DE9305924U1 - Floppy disk container - Google Patents

Description

Description Floppy Disk Container

State of the art:

The diskette boxes currently on the market are made of plastic and have a fundamentally different construction . They are more like a box with a lid that opens upwards. They are available in different sizes and can hold between 40 and 80 diskettes of 31/2 inch size, or between 80 and 120 diskettes of 5 V4 inch size.

Problem:

The invention specified in the protection claim is based on the problem of creating a container for diskettes which has a significantly higher capacity for diskettes and is made of environmentally friendly material

Solution:

This problem is solved with the features listed in my protection claims

Benefits achieved:

The diskette container has a high capacity for diskettes and is made of environmentally friendly cardboard.

Further embodiment of the invention:

A wide range of possible combinations are possible, depending on the required storage capacity and disk format. The same applies to the size. Here too, different dimensions are possible, depending on the required storage capacity.

Another option is to make individual drawers with housings, which are then stacked on top of each other to form the desired container shape. This has the additional advantage that the customer can adjust his drawer requirements and thus the size of his container more precisely to his stock of diskettes. This option also enables subsequent purchases of drawers (if the stock of diskettes has grown) which do not disrupt the overall appearance of the container.

Another aspect of the design relates to the arrangement of the drawers. Corrugated cardboard to guide the diskettes and index sheets to improve clarity could be used here.

Description of an example:

An embodiment of the invention is explained using the attached drawing. The diskette container shown here contains a combination of a drawer for 5*/4 inch diskettes and two drawers for 3 V2 inch diskettes.

Explanations of the drawing:
Measures in cm.

Figure 1: Front view of the container without drawers (wall thickness 0.7 cm) Figure 2: Front view of the container with drawers Figure 3: Side view with indicated floors and walls Figure 4: 3 V2 inch drawer with a hole cut out in the middle as a handle, also 5V4 inch drawer (0.5 cm wall thickness)

Recording capacity :

The diskette container described in the example has a height of 37 cm, a width of 33 cm and a depth of 30 cm. After deducting the wall thickness of the housing and drawers and a little play (2 mm) for the freedom of movement of the drawers, the internal dimensions of the drawers are 30.4 cm wide and 28.3 cm deep.

3I/2 inch drawer :

The 3I/2 inch drawer can hold 3 rows of 3 V2 inch diskettes next to each other. A 3 V2 inch diskette is 3 mm deep. Assuming that 26 cm of depth is used to line up diskettes one after the other, two drawers for 3 V2 inch diskettes in the container have a storage capacity of 520 diskettes.

₄ inch drawer :

The 5I/4 inch drawer can hold 2 rows of 5V4 inch diskettes next to each other. A 5V4 inch diskette is 2.5 mm deep. Assuming that 26 cm are used to line up the diskettes, this results in a capacity of 208 5V4 inch diskettes.

Claims (2)

Protection claims Diskette container Main claim; Diskette container for holding diskettes which are stored in drawers in a housing. The diskette container is characterized in that it 1. made of solid cardboard 2. is built in container form . These are the essential features of the invention. Subsidiary claim : (Related to the container shape (2) stated in the main claim) The container shape can be realized by two different construction methods. 2.1 By building a housing in container form in which the drawers are guided. 2.2 By building individual drawers with housings, which then, stacked on top of each other, form the container shape.