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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 1980
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1979
Dean L Christensen, Long Beach, CA (US);
Leonard C Badour, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Frank S Ebey, Lakewood, CA (US);
Memorex Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In a magnetic recording disc cartridge having a recording disc contained within an upper housing and a separably mating lower housing, an improved latch and carrying handle includes a handle pivotally mounted to the upper housing, lifting apparatus selectively engageable with the recording disc for moving the disc axially away from the lower housing and including a pivotally mounted lifting bar and connected disc engaging element, a latch slidably mounted to the lifting bar for connecting the lifting bar and the handle together for pivotal movement, and a trigger engageable with the latch for moving the latch to its handle engaging position.