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US4428014A
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Case for a rotary recording medium
Assignee: Victor Company of Japan Ltd
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Filing: 1981-09-09
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Granted: 1984-01-24
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Expires: 2001-09-09
Abstract
Abstract A case for a rotary recording medium comprises a jacket having a space for accommodating a rotary recording medium and an elongated opening on one end side of the jacket through which the rotary recording medium can enter and leave the jacket, and a lid member for closing the opening of the jacket. The jacket has projecting parts at the opening, at positions crossing the opening.
Inventors
- 👤 Takashi Saito
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 04:21
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B23/00; G11B23/02; G11B23/03; G11B23/0328; G11B17/00; G11B17/02; G11B17/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
82 words
A case for a rotary recording medium comprising: a jacket having a space for accommodating a rotary recording medium and an elongated opening on one end of said jacket through which the rotary recording medium can enter and leave said jacket; and a lid member for closing said opening of said jacket, said elongated opening being defined by longer sides and shorter sides, said jacket having projecting parts crossing said elongated opening by extending between the longer sides of said elongated opening.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
82 words
A case for a rotary recording medium comprising: a jacket having a space for accommodating a rotary recording medium and an elongated opening on one end of said jacket through which the rotary recording medium can enter and leave said jacket; and a lid member for closing said opening of said jacket, said elongated opening being defined by longer sides and shorter sides, said jacket having projecting parts crossing said elongated opening by extending between the longer sides of said elongated opening.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
A case as claimed in claim 1 in which said jacket consists of a pair of jacket halves, and said projecting parts project from one jacket half towards the other jacket half.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
A case as claimed in claim 1 in which said projecting parts are located in the vicinity of a center portion of the longitudinal direction of said opening.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
75 words
A case as claimed in claim 1 in which said jacket comprises a pair of jacket halves, each of said jacket halves having a pair of projections extending from one of said jacket halves toward the other of said jacket halves, and tip ends of said pair of projections on a first of said jacket halves making contact with corresponding tip ends of the pair of projections extending from a second of said jacket halves.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
A case as claimed in claim 4 in which projecting lengths of each of said projections from said jacket halves corresponds to one-half the shorter side of said elongated opening.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
86 words
A case for a rotary recording medium comprising: a jacket having a space for accommodating a rotary recording medium and an elongated opening on one end of said jacket through which the rotary recording medium can enter and leave said jacket; and a lid member for closing said opening of said jacket, said elongated opening being defined by longer sides and shorter sides, said jacket having projecting parts which are columnar projections crossing said elongated opening by extending between the longer sides of said elongated opening.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
86 words
A case for a rotary recording medium comprising: a jacket having a space for accommodating a rotary recording medium and an elongated opening on one end of said jacket through which the rotary recording medium can enter and leave said jacket; and a lid member for closing said opening of said jacket, said elongated opening being defined by longer sides and shorter sides, said jacket having projecting parts which are columnar projections crossing said elongated opening by extending between the longer sides of said elongated opening.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
14 words
A case as claimed in claim 1 in which said projecting parts are ribs.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
33 words
A case as claimed in claim 1 in which said lid member has holes which engage with said projecting parts in a state where said lid member closes said opening of said jacket.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1987-01-23 | 1987-07-25 | 1988-01-24 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1991-01-23 | 1991-07-25 | 1992-01-24 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1995-01-23 | 1995-07-25 | 1996-01-24 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |