Patent ID: 7936535

Claim:
A data storage disc carrier for holding at least one data storage disc during rotation about an axis, the data storage disc carrier comprising: a central hub on which at least one data storage disc may be carried; and an axial clamping arrangement for axially clamping at least one data storage disc carried on the central hub, and comprising a plurality of clamping portions which are movable between a clamping position and a release position wherein when each clamping portion is in the clamping position, each clamping portion may act on a carried disc to provide axial clamping on the disc and when each clamping portion is in the release position, each clamping portion is disposed radially inwards of its position when in the clamping position for allowing data storage discs to be loaded onto and/or removed from the hub, wherein the axial clamping arrangement comprises a clamping assembly having a head portion and a tail portion, the head portion being articulatingly mounted to the tail portion and comprising a clamping member of which the plurality of clamping portions are a part, such that the clamping portions can all commonly pivot as a unit relative to the tail portion, and the tail portion extending axially through the central hub during normal use.