Patent ID: 6568452
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: G11B,Y10T

Abstract:
An attachment apparatus for attaching a disc protective sheet to at least one selected body section of a magnetic disc cartridge body formed of two half body sections, comprising:a supporting mechanism having a perimeter size and shape sufficient to support an entire disc protective sheet and adapted to support the selected body section, said supporting mechanism having a supporting member for supporting the selected body section, said supporting member having a supporting surface for supporting the selected body section, said supporting surface including a plurality of grooves formed therein; wherein said plurality of grooves in said supporting surface form a plurality of elastic members such that the two half body sections are uniformly supported; a supply mechanism for supplying a disc protective sheet to the selected body section oriented so that an opening in the selected body section and a cut-out in the protective sheet are aligned with one another; and a fusing mechanism having a perimeter size and shape sufficient to contact the entire disc protective sheet, the fusing mechanism being disposed facing the supporting mechanism and being adapted to fixedly fuse a thermal fusible layer of the disc protective sheet onto the selected body section when the selected body section and disc protective sheet are positioned between the fusing mechanism and the supporting mechanism.