an opening,
wherein the label plate is biased to assume an initial deflection position in which a perimeter of the opening is raised relative to an a adjacent portion thereof;
and
a support device including:
an alignment post extending from the outer wall outwardly through the opening and beyond the label plate, the alignment post being sized to be received within a center hole of a CD,
a hub slidably disposed about the alignment post and defining a disk receiving surface,
a spring biasing the hub to a raised position in which the disk receiving surface is above the label plate;
wherein the applicator is configured such that during use, a label is placed on the label plate and a CD is placed on the disk receiving surface, and as the CD is forced toward the label plate, a surface area interface between the CD and the label increases radially outwardly, thereby forcing air from between the CD and the label.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 09/887,600Filed 22 Jun 2001
Published: US 2002/0195203 A126 Dec 2002
Granted: 1 Jul 2003
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

B29C 63/0004
Lining or sheathing, i.e. applying preformed layers or sheathings of plastics; Apparatus therefor: component parts, details or accessories;…
B29C 63/0047
Lining or sheathing, i.e. applying preformed layers or sheathings of plastics; Apparatus therefor: preventing air-inclusions
B65C 9/265
Manually operable: specially adapted for compact discs
B29L 2017/005
Records or discs: cd''s, dvd''s