Classifications

• • G—PHYSICS
  • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
  • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
  • G11B33/00—Constructional parts, details or accessories not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
  • G11B33/02—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon
  • G11B33/04—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers
  • G11B33/0405—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers for storing discs
  • G11B33/0433—Multiple disc containers
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
  • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
  • G11B33/00—Constructional parts, details or accessories not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
  • G11B33/02—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon
  • G11B33/04—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers
  • G11B33/0405—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers for storing discs
  • G11B33/0494—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers for storing discs packages made by folding

Definitions

• This invention relates to a storage box for computer floppy disks, where by means of the box construction the user is guided to use in turns, for instance, the actual disk and its corresponding backup copy disk. As to its contents, by alternate use the back-up copy follows the actual disk and is kept as an updated copy of the actual disk.
• the box is adaptable for storing and mailing of floppy disks.
• the backup copy disks are stored among the other disks and will thus not be suffic ⁇ iently updated. Further, the actual disks are in frequent use and the risk of damage is growing while the backup copy disks are used only every now and then, even though it were the question of a backup copy disk containing a program or one containing stored data.
• the storage box according to this invention introduces a decisive improvment of this disadvantage and the invention is characterized in what is presented in the enclosed patent claims.
• This new box is that by applying a so called backup copy disk to every day use, firstly the disk becomes updated since recordings are made automatically or at least changed files are in their turn stored in the actual disk and the backup copy disk.
• both disks By alternate use of both disks, they are used as much and remain safe for a very long time and with almost double as much running time as an actual disk and its backup copy which only lay unused in store.
• Fig. 1 is the front view of a floppy disk storage box
• Fig. 2 is the diagonal view of another floppy disk storage box
• Fig. 3 is the side view of a set of storage boxes
• Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross-section of the lower part of a box as per fig. 2.
• Figure l shows a long size box 1 made of cardboard or also plastic with space for two disks 2.
• the disks are placed into the box from the left, whereby disk 2 can be pushed over slot 3 into its position illustrated by broken lines in the figure. If there is, already, a disk in the box as shown in the figure, disk 2 ' moves towards the right box edge. In the right box edge there is also a slot from where disk 2 ' can be gripped in order to take it out from the box. Accordingly, the output position of the disk 2' is marked with the broken lines.
• Figure 2 shows another embodiment of box 5, which in the illus ⁇ trated construction is advantageously made of plastic.
• box 5 the disks are side by side and the openings 6 in the box upper surface work as input and output slots.
• the box is for two disks and the one side of box is furnished with guiding rails 7 and the other side with counterparts 8 to fit into the guiding rails, whereat several boxes can be coupled side by side to form a set of boxes.
• Figure 3 shows combined boxes 5. Two boxes 5 have disks 2 in the output position, whereby they have popped out a little from slot 6 and so they can be gripped. When disks 2 are in the input position of said box, they have been pushed down into the box through slot 6.
• Figure 4 shows a partial cross-section of box 5 lower part.
• Disk 2 is in the input position, whereby it is pressed down into the box 5.
• disk 2 has pushed disk 2' by means of a rocking lever 11 so that it has been shifted up to the output position.
• disk's 2 ' turn to be taken out and it can be gripped and lifted up out from the box.
• the disks are piloted in the box.
• con ⁇ struction friction surfaces can also be to slow down the motion of disks or the rocking lever 11 motion can be done frictional so that disk motions do not follow by a too light press on the lever or, for instance, when the box is transported or if it happens to fall over.
• disks in boxes similar to box 5 can be arranged for sideward motion, whereby they are always inserted through the same slot 6 and always come out from an adjacent opening 6 and move side ⁇ ward in the box while the latter is pushig the disk ahead.
• a box may contain also more disks when at least one disk is only coming out while a new disk is put into the box.
• the box as per figure 1 is adaptable as a mailing box, whereby it is advantageous, in order to prevent disk motions, to have fric ⁇ tion preventig surfaces or other means, such as thin plates, to generate friction. Then the box ends must also be closed.

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  • 1993-02-17 FI FI930686A patent/FI93281C/fi not_active IP Right Cessation
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  • 1994-02-16 WO PCT/FI1994/000064 patent/WO1994019805A1/en active Application Filing

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