Patent ID: 6234306
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
Apparatus for the storage of disc sound carriers and/or data carriers in the form of discs, in particular compact discs, the apparatus comprising:a substantially rectangular flat housing, said housing having wall surfaces, and at least one narrow side in which there is formed a receiving space accessible via a slot opening defined in said narrow side of the housing, said slot opening having a first and second end;mutually oppositely disposed guide elements positioned within said housing receiving space, said guide elements receiving a disc inserted through said slot opening and keep said disc spaced apart from the housing wall surfaces parallel to the plane of the disc, said guide element being formed as at least substantially part circularly shaped pivotal levers of flexible material, which can be transferred by the disc in extended position;an ejection mechanism mounted in the housing at the rear side opposite to the slot opening, said ejection mechanism comprising;a pivotally mounted lever arrangement having an actuating part freely accessible from outside the housing in a housing comer region, said level arrangement being movable within the outline of the flat housing,and an ejector part which extended into the receiving space, said ejector part acting at the outer periphery of the disc and being movable between a first position in which the disc is located in a storage position within the receiving space and a second position in which the disc adopts a removal position with at least a part region of a data free central region of said disc is manually graspably disposed outside of the slot opening;a braking and guide strip arrangement mounted in the flat housing adjacent to the slot opening, said arrangement extending over the width of the slot opening and comprising of at least two, mutually oppositely disposed strips, said strips having a mutual spacing in a center region of the slot opening which is greater than the material thickness of the disc and a mutual spacing that reduces towards said ends of the slot opening, and is smaller in the region of the ends of the slot opening than the material thickness of the disc.