CN1942972A

CN1942972A - Disk storage container

Info

Publication number: CN1942972A
Application number: CNA2005800113441A
Authority: CN
Inventors: C·T·H·F·列登鲍姆
Original assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV
Current assignee: Koninklijke Philips NV
Priority date: 2004-04-14
Filing date: 2005-04-11
Publication date: 2007-04-04
Also published as: EP1741106A1; KR20070037437A; TW200606824A; US20070199842A1; JP2007532429A; WO2005101416A1

Abstract

A storage container for at least one readable and/or writable data disk (D) having a ferro-magnetic hub (H) in its centre. The container comprises at least one panel (1) having a surface (2) for accommodating the disk. The surface includes magnetic material (4) in a position to enable alignment of the disk hub therewith for holding said disk adjacent to the surface. The surface (2) comprises guiding a centring member (3) which positioned about the magnetic material (4) so as to surround the disk (D) at least partially when in stored position adjacent said surface. The invention enables a convenient storage and removal of the disk with low risk of damaging the disk.

Description

Disk storage container

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of be used at least one therein the heart have the readable of ferromagnetism dish core and/or the disk storage container of the data disk that can write.

Background technology

The disk of the heart with ferromagnetism dish core has therein, for example, and blue laser disc.These disks are stored in disk cartridge usually, so that the protection disk is not damaged.But the immediate development of the protective finish of this type of disk makes it can realize the good resistivity to scratch and fingerprint.Therefore, the prediction disk cartridge will become out-of-date, and exposed disk will be used.

Other progress of disk standardization aspect has produced diameter and has been about disk 50mm, that can not use disk cartridge.Such disk is enough solid, can use under the situation of not using disk cartridge.

It is to allow container comprise the cover of some openings that these exposed disks are stored in a selection in the disk storage container, to hold disk and to the covering disk of small part.The example of such disk storage container is disclosed among the JP-A-2003-237869.But inserting disk and it is therefrom taken out once more in cover is not too easily.

Target of the present invention provides a kind of disk storage container that can make things convenient for accessing disk and shift out disk from its memory location.

Summary of the invention

For this target, the invention provides a kind of disk storage container, it is used at least one heart data disk of having the readable of ferromagnetism dish core and/or can writing therein, described container comprises at least one face that is used to hold disk, described comprises magnetic part in certain position, in order to disk dish core is alignd with it, thereby fixing described disk and described are adjacent.

Because described magnetic attraction only need be placed on it on described in order to deposit disk, as long as and pick up disk and just it memory location from container can be taken out once more.This is very friendly concerning the user.The magnetive attraction that disk is attracted to described can be controlled by design, can make it enough big so that fixed disk reliably, and enough little so that need not apply the strength that can cause its distortion on disk when removing disk, the disk distortion will cause the excessive pressure of coating and damage medium.

Because according to the guiding device of claim 2, the ferromagnetism dish core of disk alignd with on the whole magnetic material to be easy to.If described guiding device comprises the centering part according to claim 3, realize easily that then disk always is placed on same position.

According to claim 4 and 5, described centering part can be made of the wall of the circumferential on described, and this wall can have interruption, so that contact the edge of disk at this.This makes it possible to by the edge of clamping disk it be shifted out.

The advantage that the embodiment of claim 6 has is, disk is when the memory location on the magnet that protrudes in to small part on described, and disk will not contact described.This has reduced the risk of damaging disk.

In the embodiment of claim 7, especially,, obtain a kind of structure of saving very much the space if when smooth substantially panel all has disk storage face in both sides.

Required the conceivable embodiment of a kind of possibility of storage container in the claim 9.This storage container makes the user can carry a large amount of disks, this storage container is convenient especially when these disks are used for moving application, the user also need carry the equipment that comprises disc driver in this application, for example mobile phone, magnetic disc player, PDA or like device.

Description of drawings

To explain in detail the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 shows the perspective illustration according to the example embodiment of disk storage container of the present invention.

Fig. 2 to 4 schematically shows alternate embodiment.

Embodiment

Fig. 1 shows disk storage container and disk D, and disk D is audio frequency, video or data disk, particularly CD.Disk can have arbitrary dimension, but the present invention is particularly suitable for having the disk than minor diameter, for example less than 50mm, but also is not limited to this.CD D has the spider core H that is made by ferrimagnet.Use the disc driver of disk D to comprise the magnetic axle, so that in disc driver, clamp disk.Around dish core H is the data area.Data can be written to one or two faces of disk D or therefrom read.

In this embodiment, storage container comprises a plurality of panels 1, and panel comprises at least one face that is used for fixing disk D 2.This face 2 can be provided in a side of panel 1, but can imagine easily that panel 1 all has face 2 in both sides.Face 2 can be recessed in the panel 1, is intended to form the wall 3 of a circumferential, and this wall is convenient to the correct location of disk D as disk guiding and/or centralizer.At the center of face 2,, or on panel 1, provide or the form of integrated magnetic material (such as the magnetic polymer composition) provides magnetic material 4 with the form of the magnet that adheres to this face.Can with the just the same big zone of dish core H of disk D in magnetic material 4 is provided, but because some reason, magnetic material also can be provided in the slightly little or big slightly zone, as long as disk dish core H can align with it.

The upper surface of magnetic material 4 can be concordant with face 2, but also can specific surface 2 lower or protrude in face 2.Be lower than among the embodiment of face 2 at magnetic material, not directly contact between dish core H and magnetic material 4 has reduced the attractive force on dish core H like this.When causing shifting out disk D, this only needs very little strength.Therefore in a back embodiment, magnetic material 4 can protrude in face 2, has produced the support to disk D, makes disk D non-contact face 2.In all examples, disk D is adjacent with face 2 in its memory location.

Circumferential wall 3 can be interrupted, so that form the gripping zone, thereby allows to shift out with finger gripping disk D.The interruption of circumferential wall 3 can be little, and only reaches gripping disk D, but also can be big, and the part of such wall that provides just seldom.The part of these walls can be very little, nail (pin) or cam (cam) on the face 2 of formation panel 1, and they are dispersed in around the magnetic material 4.In the position of storage, disk D can be placed on and center/guiding device on or other, perhaps also some distances can be arranged with it.

In the embodiment that shows, panel 1 interconnects with pivot, makes panel 1 to rotate around a public axle, thereby can separate with other panel.Can certainly expect other structure.For example, panel 1 can use to construct in a zigzag and connect.In these embodiments, panel 1 will form the lid of other panels.Position at container closure sees that outer panel can have the not superficies of fixed disk D, makes the disk of all storages like this in container, and is therefore protected by container.

Fig. 2 to 4 shows some alternate embodiments according to container of the present invention.In Fig. 2, panel 1 comprises four faces 2, and each face is intended to fix a disk D.In Fig. 3, face 2 is limited between this face nail, cam or other protrusions 5 on every side, and these thrusts are intended to boot disk D to face 2 as guiding and centralizer, make its dish core H align with magnetic material 4.Magnetic material 4 has rectangular shape in this example.Fig. 4 shows revolving container, and wherein round panel 1 comprises axial a plurality of 2 of the center that is distributed in panel.Panel 1 can be contained in (rotatable) to have in the shell (not shown) of one or more opening, is placed into or takes out one of face 2 to allow disk D

As previously mentioned, can know and find out, the invention provides a kind of disk storage container that is easy to use and provide maximum protection as disk.

The foregoing description that the invention is not restricted to show in the accompanying drawings can be changed in the case without departing from the scope of the present invention in many ways.For example, the panel of storage container can be enough big.Comprise a plurality of faces thereon and fix a plurality of disks.In this example, it has and makes disk be fixed on the magnetic material of diverse location on the panel.Centralizer can be directed to disk the relevant position on the panel.

Should be noted that in instructions and claim the use of expression " " is not got rid of a plurality of, and other element and step are not got rid of in expression " comprising " or " comprising ".Reference marker in the claim is not represented the restriction to its scope.

In a preferred embodiment, disk is an optical data disk.But, should be appreciated that the present invention can also be used to other all disks.

Claims

One kind be used at least one therein the heart have the readable of ferromagnetism dish core (H) and/or the storage container of the data disk (D) that can write, described container comprises at least one face that is used to lay disk (2), the magnetic material (4) that described bread is contained in a position aligns with it in order to the dish core with described disk, closes on described position thereby disk is fixed on.
2. the storage container described in the claim 1, wherein, described (2) comprise the guiding device of projection, in order to disk is directed to and the magnetic material positions aligning.
3. the storage container described in the claim 2, wherein, described guiding device comprises centering part (3), described centering part be positioned at magnetic material (4) around, be stored when the position of closing on described at least in part around disk with convenient disk.
4. the storage container described in the claim 3, wherein, described centering part (3) is made of the circumferential wall on the face (2).
5. the storage container described in the claim 4, wherein, described circumferential wall (3) has interruption.
6. the storage container described in any one claim before, wherein, described magnetic material (4) to small part protrudes in face (2).
7. the storage container described in any one claim before, wherein, described (2) are formed on the smooth substantially panel (1).
8. the storage container described in any one claim before comprises a plurality of (2), and each face (2) is used to store at least one disk (D).
9. the storage container described in the claim 6 and 8, wherein, container comprises a plurality of panels (1), and they are coupled movably.
10. the storage container described in the claim 9, wherein, panel (1) is the pivot coupling, can fully rotate around common axis.
11. the storage container described in any one claim before, wherein, magnetic material (4) comprises magnet.