Apparatus with disc separator plates

An apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of storage mediums spaced apart from one another in a stacked arrangement, each storage medium having a planar surface separated by a thickness and exhibiting a periphery having a circular shape;
• a base deck including a sidewall forming a cavity and being configured and arranged to house the plurality of storage mediums;
• a plurality of stacking rings having surfaces that are concentric with the periphery of the plurality of storage mediums and the base deck sidewall, the stacking rings extending contiguously and laterally along the periphery of the storage mediums;
• and
• a plurality of disc separator plates, each separator plate coupled to the base deck by at least one of the stacking rings, and each separator plate extending into one of the spaces between peripheral ends of adjacent ones of the storage mediums.

An apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of storage mediums spaced apart from one another in a stacked arrangement, each storage medium having a planar surface separated by a thickness and exhibiting a periphery having a circular shape;
• a plurality of stacking rings having surfaces that are concentric with the periphery of the plurality of storage mediums and the base deck sidewall;
• a base deck including a sidewall forming a cavity and being configured and arranged to house the plurality of storage mediums;
• a plurality of slots having sidewalls aligned with spaces between peripheral ends of adjacent ones of the storage mediums;
• and
• a plurality of disc separator plates, each separator plate being fixed within and held by the sidewalls of one of the slots, and each separator plate extending into one of the spaces between peripheral ends of adjacent ones of the storage mediums.