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Wafer packaging device for disc-shaped items and related materials and method for packaging such disks and material

US6598741B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 5, 2000
Grant dateJul 29, 2003
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Expiry dateMay 5, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B33/045
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An elongated packaging device is provided for packaging at least one disc-shaped item such as, for example, a recording media disc such as a CD, a CD-ROM or a DVD, together with other materials relating to such disc or otherwise in a stacked relationship. The packaging device includes a first member or wafer having an annular first chamber and a first opening for access into such first chamber and an annular protective element for closing such first opening and sealing the first chamber, and a second member or container having a second chamber and a second opening for access into such second container for the storage of a beverage in such second chamber, which second chamber is closed by a cover having an opening at the center thereof for the insertion of a straw. The first member has a cylindrical inner structure defining central support for the disc media and defining a device for penetrating the cover opening.

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