DE102008018419B4 - Pocket for storing disc-shaped data storage - Google Patents

Abstract

Insert pocket (1, 1 ') for storing disk-shaped data memories (20) with two side walls (5, 7), which are connected to each other while leaving an insertion opening (11) at an insertion edge (9a) for insertion of the data memory (20), and with a between the side walls (5, 7) arranged guide element (15) through which the data memory (20) when inserted into the pocket by the insertion opening (11) in an insertion direction (E) inevitably in a direction (Q) transverse to the insertion direction (E) is guided in a receiving position, characterized in that between the side walls (5, 7) a receiving element (17) is arranged and the guide element (15) is formed so that the data memory (20) when inserted into the pocket in the receiving element (17) is positively guided.

Description

The The invention relates to a pocket for storing disc-shaped data memories, in particular optical data storage devices or records, with two Sidewalls, which while leaving an insertion opening at an insertion edge are connected to each other for insertion of the data memory. It also concerns she a folding sheet and a manufacturing method for a wallet.

packagings of disc-shaped Data storage such as CDs, DVDs or records exist in diverse To shape. The optical data storage is one of the oldest Packaging the so-called "Jewelbox". These Packaging consists of a hinged outer box made of polystyrene is manufactured, and a plastic carrier mounted inside the box, with the data store fixed in a depression and thus before uncontrolled slipping in the packaging is preserved. These classy-looking packaging has u. a. the disadvantage of being at improper treatment or can easily break when dropped.

A special version of a plastic packaging for CDs is the so-called kick-out case. It is similar in appearance to a jewel box, but is designed as a plug-in sleeve into which a CD is inserted from the side. By two mutually oriented mounting clips inside the shell, the CD is firmly locked there and can be solved by a side mounted ejector lever from this latch and ejected. Such a device is for example in the WO 1999/001869 A1 described.

The NL 1 009 874 C describes a CD storage system in which several slots are arranged side by side, in each of which a CD can be inserted in a vertical orientation. Due to gravity, the CD automatically enters a receptacle located at the bottom of the slot when it is inserted.

in the Compared to plastic covers Cardboard packaging is less sensitive, what the fragility As. additionally the carton offers a great Range of design options, for example by printing. Various folding and holding devices have therefore Also a variety of different designs of cardboard packaging embossed. A relatively simple variant is the so-called plug-in pocket, which has been known from the record for a long time. In such a Pockets, the record is usually made with a protective cover Put paper in it. The pocket offers a number of advantages: In addition to the low production costs, it provides easy access on the data storage and by their small thickness allows them, to store the same amount of data storage in less space.

A normal pocket, however, has a disadvantage. If not appropriate Storage or handling, for example, when the opening in the direction pointing down can the data memory falls out of the pocket. Although holds the stiction with the front and back the pocket the data storage in the pack, but these frictional forces are Set limits.

It Therefore, the object of the present invention, an improved and yet cost-effective To provide pocket of the aforementioned type, which is simple There is a risk of a data memory falling out of the pocket reduced.

These Task is through the pocket according to claim 1, by a folding sheet according to claim 9 and solved by a manufacturing method according to claim 14.

A Pocket of the type mentioned is characterized according to the invention through a between the side walls arranged guide element, through the data storage when inserted into the pocket through the insertion opening in one insertion direction necessarily in a direction transverse is guided to the insertion direction in a receiving position. Through the guide element results in the effect of a backdrop with a forced guidance of the Data memory whose insertion movement thereby undergoes a change in direction, the is composed of the insertion direction and a direction transverse thereto. The inserted data memory is internally guided in this way so that he is in the final position in a receiving position that the danger greatly reduced from falling out.

The object of the invention is also achieved by a folded sheet for a pocket for storing disc-shaped data storage, with two interconnected via a first fold side walls which are connected while leaving an insertion opening at an insertion edge for insertion of the data storage to form the pocket together by a connected via a second fold with one of the two side walls guide element which is arranged according to the intended folding between the two side walls in the pocket, so that by the guide element, a data memory when inserted into the pocket through the insertion opening in an insertion direction automatically in a direction across to Insertion direction is forcibly guided in a receiving position.

One Such folded sheet is therefore analogous to a plug-in pocket according to the invention educated. Out of it, the pocket can be folded as intended the side walls along the first fold and the guide element along the second Folding be made. Under a "designated" folding is understood to be a folding in the direction provided by appropriate Information about the folded sheet is displayed. As such information can For example, text or symbol imprints on the folded sheet and / or on an enclosed instruction manual, however also weakening punches at the fold lines on both sides of the folded sheet that make up the folding direction results.

It is advantageous to such a folding sheet before filling with storing and distributing a data store in an unfolded state, because it is stored and transported in a particularly space-saving way can.

Last The invention also includes a method for producing a pocket for storage of disk-shaped Datastore, with the two side walls leaving a slot on a slide-in edge for insertion of the data memory with each other get connected. In this case, according to the invention, for. B. by the above-described Fold in, a guiding element between the side walls introduced, by which guide element a data memory when inserted into the pocket by the insertion opening in one insertion direction necessarily in a direction transverse is guided to the insertion direction in a receiving position.

One Inventive manufacturing process stands opposite heretofore known production method for pockets that a guide element is inserted into a pocket, this guide element is formed so that the above-described properties of the inventive pocket be achieved. In this case, the pocket as described from a folding sheet according to the invention be prepared, but also by successive Aufeinanderbringen of independent of one another Items. So can especially the two side walls and the guide element exist as individual elements or as element combinations and be assembled in the context of the procedure. For example, the side walls Made of strong plastic films, between the one also executed in plastic guide element is introduced. These individual elements can by riveting or welding together get connected. Likewise Simply put matching cardboard cutouts on top of each other and open suitable manner are glued together.

With Help of the proposed method is a plug-in pocket according to the invention easy and inexpensive manufacturable without being opposite Significantly greater expense would arise in the prior art.

Further particularly advantageous embodiments and developments of the invention also result from the dependent claims as well as the following description. In this case, the manufacturing process also according to the dependent ones claims be further developed to the pocket and / or the folded sheet and the Folding sheet according to the dependent claims to the pocket or vice versa.

Prefers is between the side walls Receiving element arranged and formed the guide element, that the data memory when inserted into the pocket in the Receiving element forcibly guided becomes. The receiving element defines the receiving position in this case the pocket: If the data memory is in the receiving element, that's how he arrived in the shooting position. At the same time the receiving element is a complementary element to the guide element form, which is preferably arranged with this in a plane, which is preferably parallel to and between the planes of the two side walls. An inventive folding sheet this preferably has additionally to its already mentioned elements a via a third fold with a the two side walls connected receiving element on. It completes the folded sheet, that in one piece a corresponding pocket with receptacle are made whose effect and benefits have already been mentioned.

in the Frame of this embodiment invention, the receiving element preferably has a data storage receiving cutout on, whose contour at least a portion of a data memory is adjusted. The contour of the data storage recording section Thus, it has the counterform to the form of the data memory. Is the data store for example, a disc with a Zackenkontur, so would the Datastore receiving recess also have a serrated shape. Usually it is the datastores but around round discs, which is why a partially circular arc-shaped contour the data storage receiving cutout is particularly preferred.

A receiving element, in particular one with a depending on the imported Data memory contoured data storage recording section, allows secure recording of the data storage and can prevent uncontrolled back and forth moving the data memory in three directions with appropriate shape and size. It thus serves, for example, the better storage of the data storage in the pocket. It is also particularly advantageous if the receiving element is positioned in the pocket on a side edge adjacent to the insertion edge and the data storage receiving cutout points in the direction of a second side edge opposite the first side edge. In a folding sheet according to the invention for this purpose, the guide element and the receiving element are formed on the folded sheet so that they are located after normal folding in the pocket on opposite edges.

Besides that is prefers the guide element in the pocket on a second adjacent to the insertion edge Positioned side edge and it has a from the insertion opening obliquely from the second side edge away extending leading edge on, at the Data memory runs along when inserted. It can be considered simple oblique, d. H. as a straight, sloping from the second side edge away extending line to be executed. Preferably, the leading edge however, a curved shape. This allows them in particular trace the shape of a round data storage disk that be particularly easy to be inserted into the pocket can, without a user pointing it towards the shooting position would have to roll into it. Rather, he can touch the disc at a Steep and along the leading edge slide into the receiving position. This is preferred for insertion or withdrawal provided a handle opening at the insertion opening.

The Pocket in its simplest form includes no other elements as the ones listed here. additionally However, it may be advantageously provided that they are connected to a Edge a hanging loop having. So she can, for example, with the help of a punched hole pinned in a ring binder folder or on a variety of others Species hung up become. Among other things, it is easier to archive.

Usually are pockets for Data storage practically as large as the data store itself. In particular, have pockets for round data storage discs like CDs, DVDs or vinyl records a square shape. The inventive pocket however, while rectangular, but preferably not square trained, with two shorter ones and two longer ones Edge. As a result, find the additional Elements inside the pocket, namely the guide element and the receiving element, enough Place while not unnecessary at the same time Space is given away by one-dimensionally oversized packaging is produced.

Preferably extends continue the insertion opening no over the entire length an edge, but is located only in an end-side area such an edge and has approximately the dimensions of the largest cross section of the data memory on. Preferably, the opening is in the end-side part the edge, which is in a proper insertion of the pocket, z. B. at a filing to a suspension tab, located above.

at Use of a folding sheet for making the pocket is it is possible the insertion opening on one of the outer edges of the folded sheet so that a user can join them by properly connecting the two side walls and interruption of the connection realized in the region of the insertion opening. However, it is then for make a user harder to recognize how and where to connect the side walls provide the insertion opening should. Therefore, it is advantageously provided in a folded sheet, that the insertion opening as formed along the course of the first fold arranged slit is. This means that the insertion opening already during production of the folded sheet is realized with the first folding partially is designed as a fold and partly as a slit.

Though It is in principle possible within the scope of the invention, the pocket or to make the folded sheet of virtually any material, in particular of foil-like plastic. Particularly preferred it, however, the pocket mainly of paper and / or Carton form. It is therefore very easy and inexpensive to produce, in particular punchable and foldable, and possibly with (folding) instructions and / or decors printable. An education in essence Paper and / or cardboard closes however, also explicitly include composites of these materials (such as plastic-coated cardboard) and also includes such variants, in which other substances, for example as padding for the pocket, be used.

The connection of the two side walls together to form the pocket can in turn be done with numerous connection methods such as rivets, staples or welding. Particularly preferred, because it is easy to control, inexpensive and safe, but is an adhesive bond. Therefore, an inventive According folded sheet preferably at least one adhesive layer for connecting the side walls and / or the guide member and / or the receiving element with each other.

The The invention will be described below with reference to the attached figures based on an embodiment once again closer explained. Show it:

1 An embodiment of a folding sheet according to the invention in a perspective view,

2 a perspective view of the same folded sheet in a partially folded state,

3 a perspective view of the same folded sheet in the same state as in 2 , along with a data store in a position during insertion,

4 a perspective view of the same folded sheet in the same state as in the 2 and 3 , together with a data memory in a recording position,

5 a first embodiment of a filled with a data storage pocket according to the invention in a perspective view,

6 a second embodiment of a filled with a data storage pocket according to the invention in a perspective view,

The 1 shows a folded sheet 3 to form a pocket. Two side walls 5 . 7 ie the back 5 and the front 7 the finished pocket are over a first fold 10a connected with each other. Along the fold 10a is in a partial area between the two side walls 5 . 7 instead of the fold 10a a slot 11 executed. This slot 11 forms in the finished slot pocket an insertion opening between the two side walls 5 . 7 through which a data store can be introduced. Approximately in the middle of the edge 9a along which the fold 10a runs are two approximately semicircular recesses 13a . 13b introduced, which form a handle opening a finished folded pocket.

At a first side edge 9d is about a fold 10d a guide element 15 with the sidewall 5 connected. Its the fold 10d opposite edge is as arcuate leading edge 16 educated.

On the first side edge 9d opposite second side edge 9b is about another fold 10b a receiving element 17 with the sidewall 5 connected. It points to its the side edge 9b opposite side of a data storage recording cutout 18 on, which has the shape of a circular arc part.

In 2 is the same fold sheet 3 shown, but now during the folding of its individual elements to form a pocket according to the invention. The guide element 15 and the receiving element 17 are here about the two folds 9d . 9b on the sidewall 5 folded and glued to her on their contact surfaces, so that the leading edge 16 and the recording cutout 18 are opposite. In order to complete a pocket according to the invention, only the side wall would need 7 at the fold 9a folded and with the guide element 15 , the receiving element 17 and the side wall 5 to be connected.

The 3 and 4 show the fold 3 out 2 in the same, half-folded state. Although in this state in practice no data memory would be plugged in, for reasons of clarity, in order to demonstrate the principle of the invention, in the 3 and 4 the introduction of a data store 20 shown: A data store 20 , here in the form of a CD, is (usually through the insertion opening 11 ) inserted laterally in a direction of insertion E in a pocket. By obliquely in the direction of the receiving element 17 pointing leading edge 16 of the guide element 17 it is automatically guided in a direction Q, which is perpendicular to the insertion direction E, forced. In 4 is the CD in the recording element 17 , ie, arrived in the receiving position of the pocket. It gets through the receiving element 17 and the end piece of the guide element 15 held loosely in this receiving position. Using larger forces or shocks, the CD can indeed be carried out of the pocket, but the pocket offers a much higher security against falling out than conventional pockets.

The 5 shows a ready-made pocket 1 , The data store 20 passing through the insertion opening 11 in the pocket 1 has been inserted is in this figure only in the handle opening 13a to recognize. Through the handle opening 13a he can easily get out of the pocket 1 be pulled out.

The 6 shows a second embodiment of a plug-in pocket according to the invention 1' , It is analogous to the pocket 1 in 5 formed, but with the difference that they are over a side edge 9c a hanging loop 19 which has two hanging holes 21a . 21b is provided. With the help of such a suspension loop 19 , which are already integrated in a folding sheet according to the invention can be the pocket 1' for example, be archived in a ring binder. In the 6 shown variant is primarily for the packaging of related data storage usable. The exact design of the hanging loop 19 depends on the circumstances of the used storage system and is adapted to it.

It is finally pointed out again that the above-described embodiment of the invention represents a particularly preferred, exemplary embodiment. A variety of embodiments of the inventive pocket are included in the idea of the invention, even if they have not been described in detail in the foregoing. For example, a double insertion pocket is conceivable in the z. B. two pockets according to 5 are glued to the front and back so that two data storage can be stored. It is also pointed out for the sake of completeness that, unless explicitly stated otherwise, the use of the indefinite article "a" or "an" does not preclude that the affected features may also be present multiple times.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1, 1'

pockets

3

A folder

5

Side wall

7

Side wall

9a

Insertion edge / edge

9b, 9c, 9d

side edges

10a, 10b, 10d

fold

11

Insertion opening / slot

13a, 13b

Recesses / handle opening

15

guide element

16

leading edge

17

receiving element

18

Datastore receiving recess

19

hanger

20

data storage

e

insertion direction

Q

direction

Claims (14)

Pocket ( 1 . 1' ) for storing disc-shaped data memories ( 20 ) with two side walls ( 5 . 7 ), which leaving an insertion opening ( 11 ) at an insertion edge ( 9a ) for inserting the data memory ( 20 ) and with one between the side walls ( 5 . 7 ) arranged guide element ( 15 ), through which the data memory ( 20 ) when inserted into the pocket by the insertion opening ( 11 ) is guided in an insertion direction (E) inevitably in a direction (Q) transversely to the insertion direction (E) in a receiving position, characterized in that between the side walls ( 5 . 7 ) a receiving element ( 17 ) is arranged and the guide element ( 15 ) is designed so that the data memory ( 20 ) when inserted into the pocket in the receiving element ( 17 ) is forced. Insert pocket according to claim 1, characterized in that the receiving element ( 17 ) a data storage recording section ( 18 ) whose contour at least a portion of a data memory ( 20 ) is adjusted. Insert pocket according to claim 2, characterized in that the receiving element ( 17 ) in the pocket at one of the insertion edge ( 9a ) adjacent first side edge ( 9b ) and the data storage recording section ( 18 ) in the direction of one of the first side edge ( 9b ) opposite second side edge ( 9d ). Insert pocket according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the guide element ( 15 ) in the pocket at one of the insertion edge ( 9a ) adjacent second side edge ( 9d ) is positioned and one from the insertion opening ( 11 ) obliquely from the second side edge ( 9d ) extending leading edge ( 16 ) at which the data memory ( 20 ) runs along when inserting. Insert pocket according to claim 4, characterized in that the leading edge ( 16 ) has a curved shape. Insert pocket according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it consists of a folded sheet ( 3 ) is formed. Insert pocket according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is attached to an edge ( 9a . 9b . 9c . 9d ) a suspension tab ( 19 ) having. Pocket according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it consists essentially of paper and / or Cardboard is formed. Folded sheet ( 3 ) for a wallet ( 1 . 1' ) for storing disc-shaped data memories ( 20 ), with two over a first fold ( 10a ) interconnected side walls ( 5 . 7 ), which leaving an insertion opening ( 11 ) at an insertion edge ( 9a ) for inserting the data memory ( 20 ) forming the pocket ( 1 . 1' ) are connectable to each other, characterized by a via a second fold ( 10d ) with a the two side walls ( 5 ) connected guide element ( 15 ), which, after proper folding between the two side walls ( 5 . 7 ) in the pocket ( 1 . 1' ) is arranged so that by the guide element ( 15 ) a data memory ( 20 ) when inserted into the pocket ( 1 . 1' ) through the insertion opening ( 11 ) in a direction of insertion (E) is automatically forcibly guided in a direction (Q) transversely to the insertion direction (E) in a receiving position. Fold sheet according to claim 9, characterized by a third fold ( 10b ) with one of the two side walls ( 5 ) connected receiving element ( 17 ), Fold sheet according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that the insertion opening ( 11 ) than along the course of the first fold ( 10a ) arranged slit is formed. Fold sheet according to one of claims 9 to 11, characterized by at least one adhesive layer for connecting the side walls ( 5 . 7 ) and / or the guide element ( 15 ) and / or the receiving element ( 17 ) among themselves. Fold sheet according to one of claims 10 to 12, characterized in that the guide element ( 15 ) and the receiving element ( 17 ) are formed on the folding sheet so that they fold in the pocket after proper folding ( 1 . 1' ) on opposite edges ( 9b . 9d ) are located. Method for producing a wallet ( 1 . 1' ) for storing disc-shaped data memories ( 20 ), in which two side walls ( 5 . 7 ) leaving an insertion opening ( 11 ) at an insertion edge ( 9a ) for inserting the data memory ( 20 ), wherein a guide element ( 15 ) between the side walls ( 5 . 7 ) is introduced, by which guide element ( 15 ) a data memory ( 20 ) when inserted into the pocket ( 1 . 1' ) through the insertion opening ( 11 ) is guided in an insertion direction (E) inevitably in a direction (Q) transversely to the insertion direction (E) in a receiving position, characterized in that between the side walls ( 5 . 7 ) a receiving element ( 17 ) is arranged and the guide element ( 15 ) is formed so that the data memory ( 20 ) when inserted into the pocket in the receiving element ( 17 ) is forcibly led.

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