WO2003012791A1 - Optical disk container - Google Patents
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- WO2003012791A1 WO2003012791A1 PCT/IB2002/002888 IB0202888W WO03012791A1 WO 2003012791 A1 WO2003012791 A1 WO 2003012791A1 IB 0202888 W IB0202888 W IB 0202888W WO 03012791 A1 WO03012791 A1 WO 03012791A1
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- G—PHYSICS
- G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
- G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
- G11B33/00—Constructional parts, details or accessories not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
- G11B33/02—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon
- G11B33/04—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers
- G11B33/0405—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers for storing discs
- G11B33/0411—Single disc boxes
- G11B33/0422—Single disc boxes for discs without cartridge
- G11B33/0427—Single disc boxes for discs without cartridge comprising centre hole locking means
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- This invention relates to an optical data disk container and, in particular, although not necessarily solely, a container for holding 8-cm. diameter mini disks or other data disks or smaller dimension than the standard 12.5-cm. disks.
- Optical disk containers have been provided in variety forms. Initially, optical disks in the form of standard sized CDs have been produced having both a base portion and a cover portion to form a relatively rigid container. The container protects the disk from damage as well as providing, typically, a space for containing cover sheets, booklets or similar information that may be provided with a compact disk.
- Mini disks are 8-cm. diameter disks and their recent introduction has required new designs for jewel boxes to accommodate such disks.
- mini disk jewel boxes One of the significant problems with mini disk jewel boxes is the size of the jewel box itself. Due to the smaller nature of the mini disk, the box itself is smaller and thereby does not fit traditional equipment such as CD racks or stands that a customer may already own for holding conventional disks. A much greater problem during manufacture comes in the packing of the jewel boxes with the disks and the provision of labels etc. As the apparatus for packaging was all designed for conventional-sized jewel boxes, current mini disks are manually packed. When dealing with the mass manufacture of such disks, manual packing can add significantly to the cost of the manufacturing process.
- the container is provided with both a base and a pivotally mounted lid and an inset tray that carries the disk itself.
- the inset tray is normally provided with some form of central rose to engage with the central aperture in a disk and retain the disk in place.
- the tray nests between upper and lower sidewalls of the base portion and leaves a sharp edge on the sidewall or a small gap between the sidewall and the tray itself. Both the sharp edge and the gap have the potential to pinch or scratch a user's fingers in moving the hand onto the disk to lift the disk from the tray. Furthermore, such sharp edges around the tray may run the risk of damaging the disk itself.
- FIG. 3 of that publication the inset tray 25 is within a labelling portion 33 placed into a base portion 23.
- the sidewalls of the base portion 23 substantially aligned with the sidewall of the inset tray 25 as the sidewalls of the tray 25 is in sidewalls of the base portion 23. It is this listing that creates a small gap and sharp edges in the regions of the sidewalls which can be adverse by any minor misalignment of the two walls. It is this arrangement that can cause damage to users or to the disks themselves.
- the invention may broadly be said to consist in an optical disk container comprising: a base portion for retaining a compact disk; a pivotally mounted lid portion to enclose said compact disk in said base portion; - a central holding portion on or in said base portion for fitment through a central aperture of said compact disk and to thereby retain said compact disk; said base portion having front, rear and opposed sidewalls spaced apart by a distance substantially equal to or greater than the diameter of a standard compact disk; and at least one circumferential wall portion concentric with said central holding portion to surround an outer edge of an 8-cm. optical disk within said base portion.
- said base portion includes a substantially planar base panel and an inset tray wherein said inset tray contains said central holding portion and said circumferential wall portion.
- said circumferential wall portion is interrupted by at least one recess for access of a user's finger to the outer circumferential edge of a disk.
- the invention may broadly be said to consist in an optical disk container comprising: - a base portion having a substantially planar base panel, a front wall, a rear wall and opposed sidewalls; a tray for fitment within said base portion to retain an optical disk; a pivotally mounted lid portion to enclose an optical disk retained within said tray; and - wherein said inset tray has opposed edges extending to or beyond an outer edge of said opposed sidewalls of said base portion.
- said opposed edges of said tray are provided with a curved or chamfered upper edge.
- said lid portion has opposed sidewalls to reside outside said opposed edges of said inset tray and said opposed sides of said base portion when in a closed configuration.
- Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of an optical disk container in a closed configuration in accordance with one embodiment of the invention
- Fig. 2 shows a perspective view of the optical disk container of Fig. 1 in an open configuration
- Fig. 3 shows an exploded perspective view of the optical disk container of the previous figures
- - Fig. 4 shows a cross-sectional perspective view through a base portion and inset tray of the embodiment of the previous figures
- Fig. 5 shows a perspective view of the inset tray alone of the embodiment of the previous figures
- Fig. 6 shows a perspective view of the underside of the inset tray of Fig. 5.
- FIG. 1 an optical disk container 1 is shown in the closed condition.
- Abase portion 2 and a pivotally mounted lid portion 3 co-operate to enclose a compact disk therebetween
- FIG. 2 the optical data disk container can be seen in the open configuration.
- the base 2 and lid portion 3 are pivotally connected adjacent an edge of each of these portions.
- the base portion 2 is intended to receive the optical disk.
- an engaging means 4 preferably in the form of a central rose to engage through the central aperture of a disk.
- a circumferential wall portion 5 is provided to surround and support at least a portion of the outer circumferential edge of the compact disk. There is no need for the circumferential wall portion 5 to be continuous around the entire perimeter of the compact disk. As shown in this embodiment, it may be provided in a series of segments around the perimeter. A further alternative could utilize a single partial circumferential wall to provide some stability and support to an engaged disk within the base portion 2.
- this optical disk container As shown in Fig. 1, the general dimensions of this optical disk container are the same or similar to those used for a standard optical disk, hi general terms, this leads to a width "A" of the container of around 12.5 cm. being the approximate diameter of a traditional optical disk.
- the length of the container "B” is sometimes rather longer in the order of approximately 14 cm.
- the depth "C" may be in the order of one centimeter.
- the circumferential wall portion 5 is considerably inset from the outer edges of the base 2.
- the circumferential wall portion 5 is substantially concentric with a central axis 6 and spaced from that axis at a distance suitable for supporting the outer perimeter of an 8-cm. diameter mini disk.
- the circumferential wall portion 5 may comprise an outer edge of a recess into the base 2 into which the optical disk may be placed.
- the recess 7 is at a plane slightly lower than the surrounding regions 8 of the base portion 2.
- one or more recesses 9 may be placed around the perimeter of the disk and interrupt the circumferential wall portion 5. These recesses 9 allow a fingertip to access the edge of an optical disk contained in the recess 7.
- the recesses 9 may have a concave lower surface, the lowest point of which may be below the plane of the recess 7 so that the fingertip may partially engage underneath the edge of the optical disk.
- the base portion 2 may have a front wall 10, a rear wall 11 and opposed sidewalls 12 and 13. It is the distance between the pairs of walls 10 and 11 and 12 and 13 that dictates the general dimension of the base portion 2 and the optical disk container as a whole. As mentioned previously, these are dimensioned to approximately the same as for a traditional compact disk container with each of the opposed walls being separated from the other by a distance approximately equal to or greater than the diameter of a traditional compact disk.
- the base portion 2 may comprise an outer shell of walls with the details including the central engaging means 4, circumferential wall 5 and such being provided on an inset tray 15 to nest with the base portion 2 so as to provide the overall lower portion of the container 1.
- such trays 15 are provided with co-operating engagement means such as protrusions 16 and 18 to engage corresponding means such as apertures 17 and 19 to locate and hold the tray 15 in the base portion 2.
- engagement means such as protrusions 16 and 18 to engage corresponding means such as apertures 17 and 19 to locate and hold the tray 15 in the base portion 2.
- four such engagement means would be utilized adjacent the corners of the tray 15.
- a variety of other engagement means could be used as alternatives.
- the rotational engagement of the base 2 and lid portion 3 can be seen to comprise co-axial protrusions and recesses 20, 21, 22 and 23.
- the base portion 2 is typically provided with sidewalls 12 and 13. These extend generally perpendicular from the principal plane of the base portion 2.
- the inset tray 15 is provided with two opposed sidewalls 25 and 26, each carrying an outer side edge 27 and 28 respectively.
- the side edges 27 and 28 are provided on extending flanges progressing outwardly and perpendicular to the walls 25 and 26 to which they are attached.
- the outer edges 27 and 28 achieve a greater degree of separation than the sidewalls 12 and 13 of the base portion 2 on which they reside. This allows the outer edge of these sidewalls to be finished with a rounded or chamfered upper corner to provide a smooth outer edge to the assembled base and inset tray together.
- the base 2 is provided with extending flanges 29 and 30 to carry outer edges to the base plane of the portion 2. These flanges 29 and 30 are intended to extend beyond the extension of the tray edges 27 and 28. Indeed, it can be seen in Fig. 4 that the associated sidewalls of tire base portion 2 being walls 12 and 13 are inset from the flanges 29 and 30. The flanges 29 and 30 provide surfaces for the engagement of the walls of the lid portion 3. It is intended in this construction that the lid portion 3 carries sidewalls that will nest outside the walls 12 and 13 of the base portion 2 and the inset tray 25 and 26. This encloses the container with a smooth outer wall from the lid 3 butted against the flanges 12 and 13.
- the base portion walls 12 and 13 or even the inset tray walls 25 and 26 could be provided as the external wall to the entire assembly as the lid portion 3 could be provided without any significant extent of walls on these opposed sides and instead simply engage with the base or tray.
- the particular configuration, shown in Fig. 4 nests the walls 25 and 26 from the inset tray inside those of the walls 12 and 13 of the base portion.
- the opposite configuration is also possible with the outer edges 27 and 28 being provided as upper corners directly above the outer face of the walls 25 and 26. In either configuration, the outer edges 27 and 28 can provide a less sharp outer edge. It is preferred that the outermost edge of the portions 27 and 28 extends beyond the outer face of the walls 25 and 26, hence the configuration shown in Fig. 4. The reason for this is that it allows the chamfering of the edges without reducing the structural integrity of the connection between the walls 25 and 26 and the upper surface of the inset tray 15.
- the inset tray walls 25 and 26 could be intermittent portions simply used to locate the tray conveniently within the base walls 29 and 30, or indeed omitted altogether.
- FIG. 5 a perspective upper view of the inset tray 15 is shown. It can be seen that the outer edges and walls of the inset tray are also provided with small recesses 32, 33, 34 and 35. These recesses are provided to allow the provision of the tabs 38, 39, 40 and 41 in the lid as shown in Fig. 2. These tabs allow for the retention of an information booklet containing music lyrics, computer program information or the like that relates to the disk contained within.
- Fig. 6 shows a perspective underside view of the inset tray 15. In this view, it can be seen that bearing support portions 44, 45, 46 and 47 are provided on the underside to further support the upper surface of the inset tray 15 from the base portion 2.
- the invention provides a container for an optical disk that is capable of carrying and supporting an 8-cm. optical disk while still providing outer dimensions that are designed for use with conventional manufacturing equipment and more importantly, packing equipment. Such an arrangement can significantly improve current packing techniques for mini disks.
- the provision of extending outer side edges on the tray that cover the upstanding walls from the base portion allows the container to be provided with a smooth outer edge to protect user and contents of such containers.
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