FR2780544A1 - Labeling system for floppy discs - Google Patents

Abstract

The labeling system comprises two guides that are fixed to the surface of the floppy disc, and are open at one end to allow the edges of a card to be slid into the guides. The guides are set into the recess provided on the surface of a conventional floppy disc to accept the label.

Description

NEW IT SUPPORT, LABELING SYSTEM AND

RELATED LABELS

  The invention relates to the field of office automation and more particularly is situated in the field of data processing. The invention relates more precisely to the production of floppy disks of a particular type which make it possible to include technical information or

  on one side of the floppy disk.

  The invention relates specifically to a retention device for at least one information card, fixed to one face of the floppy disk using two strips in which the card is inserted by sliding. The two strips are in the form of rigid ribbons arranged symmetrically on the floppy disk and formed of a strip of deformable plastic material having two thicknesses folded over one another, thus forming a sliding space. The two thicknesses of tape are placed or fixed in a recess present at the

floppy surface.

  Two-ply flexible ribbons have a linear end placed in the recess of the diskette and an opposite bevel end, including the bevel

  more or less accentuated is intended to facilitate the introduction of one or more cards.

  We know the importance of computer disks of any format for gathering and retrieving information entered by a computer before storing it on the hard drive. Printing on floppy disk and processing floppy disks is an important, if not necessary, starting point for any office work. Entering a document on the computer involves the use of one or more diskettes depending on the size of the documents. Under these conditions we are led to accumulate diskettes which correspond to successive versions of the same document or to chapters or successive passages created in

  as the seizure is carried out.

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  This collection of floppy disks stored in standard files or in punched pockets presents an identification problem. It is indeed necessary to carry in a removable manner on the diskette of the indications on the

  contents of the diskette and on the various documents seized by it.

  These modes of information pose problems of presentation by wishing to avoid that the diskettes are full of too many inscriptions and thereafter illegible, or problems of conservation of information because too often these labels on the contents of the diskettes, are written in ink pen or felt pen. As a result, it is difficult to include a lot of information on the surface of the floppy disk, given the limited space available to operators.

  have, without risking that these become illegible.

  The system commonly used so far to identify i5 computer floppy disks consisted of an adhesive label affixed to the upper face of 3 1/2-inch floppy disks, for example. Although affordable, these labels of the prior art have the main disadvantage of being releasable, difficult to erase

  and not to allow two-sided writing, thus providing little space for the user.

  However, being of a non-peeling nature, these labels are not removable and can be adapted

  wrong with a change in the contents of the floppy disk.

  Another way to act is to use floppy disks of different colors and

  each color corresponds to a separate subject or type of work.

  All of these systems are ineffective or make IT hardware management

  heavier by requiring collections of floppy disks instead of just one.

  This problem is solved by the device of the present invention. Indeed, the same diskette can more easily be recycled and used several times thanks to this new system which makes it possible to adapt each time and in an aesthetic manner, a new label title to the new content of the diskette. In addition, the user is able to purge the contents of the floppy disk from the outside as from the inside, by simply removing the removable label, which ensures security.

of employment and confidentiality.

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  The present invention provides a solution to the problem set out above. It allows using a card of the type strong and white cardboard like a Bristol board to contain all the desired information in a collected form while having more space for the recording of information. The card also allows changes as frequent as necessary as well as tracking or sorting

remarkably easy.

  Indeed, the card of the strong and white cardboard type has two sides whose content can be consulted, namely the external face which can present information of a utility nature such as the name, address or commercial characteristics of the user, and the internal face which may include the characteristics or the references of the documents seized. If necessary, two cards can be inserted into the retaining device according to the invention, which makes it possible to have at least three faces to carry the information necessary for the management and conservation of the

file.

  The information on these cards may appear in plain text giving the reader immediate information on the various documents or files accessible or else appear in coded or referenced form in a particular way, so that the information is only accessible to a limited number of people who will have

access to information.

  In summary, the invention therefore provides the following advantages: - removable label therefore better adaptable to recycling the floppy disk - double-sided writing therefore more space - varied choice of support - label therefore more aesthetic and customizable (example business card) Possible superimposition of labels - easy manufacturing therefore industrializable The invention also relates to the use of any label for floppy disk which can adapt to the device in question, it being specified that the device and the label are strictly complementary and that the one cannot go without the other. Through

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  Consequently, the invention relates to the use of transparent materials, Bristol board, coated paper, glossy paper, plastic wafers, etc. as a label for computer diskette as long as their shape is suitable, the choice of material being limited only by the thickness and ease of insertion. The advantage of the device is that it allows a more flexible and more flexible choice.

  varied supports, whereas current systems do not lend themselves to it.

  According to a particular embodiment of the invention, the retaining device is formed of two bars of rigid material, possibly transparent, each being o folded back on itself to form two sliding rails coming to abut on the

  upper edge of the recess arranged at the upper third of the floppy disk.

  The card inserted in the retaining device is made of semi-rigid cardboard having a thickness ranging from 0.1 to 1.0 mm. The cardboard can be bare, or coated with aluminum or metal foil, or have an erasable face and a permanent writing face. The cardboard can be replaced by any equivalent product such as coated paper, glossy paper, or transparent as soon as the thickness constraints are respected and there is easy insertion into the device. By thickness constraint is meant the maximum thickness that the label can have without hindering the extraction of the floppy disk from the floppy disk drive. The cardboard box may present promotional or advertising information on the outside which will be used to provide information to third parties. The internal side will contain all the information taken from the computer and allowing secretarial staff to gather or sort the information. The boxes can have in the same series of documents all the same presentation or present different colors which allow

  easily categorize the information.

  Concretely, the retaining device according to the invention will comprise two bars of longitudinal shape terminated in a bevel or with a linear end, having from 20 to 55mm in length and from 0.2 to 70mm in width. The card is introduced over a length ranging from 48 to 58mm wide, taking care that the card does not overflow above the retainer and ensuring that the width of the card is calculated to allow an easy introduction without the latter being able to come out

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  of the two bars or can play too easily inside the two sliding spaces. It is obvious that the invention has been defined in broad outline and that any variation or modification which is made to it falls within the scope of the invention. Figure I shows a currently preferred embodiment of the invention comprising on the surface of the disk a depression (1) (1 ') on which abut the two

  o bars (2) (2 ') terminated at their ends (3) (3') by a bevel (4) (4 ').

  FIG. 2 illustrates another embodiment according to which the two thicknesses of the bars are combined to form a lateral case inside which the card or cards can be inserted. This structure has the advantage of being

  monobloc which facilitates the molding of the floppy disk.

  This retainer has a length ranging from 20 to 55mm and a width

which ranges from 2 to 70mm.

  Figure 2 shows such an embodiment seen in section the diskette comprising

  such a retaining device (5) fixed on the lower recess (6) of the floppy disk.

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Claims (10)

  1. Retention device for at least one information card fixed on one face of a floppy disk, using two strips in which the card is inserted by sliding, characterized in that the two strips are in the form of a rigid ribbon arranged symmetrically on the floppy disk and in that they consist of a bar of deformable plastic material having two thicknesses folded over one another thus forming a sliding space for   one or more cards of the strong white cardboard type.   2. A retaining device according to claim 1, in which the two thicknesses of tape are placed or fixed in a recess present on the surface of the floppy disk. 3. A retainer according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the two-ply tapes have a linear end and an end opposite bevel.   4. Device according to one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the cards of the type   strong and white cardboard provide all the information in a collected form   on the characteristics or references of the documents seized.   5. Device according to claim 4, in which the cards of the strong cardboard type and   white are made of Bristol type cardboard.   6. Restraint device according to one of Claims 1 to 4, in which each   bars made of rigid material, possibly transparent is folded over it-   even to form two sliding rails.   7. Retaining device according to one of claims 1 to 5, in which the card   inserted in said device, is of semi-rigid cardboard having a thickness ranging from 0.1 to 1 mm. 7 2780544   8. Restraint device according to one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the card   introduced into said device, has dimensions such that it can be inserted between the two bars having from 20 to 55mm long and from 0.2 to mm wide.   9. A variant of the retaining device for at least one information card according to claim 1, characterized in that the retaining device is incorporated on the floppy disk by molding and has the form of a case on the surface of the floppy disk quadrangular inside which the card (s) are O10 introduced.   10. Use of information cards for the device according to claim 1, as labels for computer diskettes whose choice of material is determined by the thickness of the latter and by the ease of insertion into the retaining device.