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Recording media storage apparatus

CA 1333423 C · Owner: Gelardi, Anthony · Inventors: Lowry, Alan; Gelardi, Anthony; Lovecky, Craig

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An apparatus for storing a plurality of disc-shaped recording media includes a housing and a plurality of thin, substantially C-shaped lever members, each of which has an inner circumferential surface for holding a disc-shaped recording media by an outer circumferential surface of the recording media. Each lever member is pivotally connected to the housing by a pivot post and is pivotally movable into and out of the housing. A lock mechanism prevents the lever members from pivoting out of the housing, while a detent mechanism holds the unlocked lever members in either a closed or open position. The inner circumferential surface of the C-shaped lever members subtends an angle greater than …

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  • Granted December 6, 1994. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 6, 2011.
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FiledJuly 4, 1989
GrantedDecember 6, 1994
Term endedDecember 6, 2011
Patent numberCA 1333423 C
Classification (IPC)G11B33/04

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19901993199619992002200520082011Application filedJuly 4, 1989Patent grantedDec 6, 1994Term endedDec 6, 2011

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