Patent · US Expired

Floppy disk storage-ejection system

US4609232A · kind A · utility

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1Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 21, 1985
Grant dateSep 2, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 21, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B33/0444
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Improved apparatus for storing and dispensing floppy disks and other panel-shaped objects. The apparatus includes a rotatable storage carousel for floppy disks and a mechanism for selectively dispensing disks from the carousel, and includes a motor movable between two operative positions to alternately provide motive power to rotate the carousel and drive the disk dispensing mechanism.

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