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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:
Mar. 28, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Roger G Covington, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369291 ; 206312 ; 360133 ; 369 772 ;
Abstract
A protective cartridge for a data storage disk (e.g. an optical disk) includes a retainer mechanism for restricting longitudinal movement of a disk/carrier assembly within the cartridge interior. Such mechanism preferably comprises a flexible, cantilever-mounted leaf spring having a lip which is adapted to engage a trailing edge of a disk-carrier after such carrier has entered the cartridge through a pivotably mounted cartridge door. To allow extraction of a retained disk-carrier from the cartridge, the retainer is located so it is engaged and moved to a non-retaining position by the cartridge door as the latter moves from a closed to an open position.