Storage device for record discs

US4664454A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Staar S.A. · BE

Inventors

• Etienne A. M. Schatteman · Wemmel, BE
• Philippe Denis · Châtelet, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 18, 1984
• Grant date: May 12, 1987
• Expiry date: Oct 18, 2004

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G11B33/0422
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A storage device for record discs having a housing defining a compartment for holding a record disc in a fixed position and having an entrance through which the disc is inserted edgewise in its own plane to the fixed position; a first V-grooved member fixed in the compartment generally adjacent and behind the transverse center line is adapted to engage the lateral edge of the disc when in the fixed position; a second V-grooved member fixed in the compartment generally adjacent and disposed on the opposite side of the longitudinal center line from the first member in a back portion of the compartment is adapted to engage the back edge of the disc when in the fixed position; a securing lever pivotally mounted in the compartment generally adjacent and forward of the transverse center line and urged in one direction by a spring has a third V-grooved member adapted to engage another lateral edge and hold the record disc resiliently against the first and second members in the fixed position; and a fourth V-grooved member adapted to engage the record disc when it is inserted in the compartment entrance and guide the disc to the fixed position, the lever being movable to locate the fourth …