Patent ID: 6341119
Filing Date: 2002-01-22
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk storage magazine comprising:a magazine case capable of being opened and closed, which is made up of a first cover member and a second cover member; and a disk holding member capable of holding disks, at least a part of which is fixed and supported on said first cover member and said second cover member, wherein inside said magazine case, said disks are held by said disk holding member in a densely stacked state, by relatively turning said first and second cover members around a turning axis provided at the ends of said first and second cover members, said magazine case is opened or closed, and said disk holding member changes the stacking interval of said disks in accordance with the opening/closing operation of said magazine case, wherein said disk holding member comprises an expandable plate member in the form of a bellows having a plurality of substantially V-shaped portions, said substantially V-shaped portions hold the outer peripheral edge of each end of said disk located substantially in parallel with said turning axis and substantially in the diameter direction of said disk, the expanding/contracting direction of said plate member is substantially the same as the turning direction of said first and second cover members, and the vertical length between adjacent pointed tips of said substantially V-shaped portions is changed by moving said plate member in a folding manner in accordance with the opening/closing turning operation of said magazine case in order to enable the stacking interval of said disks to change around said turning axis and said disk to move in the direction perpendicular to said turning axis, whereby said disk is inserted into and removed from said magazine case, wherein a part of said substantially V-shaped portions other than both end portions in the insertion/removal direction of said disk is torn and wherein said substantially V-shaped portions are configured so that untorn portions thereof do not exist in a plane region produced by vertically projecting the disk in a state of being stored in said magazine case.