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US20020066705A1
US20020066705A1 US09/996,785 US99678501A US2002066705A1 US 20020066705 A1 US20020066705 A1 US 20020066705A1 US 99678501 A US99678501 A US 99678501A US 2002066705 A1 US2002066705 A1 US 2002066705A1
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Tat-Chi Chow
Jason Bennett
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B33/00—Constructional parts, details or accessories not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
    • G11B33/02—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon
    • G11B33/04—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers
    • G11B33/0405—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers for storing discs
    • G11B33/0461—Disc storage racks
    • G11B33/0466—Disc storage racks for disc cartridges
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B33/00—Constructional parts, details or accessories not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
    • G11B33/02—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon
    • G11B33/04—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers
    • G11B33/0405—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers for storing discs
    • G11B33/0461—Disc storage racks
    • G11B33/0483—Disc storage racks for single disc boxes

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  • the invention is based on the object of devising a stacking device of the above-mentioned type, which makes it possible for CD cases to be inserted into the compartments from a plurality of sides.
  • a stacking device for CD cases or the like with three rack elements which in relation to the basic contour are arranged in the form of an equilateral triangle, in each case at a vertex, and between which there is provided a plurality of horizontal compartments which are respectively arranged one above the other and at a distance apart, wherein the lateral spacing between two respective rack elements which are adjacent in the direction of a base line is slightly larger than the width of a CD case to be inserted into a compartment.
  • a tower-like stacking device of this type has the advantage that CD cases can be inserted from any side. The access to adjacent CD cases is facilitated if the CD cases are inserted respectively into successive compartments in each instance from a different side of the triangular basic contour. However, this also offers the possibility of co-ordinated stacking, in which a specific subject range is allocated to each insertion side.
  • each of the rack elements is provided for each of the rack elements to be formed in one piece.
  • the rack elements may be of rod-like design, for example produced from wood, or may also be tubular produced from plastics material.
  • each of the compartments is connected individually to the rack elements.
  • the individual compartments are produced from plastics material, for example, and are then secured to the rack elements, for example in transverse slots in the rod-like rack elements.
  • compartment block which is connected to the rack elements.
  • This development offers a simplification in manufacture, since the compartment block, for example consisting of plastics material, can be injection-moulded as one part which is then securely connected to the three rack elements.
  • each of the rack elements is assembled from a plurality of component parts, wherein at least one compartment is connected by adhesion or cohesion in each case to three rack elements associated with the vertices.
  • individual compartments or also one or more compartment blocks are produced by adhesion or cohesion, for example as injection-moulded components from plastics material, which are then assembled one above the other to form a stacking element.
  • This embodiment also offers the possibility of producing, within a predetermined grid, stacking elements of different height by a simple plug-and-socket connection.
  • the rack elements can be securely joined together via a base plate and/or via a top member.
  • the base plate can be produced from a different heavy material so that the stacking device is imparted a certain degree of basic stability by the base plate and is protected from tipping.
  • the rack elements securely joined together by a base plate and a top plate, to have as compartments respective inwardly directed lugs which in each case extend in the direction of the base line on the adjacent rack elements.
  • the rack elements are of lamellar design and they extend respectively along the base lines forming an equilateral triangle, wherein the compartments are formed by slots in the interconnected lamellar rack elements.
  • the width of the slots in horizontal direction is slightly larger than the width of the CD cases to be inserted, whereas the height of the slots in vertical direction is slightly larger than the thickness of the CD cases to be inserted.
  • FIGS. 1, 2, 3 an embodiment of substantially triangular basic contour
  • FIGS. 4, 5 an embodiment of outwardly curved triangular basic contour
  • FIGS. 6, 7 an embodiment of substantially circular basic contour
  • FIGS. 8, 9 an embodiment of star-shaped basic contour
  • FIGS. 10, 11 an embodiment with a base plate and top plate
  • FIG. 12 an embodiment with lamellar rack elements
  • FIG. 13 a variant with web-like lugs as surface elements
  • FIG. 14 a variant of the embodiment according to FIG. 12 for an embodiment according to FIG. 11;
  • FIGS. 15 - 17 a variant of the embodiment according to FIG. 8;
  • FIGS. 18 - 20 a variant of the embodiment according to FIG. 4.
  • FIG. 1 for a column-like or tower-like stacking device for CD cases essentially comprises three rack elements 1 , 2 and 3 which, as is evident from FIG. 2,—in relation to a basic contour 4 in the form of an equilateral triangle—are arranged respectively at the vertices of the triangle. Between the three rack elements 1 , 2 and 3 there is provided a plurality of horizontal compartments 5 which in each case are arranged parallel one above the other and at a distance apart. The lateral distance between two rack elements 1 , 2 and 2 , 3 and 3 , 1 respectively which are adjacent in the direction of a base line is, as is evident from FIG. 2, slightly larger than the width B of a CD case 6 to be inserted into a compartment.
  • each rack element adjacent one another on a base line for example the rack elements 1 and 2
  • the rack element 3 then serves as a limiting stop member for the CD case 6 . It is thereby possible to insert a CD case from each side into each compartment. This is shown in plan view in FIG. 3 for illustrative purposes.
  • the individual CD cases 6 . 1 , 6 . 2 , 6 . 3 can [sic] be inserted from each side of a base line 4 . 1 into a compartment of the stacking device.
  • the rack elements 1 , 2 and 3 can be made in one piece, for example from wood, and can be securely connected to one another via a base member 7 , which is of frame-like design in FIG. 1, but can also be in the form of a plate, as shown in FIG. 10, and also via a corresponding top member 8 .
  • the individual lamellar compartments are then secured, for example, in slots in the is rack elements 1 , 2 and 3 .
  • the rack elements In a similar manner it is also possible for the rack elements to be produced individually in tubular form from a plastics material with corresponding insertion slots, and in a similar manner for the compartments to be of lamellar design with corresponding projections in the corner zones, which can be inserted into the insertion slots of the rack element.
  • the three rack elements 1 , 2 and 3 are then rigidly joined together via a pushed-on base member 7 and a pushed-on base [sic] member 8 .
  • the compartments can in this case take the form of continuous plates or else, as shown in FIG. 2, they can be of frame-like design with a web 9 defining the peripheral contour, which encloses a free space 10 .
  • FIG. 3 shows in plan view the possibility of insertion for CD cases 6 which are then inserted one above the other in each case from a different side, as indicated by the arrows I, II, and II.
  • FIGS. 4,5 illustrate an embodiment which corresponds in its construction to the embodiment according to FIGS. 1,2 but which visually is of substantially triangular configuration with outwardly bulging contour.
  • the device can be assembled from a plurality of component parts.
  • FIGS. 6, 7 corresponds in its construction to the embodiment according to FIGS. 1,2.
  • the difference merely lies in the fact that the stacking device is generally of rather cylindrical appearance over the peripheral contour of the compartments 5 .
  • FIGS. 8,9 again corresponds in its basic construction to the embodiment according to FIGS. 1,2.
  • the compartments are formed by star-shaped flat webs 5 . 1 so that the stacking device is generally of star-shaped appearance.
  • FIGS. 10 and 11 show an embodiment in which the base member 7 . 1 is in the form of a plate and the top member 8 . 1 is also plate-like and joins together the rack elements 1 . 1 , 2 . 1 and 3 . 1 .
  • the special advantage of this embodiment lies in the fact that at least the base member 7 . 1 can be produced from a material of relatively high inherent weight, thereby imparting relatively high stability to the stacking device.
  • each of the described embodiments can be provided in each case with a correspondingly formed plate-like base member 7 . 1 and/or a top member 8 . 1 .
  • FIG. 12 illustrates an embodiment in which the rack elements 1 . 2 , 2 . 2 and 3 . 2 are each of lamellar design and are joined together in the vicinity of their lateral edges 11 so that the surface regions extend approximately along the base line 4 .
  • the individual rack elements are provided with slots 12 which are delimited by webs 12 . 1 and which form the compartments.
  • a CD case can be inserted from each side.
  • the lamellar rack elements 1 . 1 , 2 . 1 and 3 . 1 do not, as shown here, have to be flat but can be inwardly or outwardly curved in relation to the vertical centre axis 13 .
  • the lateral edges 11 can extend at a distance apart and be securely connected to one another via transverse webs.
  • FIG. 13 illustrates a variant of the embodiment according to FIG. 8.
  • the rack elements 1 . 3 , 2 . 3 , 3 . 3 are each securely joined together with a base member 7 and a top member 8 .
  • the compartments are in this case not formed by planar or frame-like parts which extend respectively up to the adjacent rack element.
  • the compartments are each formed by web-like lugs 14 on the individual racks, which each point towards the centre axis 13 .
  • Each rack element is thus of comb-like structure.
  • the embodiment according to FIG. 12 can also be similar design.
  • the individual webs defining the slots 12 do not extend over the full width of a rack element but only as lugs 12 . 2 , as is illustrated in FIG. 14, in each case at a short distance from the lateral edge 11 so that the lamellar rack element has a central opening 15 which has a comb-like boundary line 16 in each case parallel to its two side edges 11 .
  • Stacking devices of this type can be provided in each case in the vicinity of the base member and/or in the vicinity of the top member with recesses and/or projections so that a plurality of such stacking devices can be arranged tower-like one above the other by means of a plug-and-socket connection.
  • FIG. 15 illustrates a perspective view of a variant of the embodiment according to FIG. 8.
  • respective boundary plates 8 . 2 and 7 . 2 are provided which are securely connected to vertically aligned webs 8 . 3 and 7 . 3 respectively which are arranged radially.
  • the boundary plate 8 . 2 with the webs 8 . 3 and correspondingly the boundary plate 7 . 2 with the webs 7 . 3 respectively form the base member 7 and the top member 8 .
  • the webs 7 . 3 . and 8 . 3 extend at the ends into connector elements 7 . 4 and 8 . 4 respectively which are aligned perpendicularly to the plane of the boundary plate 8 . 2 . and which are correspondingly fitted into the ends of the hollow rack elements 1 , 2 and 3 .
  • the frame-like compartments 5 are of approximately triangular ground plan contour in which, however, the peripheral contour extends inwardly curved between the rack elements 1 , 2 and 3 .
  • the compartments 5 are frame-like with a free space 10 .
  • the compartments it is also possible for the compartments to be of correspondingly lamellar form.
  • the peripheral contour of the boundary plate 8 . 2 is in this case identical to the peripheral contour of the compartments 5 .
  • FIGS. 18 to 20 illustrate a variant of the embodiment according to FIG. 4, namely in a perspective view (FIG. 18), in a top view of the top member 8 (FIG. 19) and in a view of the base member 7 from below (FIG. 20).
  • the top member 8 is in the form of a plate.
  • the base member 7 is of frame-like design, wherein the frame is substantially U-shaped in cross-section.

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