Ejecting storage case
US5509731A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 18, 1993 |
| Grant date | Apr 23, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 18, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B33/0438
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A storage device stores computer data cartridges in individual boxes. The storage device can store multiple boxes of computer cartridges. Preferably six boxes are stored in one case. The case has two side walls, a back, an upper wall, and a lower wall. A case with multiple inner dividers forms inner chambers for holding and separating one box from another. An ejector is associated with each of the chambers. Each ejector has an elongated and tilted floor member extending from the front of the ejector to the back of the case. The upward tilted position of the floor member holds the boxes against the upper wall and back of the case and therefore does not allow unintentional ejection of the boxes. Pushing the ejector downward forces the tilted floor member downward, sliding and ejecting the box outward under its own weight. A comb-like clamp and ejector assembly has rear grippers that grip a downward edge of the back. Fulcrums upwardly tilt forward cantilevered fingers which form the floors of the chambers. Forward ends of the floors are pressed downward to admit cartridges then spring upward to hold the cartridges. Pressing downward on a forward end slopes a floor downward to slide ou…
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