CA1272287A - Protective structure for jacket for rotatable magnetic recording media - Google Patents

Protective structure for jacket for rotatable magnetic recording media

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CA1272287A
CA1272287A CA000517163A CA517163A CA1272287A CA 1272287 A CA1272287 A CA 1272287A CA 000517163 A CA000517163 A CA 000517163A CA 517163 A CA517163 A CA 517163A CA 1272287 A CA1272287 A CA 1272287A
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jacket
protective
sheet
protective sheet
protective structure
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Nobuyuki Kishine
Tetsuya Imamura
Megumu Hirakura
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Kao Corp
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Kao Corp
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G11INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11BINFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B33/00Constructional parts, details or accessories not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
    • G11B33/02Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon
    • G11B33/04Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers
    • G11B33/0405Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers for storing discs
    • G11B33/0411Single disc boxes
    • G11B33/0422Single disc boxes for discs without cartridge
    • GPHYSICS
    • G11INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11BINFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B23/00Record carriers not specific to the method of recording or reproducing; Accessories, e.g. containers, specially adapted for co-operation with the recording or reproducing apparatus ; Intermediate mediums; Apparatus or processes specially adapted for their manufacture
    • G11B23/02Containers; Storing means both adapted to cooperate with the recording or reproducing means
    • G11B23/03Containers for flat record carriers
    • G11B23/033Containers for flat record carriers for flexible discs
    • G11B23/0332Containers for flat record carriers for flexible discs for single discs, e.g. envelopes

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE

This invention aims to provide an inexpensive structure for a protecting jacket for rotatable magnetic recording media which has a dimension sufficient to cover the openings on the jacket and is provided with a sheet pasted upon said opening which is applied with adhesive to thereby enable prevention of dust.

Description

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This invention relates to a jacket for rotatable magnetic recording media and more particularly to a protective structure for the jacket which can prevent dust from entering the jacket.
Rotatable magnetic sheets (generally known as floppy discs) are widely used as meclia for magnetic recording and reproducing in recent years. These rotatable magnetic sheets are usually sheathed in a package (referred to as a jacket hereinafter) provided with internal liners made of non-woven fabric. The jacket has an opening at the center thereof for rotating the magnetic sheet, an opening for contacting the rotatable magnetic sheet with a magnetic head and an opening for displaying sectors. Dust in the air tends to enter the jacket through these openings to contaminate the surface of the magnetic sheet, and cause errors.
Such a jacket is us,ually placed in an envelope for protecting it mainly ~rom such dust. However, as such an envelope covers only two thirds or three fourths of the surface of the jacket and is not closel~ attached to the opening of the jacket, dust in the air cannot be fully prevented from entering the jacket within the envelope.
Moreover, the jacket is taken out from the envelope when a user wishes to use the rotatable magnetic sheet therein, and the user tends to throw away the envelope. The openings of a jacket are often exposed to the air when such sheet is stored for a long time.
The material of such an envelope was mainly made of : .

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~2~ 7 natural paper in the prior art, but recently they are often made of synthetic sheet such as polyethylene (e.g. TYVEK (trade mark) Manufactured by DuPont).
When we consider costwise a product comprising a rotatable magnetic sheet, a jacket and a protective envelope, the cost of the envelope is by no means negligible as it is not quite effective in preventing entry of dust.
This invention aims to provide a protective structure for the jackets of rotatable recording media which can almost completely prevent dust in the air from entering the jackets and yet is low in cost.
The protective structure for rotatable recording media jackets according to this invention is characterized in that a protective sheet which is applied with adhesive on one surface thereof covers at least an opening of the jacket for driving the magnetic recording medium therein and an opening for contacting the magnetic recording media with a magnetic head out of the aforementioned various openings on the jackets. As these openings are formed in both sides of a jacket, it is desirable for the structure to cover them from both sldes. Two notches are provided near the opening for contacting the media with the magnetic head.
They are preferably covered with the protective structure together with the opening.
The protective sheet may be in any form so long as it can effectively cover the openings of the jacket.
The openings of a jacket are covered with such a protective sheet to prevent cLust from entering them. When
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According to a broad aspect of the invention there is provided a protec~ive structure for a ~acket whlch contains a rotatable disc type recording medium and which has an opening for driving the magnetic recording medi.um and an opening for contacting the magnetic recording medium with a maynetic head, comprising a protective sheet, one surface of which has an adhesive along a peripheral portion thereof for securiny the sheet to said jacket to cover both said drive opening and said contact opening, said protective sheet having a longltudinal axis and a transverse fold line defined at a midpoint of sald longltudinal axis, said protective sheet being symmetrical about said transverse fold line so that when said protective sheet is adheslvely secured to said jacket with said transverse fold line disposed parallel to a side edge of said jacket, each symmetrlcal half of said protective sheet will be disposed in a plane parallel to a plane of said recording medium and to each other and so that a half of said protective sheet covers both said drive opening and ~0 said con~act opening.
Brief Description of the Drawings:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of this invention;
Figure 2 is a plan view thereof;
Figure 3 is a developed view of the protec~ive sheet;
Flgure 4 is a plan view of a second embodiment of this : invention;

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.. .. ~ , 2734~-7 Figure 5 ls a developed view of the protective sheet according to the second embodiment;
Figure 6 is a plan view of a third embodlment of thls invention;
Figure 7 :Ls a developed vlew of the protective sheet of the third embodiment;
Figure 8 :Ls A plan view of a fourth embodiment of this invention; and Figure 9 is a developed view of the protective sheet of the fourth embodiment.
The invention will now be furthar explained with reference to the attached drawings. This invention, however, is by no means limlted to these illustrated embodiments.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of this invention and more particularly showing the state of the : protective sheet 1 when it is folded before being pasted on a jacket 2. Figure 2 is a plan view of the protective sheet 1 when pasted on a jacket 2. The protective ~heet 1 covers an ,~:

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~ ;~t7~7 opening 3 for driving a rotatable magnetic recording media, anopening 4 for contacting the rotatable magnetic sheet with a magnetic head and an opening 5 for displaying sectors out of various openings on the jacket. FIGURE 3 is a developed view of the protective sheet. The protective sheet 1 is substantially rectangular with semi-circular ends. The rounded end portions are for covering the opening 3 at the center of the jacket 2 for driving the rotatable magnetic sheet. A folding line 6 exists at the center of the protective sheet 1. The sheet 1 is folded on the line 6 symmetrically to cover the opening in the jacket from both sides in a manner shown in FIGURE 1. The protective sheet 1 is made of synthetic paper and is applied with adhesive on the surface which contacts with the jacket for snug attachment.
; If adhesive is applied only on the peripheral portion 8 of the sheet 1 as shown by a broken line in FIGURE 3, the rotatable magnetic sheet which is exposed through the openings on the jacket 2 will be free of such adhesive.
FIGURES 4 and 5 show another embodiment of this invention. The protective sheet according to this embodiment is shaped like a dumbbell or two circles connected by a rectangle.
The circular portions are for covering the opening 3 for driving the rotatable magnetic sheet and the opening 5 for displaying sectors while the rectangular portion together with the circular portions are to cover the opening 4 for contacting the rotatable magnetic sheet with the magnetic head. This protective sheet, ; however, does not cover notches 7 of the jacket 2. The protective .

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FIGURES 6 and 7 show the third embodiment of this invention. The protective sheet according to this embodiment is formed in a rectangle which is t:o be folded symmetrically at the center folding line 6 to cover the opening 3 for driving the magnetic sheet, the opening 4 for contacting the sheet with the magnetic head and the opening 5 for displaying sectors from both sides of the jacket. The protective sheet 1 is made if a thin sheet of polyvinyl chlori.de mixed with carbon black which is an antistatic agent. Magnetic recording media can be effectively protected by the antistatic agent from faults which might otherwise be caused electrostatically.
FIGURES 8 and 9 show the fourth embodiment of this invention. In this embodiment the protective sheet 1 is formed in two sectors and is to be folded symmetrically at the folding line 6 to cover the opening 3 for driving the rotatable magnetic sheet, the opening 4 for contacting the magnetic sheet with the magnetic head and the opening 5 for displaying sectors. This protective sheet does not cover openings of notches 7 on the jacket 2.
This invention provides a protective structure which covers a jacket with a protective sheet. When a rotatable magnetic recording media in the jacket is used for recording or reproducing, the protective jacket is peeled off from the jacket and then the jacket is inserted in a magnetic disc unit or the like.

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~L~7~ ~3 r When such a rotatable magnetic recording media must be stored for a long time after use, the protective sheet of this invention, if pasted on the jacket, can effectively protect the media from dust in the air. This protective sheet is covered with releasing paper on the surface applied with adhesive. The releasing paper may be peeled off and pasted on a jacket while the jacket is being stored.
The material of a protective sheet according to this invention may be paper (natural or synthetic) or resins, and possibly textile, metal, etc. Protective sheets are punched out from thin metal plates or cut out of textile. But when ease in use, effect in prevention of dust, weight and cost are comprehensively considered, paper or resin is preferable as the material of the protective sheets.
Antistatic agents or various pigments may, if possible, be mixed in the material for protective sheets. Antistatic agents can prevent faults otherwise caused by electrostatics while pigments can make sheets colorful for easy identification as well as better classification.
This invention can almost completely prevent dust in the air from entering a jacket containing a rotatable magnetic recording media with an inexpensive protec-tive sheet. This protective sheet can serve for convenience of users as it can prevent dust from entering the jacket by a simple structure when users wish to keep recording media for a long time.

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Claims (14)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A protective structure for a jacket which contains a rotatable disc type recording medium and which has an opening for driving the magnetic recording medium and an opening for contacting the magnetic recording medium with a magnetic head, comprising a protective sheet, one surface of which has an adhesive along a peripheral portion thereof for securing the sheet to said jacket to cover both said drive opening and said contact opening, said protective sheet having a longitudinal axis and a transverse fold line defined at a midpoint of said longitudinal axis, said protective sheet being symmetrical about said transverse fold line so that when said protective sheet is adhesively secured to said jacket with said transverse fold line disposed parallel to a side edge of said jacket, each symmetrical half of said protective sheet will be disposed in a plane parallel to a plane of said recording medium and to each other and so that a half of said protective sheet covers both said drive opening and said contact opening.
2. A protective structure as in claim 1 wherein said jacket also has an opening for displaying sectors and said protective sheet has a structure for covering said opening for displaying sectors.
3. A protective structure as in claim 2 wherein said jacket has openings on first and second sides thereof for driving the magnetic recording medium, for contacting the magnetic recording medium with a magnetic head and for displaying sectors, said protective sheet extending longitudinally so as to cover said openings on said first and second sides of said jacket.
4. A protective structure as in claim 1 wherein said jacket has notched portions and said protective sheet has structure for covering said notched portions.
5. A protective structure as in claim 1 wherein said jacket has openings on first and second sides thereof for driving the magnetic recording medium, for contacting the magnetic recording medium with a magnetic head and for displaying sectors, said protective sheet extending longitudinally so as to cover said openings on said first and second sides of said jacket.
6. A protective structure as in claim 5 wherein said protective sheet extends as a rectangle.
7. A protective structure as in claim 5 wherein said protective sheet has substantially parallel longitudinal side edges and substantially semi-circular ends.
8. A protective structure as in claim 5 wherein said protective sheet has the general shape of a dumbbell.
9. A protective structure as in claim 5 wherein said protective sheet has a width which gradually increases from a longitudinally central portion thereof towards each end thereof and has rounded outer ends.
10. A protective structure as in claim 1 including a releasable covering on said adhesive which can be peeled off to expose said adhesive before the sheer is adhered to said jacket.
11. A protective structure as in claim 1 wherein said sheet is made of one of the following, natural paper, synthetic paper, textile material, metal, resin.
12. A protective structure as in claim 1 wherein said sheet is made of a polyvinyl chloride mixed with carbon black.
13. A protective structure as in claim 1 wherein said sheet includes an antistatic agent.
14. A protective structure as in claim 1 wherein said sheet contains coloring pigment.
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