Patent ID: 6347701
Filing Date: 2002-02-19
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A compact disc case comprising a housing (10) shaped in the form of a book with a disc receiving space (21) the space being open to the front and top sides, a top and bottom guide (30, 40) each having a set of guiding grooves (30a, 40a) for receiving a plurality of compact discs, the sets of guiding grooves being arranged opposite to each other separately in the top and bottom section of the receiving space (21) of the housing (10), a plurality of pick-up means in the form of pick-up levers (50) for inserting and withdrawing each compact disc by picking each up with a predetermined force with relation to the guiding grooves (30a, 40a) for compact discs, said plurality of pick-up means being connected pivotably to the housing (10) to the bottom guide (40), the pick-up levers (50) are provided on their inside with a section (52b) and a linear section (52a) on which section risers (54) and (55) as well as pick-up pieces (56), (57) are erected so as to oppose each other to hold each compact disc therebetween, in which the pick-up pieces (56, 57) each are formed on their inside surfaces with a projection (56a, 57a) and the pick-up lever levers (50) are each formed in the inside surfaces of their top areas with a groove (58) to elestically engage with engagement ridges (32) formed on the top surface of the top guide (30).