EP1103048A1 - Compact disc shaped like a calling card - Google Patents

Compact disc shaped like a calling card

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EP1103048A1
EP1103048A1 EP98942811A EP98942811A EP1103048A1 EP 1103048 A1 EP1103048 A1 EP 1103048A1 EP 98942811 A EP98942811 A EP 98942811A EP 98942811 A EP98942811 A EP 98942811A EP 1103048 A1 EP1103048 A1 EP 1103048A1
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compact disc
circular
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drawer
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Michel Forgues
Jean Chouraqui
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Chouraqui Jean
FORGUES, MICHEL
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B23/00—Record carriers not specific to the method of recording or reproducing; Accessories, e.g. containers, specially adapted for co-operation with the recording or reproducing apparatus ; Intermediate mediums; Apparatus or processes specially adapted for their manufacture
    • G11B23/0014—Record carriers not specific to the method of recording or reproducing; Accessories, e.g. containers, specially adapted for co-operation with the recording or reproducing apparatus ; Intermediate mediums; Apparatus or processes specially adapted for their manufacture record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K19/00—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings
    • G06K19/04—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the shape
    • G06K19/041—Constructional details
    • G06K19/042—Constructional details the record carrier having a form factor of a credit card and including a small sized disc, e.g. a CD or DVD
    • G06K19/044—Constructional details the record carrier having a form factor of a credit card and including a small sized disc, e.g. a CD or DVD comprising galvanic contacts for contacting an integrated circuit chip thereon
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B17/00—Guiding record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form, or of supports therefor
    • G11B17/02—Details
    • G11B17/04—Feeding or guiding single record carrier to or from transducer unit
    • G11B17/05—Feeding or guiding single record carrier to or from transducer unit specially adapted for discs not contained within cartridges
    • G11B17/053—Indirect insertion, i.e. with external loading means
    • G11B17/056—Indirect insertion, i.e. with external loading means with sliding loading means

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  • the present invention relates to the field of information storage and processing and relates more precisely to a new concept of compact disc suitable for computer use of the "CD-ROM" type.
  • compact discs use a digital burning process of a binary coded signal, the traditional groove of analog signals being replaced by a multitude of micro-cuvettes called "pits (roughness)" intended for be read by the laser beam of the read head of a reader.
  • This disc of circular shape, adopting a diameter of the order of twelve centimeters, consists of a resin support treated on one side to receive a coating for storing information organized in the form of a circular crown of digital data .
  • a new concept of compact disc may have a smaller format than that of a standard compact disc.
  • This new concept is based in particular on the support of the aforesaid compact disc which takes the form of a rectangular business card comprising on one side on the one hand, an information storage coating in the form of a circular crown, the outer circle of which is registered in said rectangle and on the other hand, means for positioning and wedging said rectangular support in the drawer of the aforementioned reader.
  • This concept of format of business card is new, original and attractive in particular on the commercial level where it offers possibilities of storage of information allowing a company to make itself known in a more lively way (for example with animated images ) and without limitation of information.
  • this arrangement makes it possible to have a location between the crown for storing information and the edges of the rectangle to integrate into the support other functions, for example integrated circuits which will be possibly connected or connected to the data stored in the central crown, in order to give the disc card a function other than reading information.
  • this card could constitute access by "internet” in the database of the supplier of said disks. Since messages can be read from both sides of the disc around the information storage ring, the applicants have imagined an original marking technique which allows printing on one side of the medium but with readability a different message on both sides of said support shaped in a transparent material, by applying to one face of said support one or more layers of opaque paint or medium.
  • the aforementioned means for positioning and wedging said disc consist of male or female elements which, arranged on the face of said support around and outside the circular ring of digital data concentrically to the latter, cooperate with corresponding female or male elements formed in the bottom of the drawer inside the said circular excavation and concentrically to the latter.
  • the aforementioned means for positioning and wedging said disc consist of a support template whose external shape is circular and configured to be housed in the circular excavation of the bottom of the drawer of said reader and the center of which is formed by a rectangular window of dimensions substantially greater than those of the rectangular compact disc in order to position and wedge said disc in the aforesaid drawer of the reader.
  • This support template will be used preferentially when the reader is not pre-equipped with male or female elements for positioning and wedging said disc of the first embodiment.
  • the aforesaid support is precut concentrically with the circular ring of digital data, to allow by pressure the drilling of the aforesaid central opening allowing when said drawer is closed with the disc housed inside, the passage of the means for guiding and driving the compact disc.
  • the rear face of the support will be fully exploitable to receive an advertising message.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of a drawer a compact design compact disc player.
  • Figure 2 is a schematic overview of a compact disc according to the invention.
  • the compact disc reader referenced 100 as a whole is of the type equipping a microcomputer to be integrated into a system for the logical processing of the information contained on the compact discs called " CD-ROM ", which are standardized by adopting a diameter of the order of 12 cm.
  • This reader 100 conventionally consists of an extractable drawer 110 formed in its bottom:
  • a second circular excavation 130 which, formed inside the first circular excavation 120 and concentrically to the latter, is intended to receive, position and wedge compact discs of smaller dimensions such as mini-discs.
  • the compact disc referenced 200 as a whole consists of a transparent support 210 made of rigid or flexible material treated on at least one side to receive a coating for storing information organized under form of a circular crown 220 of digital data intended to be read by the above-mentioned reader 100.
  • the support 210 of the above-mentioned compact disc takes the form of a rectangular-shaped business card with its information storage covering in the form of a circular crown 220 inscribed in said rectangle.
  • a flange 230 is shaped projecting from the face of said support 210 outside the circular ring of digital data 220 concentrically thereto and in two circular sectors 230a and 230b drawn on the two lateral edges of the rectangle and delimited by the two other longitudinal edges of the same rectangle.
  • this flange 230 defines means for positioning and wedging the disc 200 by cooperating with the second corresponding circular excavation 130 formed in the bottom of the drawer 110.
  • the aforesaid support 210 is precut concentrically with the circular ring of digital data, to allow by pressure the drilling of a central opening 210a allowing when said drawer 110 is closed with the disc 200 housed inside the passage in the opening 210a of the above means for guiding and driving the compact disc through opening 110a.
  • the compact disc of the invention will be able to adapt to the market for example by having a self-adhesive face.

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  • Optical Record Carriers And Manufacture Thereof (AREA)
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Abstract

The invention concerns a compact disc consisting of a support (210) treated on one surface for receiving a film for storing data arranged in the form of a circular ring (220) of digital data to be read by a compact disc player (100) comprising a removable drawer (110) provided in its base, a first circular cavity (120) having depth and diameter substantially greater than those of the disc so as to receive, position and wedge the selected disc. Said compact disc is characterised in that its support (210) adopts the shape of a rectangular calling card comprising a film for storing data in the form of a circular ring (220) whereof the outer circle is inscribed in said rectangle and means for positioning and wedging (230) said rectangular support in the drawer (110) of the player (100), and more particularly in the second circular cavity (130) designed to receive, position and wedge compact discs of smaller dimensions.

Description

DISQUE COMPACT SOUS FORME DE CARTE DE VISITE. COMPACT DISC IN THE FORM OF A BUSINESS CARD.
La présente invention a trait au domaine du stockage et du traitement d'informations et concerne plus précisément un nouveau concept de disque compact adapté à l'usage informatique de type "CD-ROM".The present invention relates to the field of information storage and processing and relates more precisely to a new concept of compact disc suitable for computer use of the "CD-ROM" type.
Mis au point dans les années 1980, les disques compact utilise un procédé de gravure numérique d'un signal codé sous forme binaire, le traditionnel sillon des signaux analogiques étant remplacé par une multitude de micro-cuvettes appelées "pits ( aspérités ) " destinées à être lues par le faisceau laser de la tête de lecture d'un lecteur. Ce disque, de forme circulaire, adoptant un diamètre de l'ordre de douze centimètres, est constitué d'un support en résine traité sur une face pour recevoir un revêtement de stockage d'informations organisées sous forme d'une couronne circulaire de données numériques. Réservé au début des années 1980 à un usage audionumérique ou photo-numérique, le disque compact a trouvé en 1985 une adaptation à l'usage informatique sous l'appellation "CD-ROM", remplaçant peu à peu les disquettes puisqu'ils sont capables de contenir mille fois plus de données. Normalisé, le disque compact "CD-ROM" a commencé une percée importante dans le grand public à partir de 1993 et est maintenant utilisable sur presque tous les micro-ordinateurs équipés à cet effet d'un lecteur de disque compact intégré dans un système de traitement logique des informations contenues sur les disques . Ce lecteur de disques compact est quant à lui du type de celui comportant un tiroir extractable ménagé dans son fond :Developed in the 1980s, compact discs use a digital burning process of a binary coded signal, the traditional groove of analog signals being replaced by a multitude of micro-cuvettes called "pits (roughness)" intended for be read by the laser beam of the read head of a reader. This disc, of circular shape, adopting a diameter of the order of twelve centimeters, consists of a resin support treated on one side to receive a coating for storing information organized in the form of a circular crown of digital data . Reserved in the early 1980s for digital or photo-digital audio use, the compact disc found in 1985 an adaptation to computer use under the name "CD-ROM", gradually replacing the floppy disks since they are capable to contain a thousand times more data. Standardized, the compact disc "CD-ROM" began a major breakthrough in the general public from 1993 and is now usable on almost all microcomputers equipped for this purpose with a compact disc player integrated in a system of logical processing of the information contained on the discs. This compact disc player is the type of one with an extractable drawer in the bottom:
- d'une excavation circulaire de profondeur et de diamètre sensiblement supérieurs à ceux dudit disque afin de recevoir, de positionner et de caler ledit disque sélectionné et placé à l'intérieur lorsque le tiroir est en position ouverte, et d'une ouverture centrale autorisant lorsque ledit tiroir est fermé avec le disque logé à l'intérieur, le passage des moyens de guidage et d'entraînement du disque compact percé en son centre pour les recevoir et être mis en rotation à des fins de lecture.- a circular excavation of depth and diameter substantially greater than that of said disc in order to receive, position and wedge said selected disc placed inside when the drawer is in the open position, and a central opening allowing when said drawer is closed with the disc housed inside, the passage of the guide and drive means of the compact disc pierced in its center to receive them and be rotated for reading purposes.
Afin d'optimiser l'utilisation des disques compact notamment pour un usage informatique où la demande de stockage d'informations n'imposerait pas l'emploi d'un disque de 12 cm de diamètre, les demandeurs ont imaginé un nouveau concept de disque compact pouvant avoir un format moindre que celui d'un disque compact normalisé. Ce nouveau concept repose notamment sur le support du susdit disque compact qui adopte la forme d'une carte de visite de forme rectangulaire comportant sur une face d'une part, un revêtement de stockage d'informations en forme de couronne circulaire dont le cercle externe est inscrit dans ledit rectangle et d'autre part, des moyens de positionnement et de calage dudit support rectangulairdans le tiroir du susdit lecteur.In order to optimize the use of compact discs, in particular for computer use where the request for information storage would not require the use of a 12 cm diameter disc, the applicants have devised a new concept of compact disc may have a smaller format than that of a standard compact disc. This new concept is based in particular on the support of the aforesaid compact disc which takes the form of a rectangular business card comprising on one side on the one hand, an information storage coating in the form of a circular crown, the outer circle of which is registered in said rectangle and on the other hand, means for positioning and wedging said rectangular support in the drawer of the aforementioned reader.
Ce concept de format de carte de visite est nouveau, original et attractif notamment sur le plan commercial où il offre des possibilités de stockage d'informations permettant à une entreprise de se faire connaître d'une manière plus conviviale (par exemple avec des images animées) et sans limitation d'informations. Le fait que le stockage des informations numériques ainsi que les moyens de positionnement et de calage se trouvent sur la même face du support, laisse la face arrière de celui-ci libre pour apposer la mention d'un message publicitaire visuel. En outre, cette disposition permet de disposer d'un emplacement entre la couronne de stockage d'informations et les bords du rectangle pour intégrer dans le support d'autres fonctions par exemple des circuits intégrés qui seront éventuellement reliés ou connectés aux données stockées dans la couronne centrale, afin de donner à la carte-disque un autre fonctionnement que la lecture d'informations. Par exemple, cette carte pourra constituer un accès par "internet" dans la base de données du fournisseur desdits disques. Dès lors que les messages peuvent être lus des deux côtés du disque autour de la couronne de stockage d'informations, les demandeurs ont imaginé une technique de marquage originale qui permet d'assurer une impression d'un seul côté du support mais avec une lisibilité d'un message différent des deux côtés dudit support façonné dans un matériau transparent, en appliquant sur une face dudit support une ou plusieurs couches de peinture ou de médium opaques . Selon un premier mode de réalisation de l'invention, les susdits moyens de positionnement et de calage dudit disque sont constitués par des éléments mâles ou femelles qui, disposés sur la face dudit support autour et à l'extérieur de la couronne circulaire de données numériques concentriquement à cette dernière, coopèrent avec des éléments femelles ou mâles correspondants ménagés dans le fond du tiroir à l'intérieur de la susdite excavation circulaire et concentriquement à cette dernière. Ces susdits moyens de positionnement et de calage dudit disque, qui seront préférentiellement constitués par des éléments mâles formés par une collerette en saillie, ont pour objet de coopérer avec une deuxième excavation circulaire correspondante ménagée dans le fond du tiroir à l'intérieur de la première excavation circulaire et concentriquement à cette dernière. Cette deuxième excavation est constituée par la deuxième excavation circulaire qui, équipant déjà la plupart des tiroirs des lecteurs, est destinée à recevoir, à positionner et à caler les disques compact de dimensions moindres tels que les mini-disques. Selon un deuxième mode de réalisation de l'invention, les susdits moyens de positionnement et de calage dudit disque sont constitués par un gabarit-support dont la forme extérieure est circulaire et configurée pour se loger dans l'excavation circulaire du fond du tiroir dudit lecteur et dont le centre est ménagé d'une fenêtre rectangulaire de dimensions sensiblement supérieures à celles du disque compact rectangulaire afin de positionner et de caler ledit disque dans le susdit tiroir du lecteur. Ce gabarit-support sera utilisé préférentielle ent lorsque le lecteur ne sera pas prééquipé des éléments mâles ou femelles de positionnement et de calage dudit disque du premier mode réalisation.This concept of format of business card is new, original and attractive in particular on the commercial level where it offers possibilities of storage of information allowing a company to make itself known in a more convivial way (for example with animated images ) and without limitation of information. The fact that the storage of digital information as well as the positioning and setting means are on the same face of the support, leaves the rear face of the latter free to affix the mention of a visual advertising message. In addition, this arrangement makes it possible to have a location between the crown for storing information and the edges of the rectangle to integrate into the support other functions, for example integrated circuits which will be possibly connected or connected to the data stored in the central crown, in order to give the disc card a function other than reading information. For example, this card could constitute access by "internet" in the database of the supplier of said disks. Since messages can be read from both sides of the disc around the information storage ring, the applicants have imagined an original marking technique which allows printing on one side of the medium but with readability a different message on both sides of said support shaped in a transparent material, by applying to one face of said support one or more layers of opaque paint or medium. According to a first embodiment of the invention, the aforementioned means for positioning and wedging said disc consist of male or female elements which, arranged on the face of said support around and outside the circular ring of digital data concentrically to the latter, cooperate with corresponding female or male elements formed in the bottom of the drawer inside the said circular excavation and concentrically to the latter. These aforementioned means for positioning and wedging said disc, which will preferably be constituted by male elements formed by a protruding flange, are intended to cooperate with a second corresponding circular excavation formed in the bottom of the drawer inside the first circular excavation and concentrically thereto. This second excavation consists of the second circular excavation which, already fitted to most of the readers' drawers, is intended to receive, position and wedge compact discs of smaller dimensions such as mini-discs. According to a second embodiment of the invention, the aforementioned means for positioning and wedging said disc consist of a support template whose external shape is circular and configured to be housed in the circular excavation of the bottom of the drawer of said reader and the center of which is formed by a rectangular window of dimensions substantially greater than those of the rectangular compact disc in order to position and wedge said disc in the aforesaid drawer of the reader. This support template will be used preferentially when the reader is not pre-equipped with male or female elements for positioning and wedging said disc of the first embodiment.
Selon une caractéristique particulièrement avantageuse de l'invention, le susdit support est prédécoupé concentriquement à la couronne circulaire de données numériques, pour permettre par pression le perçage de la susdite ouverture centrale autorisant lorsque ledit tiroir est fermé avec le disque logé à l'intérieur, le passage des moyens de guidage et d'entraînement du disque compact. Ainsi la face arrière du support sera entièrement exploitable pour recevoir un message publicitaire.According to a particularly advantageous characteristic of the invention, the aforesaid support is precut concentrically with the circular ring of digital data, to allow by pressure the drilling of the aforesaid central opening allowing when said drawer is closed with the disc housed inside, the passage of the means for guiding and driving the compact disc. Thus the rear face of the support will be fully exploitable to receive an advertising message.
Les concepts fondamentaux de l'invention venant d'être exposés ci-dessus dans leur forme la plus élémentaire, d'autres détails et caractéristiques ressortiront plus clairement à la lecture de la description qui suit donnant à titre d'exemple non limitatif et en regard des dessins annexés, un mode de réalisation d'un disque compact conforme à l'invention. Cette description se réfère aux dessins annexés sur lesquels :The fundamental concepts of the invention having just been exposed above in their most elementary form, other details and characteristics will emerge more clearly on reading the description which follows giving by way of nonlimiting example and opposite. of the accompanying drawings, an embodiment of a compact disc according to the invention. This description refers to the appended drawings in which:
La figure 1 est une vue en perspective d'un tiroir d'un lecteur de disque compact de conception classique.Figure 1 is a perspective view of a drawer a compact design compact disc player.
La figure 2 est une vue schématique d'ensemble d'un disque compact selon l'invention.Figure 2 is a schematic overview of a compact disc according to the invention.
Tel qu'illustré sur le dessin de la figure 1, le lecteur de disque compact référencé 100 dans son ensemble est du type de celui équipant un micro-ordinateur pour être intégré dans un système de traitement logique des informations contenues sur les disques compacts dit "CD- ROM", lesquels sont normalisés en adoptant un diamètre de l'ordre de 12 cm. Ce lecteur 100 est constitué classiquement d'un tiroir extractable 110 ménagé dans son fond :As illustrated in the drawing of FIG. 1, the compact disc reader referenced 100 as a whole is of the type equipping a microcomputer to be integrated into a system for the logical processing of the information contained on the compact discs called " CD-ROM ", which are standardized by adopting a diameter of the order of 12 cm. This reader 100 conventionally consists of an extractable drawer 110 formed in its bottom:
- d'une première excavation circulaire 120 de profondeur et de diamètre sensiblement supérieurs à ceux du disque compact "CD-ROM" afin de recevoir, de positionner et de caler ledit disque sélectionné et placé à l'intérieur lorsque le tiroir est en position ouverte telle qu'illustrée sur le dessin de la figure 1,- a first circular excavation 120 of depth and diameter substantially greater than that of the compact disc "CD-ROM" in order to receive, position and wedge said disc selected and placed inside when the drawer is in the open position as illustrated in the drawing of FIG. 1,
- d'une deuxième excavation circulaire 130 qui, ménagée à l'intérieur de la première excavation circulaire 120 et concentriquement à cette dernière, est destinée à recevoir, à positionner et à caler les disques compact de dimensions moindres tels que les mini-disques.- A second circular excavation 130 which, formed inside the first circular excavation 120 and concentrically to the latter, is intended to receive, position and wedge compact discs of smaller dimensions such as mini-discs.
- et d'une ouverture centrale 110a autorisant lorsque ledit tiroir 100 est fermé avec un disque logé à l'intérieur du lecteur, le passage des moyens de guidage et d'entraînement (non représentés) du disque compact percé en son centre pour les recevoir.- And a central opening 110a allowing when said drawer 100 is closed with a disc housed inside the reader, the passage of the guide and drive means (not shown) of the compact disc pierced at its center to receive them .
Tel qu'illustré sur le dessin de la figure 2, le disque compact référencé 200 dans son ensemble se compose d'un support transparent 210 en matériau rigide ou souple traité sur une face au moins pour recevoir un revêtement de stockage d'informations organisées sous forme d'une couronne circulaire 220 de données numériques destinées à être lues par le susdit lecteur 100. Selon l'invention, le support 210 du susdit disque compact adopte la forme d'une carte de visite de forme rectangulaire avec son revêtement de stockage d'informations en forme de couronne circulaire 220 inscrit dans ledit rectangle. Afin de recevoir, de positionner et de caler ledit disque sélectionné 200, une collerette 230 est façonnée en saillie sur la face dudit support 210 à l'extérieur de la couronne circulaire de données numériques 220 concentriquement à cette dernière et selon deux secteurs circulaires 230a et 230b dessinés sur les deux bords latéraux du rectangle et délimités par les deux autres bords longitudinaux du même rectangle. Comme on peut le voir sur le dessin de la figure 1, cette collerette 230 définit des moyens de positionnement et de calage du disque 200 en coopérant avec la deuxième excavation circulaire correspondante 130 ménagée dans le fond du tiroir 110.As illustrated in the drawing in FIG. 2, the compact disc referenced 200 as a whole consists of a transparent support 210 made of rigid or flexible material treated on at least one side to receive a coating for storing information organized under form of a circular crown 220 of digital data intended to be read by the above-mentioned reader 100. According to the invention, the support 210 of the above-mentioned compact disc takes the form of a rectangular-shaped business card with its information storage covering in the form of a circular crown 220 inscribed in said rectangle. In order to receive, position and wedge said selected disc 200, a flange 230 is shaped projecting from the face of said support 210 outside the circular ring of digital data 220 concentrically thereto and in two circular sectors 230a and 230b drawn on the two lateral edges of the rectangle and delimited by the two other longitudinal edges of the same rectangle. As can be seen in the drawing in FIG. 1, this flange 230 defines means for positioning and wedging the disc 200 by cooperating with the second corresponding circular excavation 130 formed in the bottom of the drawer 110.
On notera que le susdit support 210 est prédécoupé concentriquement à la couronne circulaire de données numériques, pour permettre par pression le perçage d'une ouverture centrale 210a autorisant lorsque ledit tiroir 110 est fermé avec le disque 200 logé à l'intérieur le passage dans l'ouverture 210a des susdits moyens de guidage et d'entraînement du disque compact à travers l'ouverture 110a.It will be noted that the aforesaid support 210 is precut concentrically with the circular ring of digital data, to allow by pressure the drilling of a central opening 210a allowing when said drawer 110 is closed with the disc 200 housed inside the passage in the opening 210a of the above means for guiding and driving the compact disc through opening 110a.
On comprend que le disque compact qui vient d'être ci-dessus décrit et représenté, l'a été en vue d'une divulgation plutôt que d'une limitation. Bien entendu, divers aménagements, modifications et améliorations pourront être apportés à l'exemple ci-dessus, sans pour autant sortir du cadre de l'invention pris dans ses aspects et dans son esprit les plus larges.It is understood that the compact disc which has just been described and represented above, was for the purpose of disclosure rather than limitation. Of course, various arrangements, modifications and improvements may be made to the above example, without departing from the scope of the invention taken in its broadest aspects and spirit.
Ainsi, par exemple, le disque compact de l'invention pourra s'adapter au marché par exemple en présentant une face autocollante. Thus, for example, the compact disc of the invention will be able to adapt to the market for example by having a self-adhesive face.

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1. Disque compact se composant d'un support (210) traité sur une face pour recevoir un revêtement de stockage d'informations organisées sous forme d'une couronne circulaire (220) de données numériques destinées à être lues par un lecteur de disque compact (100) du type de celui comportant un tiroir (110) extractable ménagé dans son fond :1. Compact disc consisting of a support (210) treated on one side to receive a coating for storing information organized in the form of a circular crown (220) of digital data intended to be read by a compact disc player (100) of the type comprising that with an extractable drawer (110) formed in its bottom:
- d'une première excavation circulaire (120) de profondeur et de diamètre sensiblement supérieurs à ceux dudit disque afin de recevoir, de positionner et de caler ledit disque sélectionné et placé à l'intérieur lorsque le tiroir (110) est en position ouverte,a first circular excavation (120) of depth and diameter substantially greater than those of said disc in order to receive, position and wedge said disc selected and placed inside when the drawer (110) is in the open position,
- et d'une ouverture centrale (110a) autorisant lorsque ledit tiroir est fermé avec le disque logé à l'intérieur, le passage des moyens de guidage et d'entraînement du disque compact percé en son centre pour les recevoir, CARACTERISE PAR LE FAIT QUE le support (210) du susdit disque compact (200) adopte la forme d'une carte de visite de forme rectangulaire comportant d'une part, un revêtement de stockage d'informations en forme de couronne circulaire (220) dont le cercle externe est inscrit dans ledit rectangle et d'autre part, des moyens de positionnement et de calage (230) dudit support rectangulaire dans le tiroir (110) du susdit lecteur (100).- And a central opening (110a) allowing when said drawer is closed with the disc housed inside, the passage of the guide and drive means of the compact disc pierced in its center to receive them, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT the support (210) of the aforesaid compact disc (200) takes the form of a rectangular business card comprising on the one hand, an information storage coating in the form of a circular crown (220) including the outer circle is registered in said rectangle and on the other hand, positioning and wedging means (230) of said rectangular support in the drawer (110) of the above-mentioned reader (100).
2. Disque compact selon la revendication 1, CARACTERISE PAR LE FAIT QUE les susdits moyens de positionnement et de calage (230) dudit disque (200) sont agencés sur la face dudit support (210) autour et à l'extérieur de la couronne circulaire de données numériques (230) .2. Compact disc according to claim 1, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT the above positioning and wedging means (230) of said disc (200) are arranged on the face of said support (210) around and outside the circular crown. digital data (230).
3. Disque compact selon la revendication 1, CARACTERISE PAR LE FAIT QUE les susdits moyens de positionnement et de calage (230) dudit disque (200) sont constitués par un gabarit-support dont la forme extérieure est circulaire et configurée pour se loger dans l'excavation circulaire du fond du tiroir dudit lecteur et dont le centre est ménagé d'une fenêtre rectangulaire de dimensions sensiblement supérieures à celles du disque compact rectangulaire (200) afin de positionner et de caler ledit disque dans le susdit tiroir (110) du lecteur (100).3. Compact disc according to claim 1, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT the above positioning and wedging means (230) of said disc (200) consist of a support template whose external shape is circular and configured to be housed in the circular excavation of the bottom of the drawer of said reader and the center of which is formed by a rectangular window of dimensions substantially greater than those of the rectangular compact disc (200) in order to position and wedge said disc in the above drawer (110) of the reader (100).
4. Disque compact selon les revendications 1 et 2, CARACTERISE PAR LE FAIT QUE les susdits moyens de positionnement et de calage (230) dudit disque (200) sont constitués par des éléments mâles ou femelles qui, disposés sur la face dudit support autour et à l'extérieur de la couronne circulaire de données numériques (220) concentriquement à cette dernière, coopèrent avec des éléments femelles ou mâles (130) correspondants ménagés dans le fond du tiroir (110) du lecteur (100) à l'intérieur de la susdite excavation circulaire (120) et concentriquement à cette dernière.4. Compact disc according to claims 1 and 2, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT the above positioning and wedging means (230) of said disc (200) are constituted by male or female elements which, arranged on the face of said support around and outside the circular ring of digital data (220) concentrically to the latter, cooperate with corresponding female or male elements (130) formed in the bottom of the drawer (110) of the reader (100) inside the the above circular excavation (120) and concentrically thereto.
5. Disque compact selon les revendications 1, 2 et 4, CARACTERISE PAR LE FAIT QUE les susdits moyens de positionnement et de calage (230) dudit disque (200) sont constitués par des éléments mâles disposés sur la face dudit support (210) autour et à l'extérieur de la couronne circulaire de données numériques (220) dudit disque (200) concentriquement à cette dernière, et coopèrent avec une deuxième excavation circulaire (130) correspondante ménagée dans le fond du tiroir (110) à l'intérieur de la première excavation circulaire (120) et concentriquement à cette dernière. 5. Compact disc according to claims 1, 2 and 4, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT the above positioning and wedging means (230) of said disc (200) are constituted by male elements disposed on the face of said support (210) around and outside the circular ring of digital data (220) of said disc (200) concentrically to the latter, and cooperate with a corresponding second circular excavation (130) formed in the bottom of the drawer (110) inside the first circular excavation (120) and concentrically to the latter.
6. Disque compact selon la revendication 5, CARACTERISE PAR LE FAIT QUE la susdite deuxième excavation circulaire (130) ménagée dans le fond du tiroir (110) à l'intérieur de la première excavation circulaire (120) et concentriquement à cette dernière, pour recevoir les éléments mâles de positionnement et de calage (230) dudit disque (200), est constituée par la deuxième excavation circulaire du tiroir (110) du lecteur (100) destinée à recevoir, à positionner et à caler les disques compact de dimensions moindres.6. Compact disc according to claim 5, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT the aforesaid second circular excavation (130) formed in the bottom of the drawer (110) inside the concentric first circular excavation (120), for receive the male positioning and wedging elements (230) of said disc (200), is constituted by the second excavation circular of the drawer (110) of the reader (100) intended to receive, position and wedge compact disks of smaller dimensions.
7. Disque compact selon la revendication 5, CARACTERISE PAR LE FAIT QUE les susdits éléments mâles (230) constituant les moyens de positionnement et de calage dudit disque (200) sont constitués par une collerette en saillie disposée sur la face dudit support à l'extérieur de la couronne circulaire (220) de données numériques dudit disque (200) concentriquement à cette dernière, selon deux secteurs circulaires (230a et 230b) dessinés sur les deux bords latéraux du rectangle et délimités par les deux autres bords longitudinaux du même rectangle . 7. Compact disc according to claim 5, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT the aforesaid male elements (230) constituting the positioning and wedging means of said disc (200) are constituted by a projecting flange disposed on the face of said support to the outside of the circular crown (220) of digital data of said disc (200) concentrically to the latter, according to two circular sectors (230a and 230b) drawn on the two lateral edges of the rectangle and delimited by the two other longitudinal edges of the same rectangle.
8. Disque compact selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, CARACTERISE PAR LE FAIT QUE le susdit support (210) est prédécoupé concentriquement à la couronne circulaire de données numériques (230), pour permettre par pression le perçage de la susdite ouverture centrale (210a) laquelle autorise, dès que ledit tiroir (110) est fermé avec le disque (200) logé à l'intérieur, le passage des moyens de guidage et d'entraînement du disque compact.8. Compact disc according to any one of claims 1 to 7, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT the aforesaid support (210) is precut concentrically with the circular ring of digital data (230), to allow by pressure the drilling of said opening central (210a) which authorizes, as soon as said drawer (110) is closed with the disc (200) housed inside, the passage of the means for guiding and driving the compact disc.
9. Disque compact selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, CARACTERISE PAR LE FAIT QUE le susdit support (210) comporte des circuits intégrés disposés à l'extérieur de la couronne circulaire de données numériques (220) et reliés aux données numérique de la susdite couronne circulaire. 9. Compact disc according to any one of claims 1 to 8, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT the aforesaid support (210) comprises integrated circuits arranged outside the circular ring of digital data (220) and connected to digital data of the above circular crown.
10. Disque compact selon l'ensemble des revendications 1 à 9, CARACTERISE PAR LE FAIT QUE le susdit support (210) est façonné dans un matériau transparent et une ou plusieurs couches de peinture ou de médium opaques sont appliquées sur une face dudit support pour assurer une impression d'un seul côté du support mais avec une lisibilité d'un message différent des deux côtés. 10. Compact disc according to all of claims 1 to 9, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT the aforesaid support (210) is shaped in a transparent material and one or more layers of paint or opaque medium are applied to one side of said support for ensure printing on one side of the media but with a readability of a different message on both sides.
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