Patent ID: 8453841

Claim:
A disk placement and storage assembly, comprising: a disk cassette for storing a plurality of disks, said disk cassette includes a pair of axially opposing end portions and a pair of laterally opposing side wall portions spanning between said end portions, said end portions and said side wall portions defining a disk receiving region, each of said side wall portions having a plurality of laterally opposing vertical slots to secure said plurality of disks in said disk receiving region, said vertical slots being formed on interior surfaces of said opposing side wall portions, a pair of a plurality of pairs of vertical slots arranged and dimensioned to receive a disk; and a disk slotter including a top plate releasably coupled to a top portion of said disk cassette, wherein the top plate includes a plurality of horizontal slots spanning across top surfaces of said opposing side wall portions at a spaced interval that corresponds to non-consecutive vertical slots in the disk cassette, each one of said horizontal slots arranged and dimensioned with a shaped opening that provides additional clearance on both sides of the disk to accommodate the disk while it is gripped manually or by a tool and to receive the disk as the disk is inserted through the horizontal slot in the disk slotter and into a pair of laterally opposing vertical slots of the disk cassette, each one of said plurality of horizontal slots is located above and aligned with a pair of laterally opposing vertical slots, wherein the disk slotter further includes a pair of axially opposing alignment bars attached to the top plate to align the disk slotter to the disk cassette when the disk slotter is releasably coupled to the disk cassette, and wherein the alignment bars are U-shaped.