Supports: cabinet structure – For storing audio or visual recording medium – Disk or parallelepiped shape
Patent
1996-07-03
1999-01-19
Cuomo, Peter M.
Supports: cabinet structure
For storing audio or visual recording medium
Disk or parallelepiped shape
211 41, 312 961, A47B 8106
Patent
active
058607129
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The invention relates to a storage system for compact disks, said storage system comprising a holder and a loose rail which is secured to the edge of the compact disk cassette and which is provided on the top side or at the end with a moulding, said moulding forming a fixed and pivotal, respectively, connection together with the moulding of the holder.
BACKGROUND ART
U.S. Pat. No. 3,452,878 discloses a storage rack for magnetic tape cartridges. The magnetic tape cartridges are provided with projecting adapter pieces, and the top side of each cartridge is provided with a rail which can engage said adapter pieces. At the top, the rail is provided with a moulding fitting in corresponding grooves in a transverse, superadjacent holder to which the rail can be secured.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The object of the invention is to provide a storage system for compact disks, which is far more simply structured than the previously known systems.
A storage system of the above type is according to the invention characterised in that the bottom side of the rail is provided with one or several protruding engaging locking means to be inserted in corresponding openings in the edge of the compact disk cassette. In this manner the already existing openings in the compact disk cassette are utilized, and accordingly the compact disk cassette need not be formed in a special way.
According to a particularly advantageous embodiment of the invention, the engaging means are angular, said means being inserted in the openings in the edge of the cassette and then horizontally displaced.
According to an alternative embodiment of the invention, the engaging means are of a split type with barbs being inserted in the openings in the edge of the cassette. The engaging means may alternatively be composed of separate means inserted in the openings in the edge of the cassette through openings in the rails.
According to a second embodiment of the invention, the rail is provided on each side with one or more grooves insertable in corresponding milled grooves in a holder.
As an alternative, it is possible to use two rails being laterally reversed relative to one another, whereby said rails are provided at one end with a flat round pin and can be mounted on both sides of the cover of the compact disk cassette, said round pins being inserted in a holder/folder back provided in the top and the bottom with milled grooves mating the pins of the rail.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention is explained in greater detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
FIGS. 1A, 1B, and 1C illustrate a rail with angular engaging means insertable in the edge of a compact disk cassette,
FIGS. 2A and 2B illustrate an alternative embodiment of the engaging means of the rail during the insertion into the edge of a compact disk cassette,
FIGS. 3A-3E illustrate a rail provided on both sides with one or more grooves insertable in corresponding milled grooves in a holder,
FIG. 3F illustrates how the rails are mounted in the holder,
FIGS. 4A-4D illustrate a rail with two milled grooves in one end and provided with round pins, said milled grooves mating corresponding milled grooves in a wall section,
FIG. 4E is a side, front, and top view of the wall section,
FIGS. 4F-4I illustrate how the rails are mounted in the wall section,
FIGS. 4J and 4K are a perspective view of the mounted cassettes,
FIGS. 5A-5F illustrate two rails being laterally reversed relative to one another, which can be mounted at both the upper and the lower edge of the cover of the compact disk cassette, each rail being provided at one end with a flat round pin insertable in a holder,
FIG. 5G illustrates how the rails are mounted on each cassette and subsequently inserted in the holder,
FIGS. 5H and 5I illustrate the mounted cassettes.
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
The storage system shown in FIGS. 1A, 1B, and 1C for compact disks 19 comprises a holder 1 and a loose rail 2 which can be secured to the edge of a compact disk cass
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Anderson Gerald A.
Cuomo Peter M.
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