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Protected optical disc comprising a flexible closure element

US4551733A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 11, 1983
Grant dateNov 5, 1985
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Expiry dateMar 11, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/24015
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A protected optical disc adapted for optical recording and playback of information (particularly digital recording) with a rigid element carrying the recording surface, and a flexible element permeable to optical radiation, one of these two elements having the shape of a dish. At least one of the elements is provided with a central hole for receiving a driving shaft, with the joined annular portion or portions of the two elements concentric with the central hole.

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