Abstract: The present invention relates to a disc package having a structure in which a cover can be fixed on a base by simply pressurizing the cover with respect to the base in a base shaft axial direction and, at the same time, the cover can be prevented from being accidentally separated from the base while the disc package is being transported. Further, in the disc package, a cover once fixed on a base can be separated therefrom by rotating the cover along the circumference of the base in any direction, i.e., in either a clockwise or a counterclockwise direction. Furthermore, an end portion of a shaft can be fitted into a concave portion of a cover even in case the end portion of the shaft is not aligned with the concave portion of the cover.

Abstract: A simple molded packaging device for a circular saw blade where the packaging securely retains the circular saw blade where a full inspection, both visual and tactile, may be made by a consumer prior to purchase of the circular saw blade while preventing the consumer from removing the circular saw blade from the packaging and securely replacing the circular saw blade relative to the packaging. Means provide for simple one time release of the circular saw blade from the packaging. Means provide for securement of a security tag relative to the packaging where ready undetectable tampering by the consumer with the security tag is prevented. Sonic welding is disclosed as the preferred method of both securing the circular saw blade relative to the packaging and securing a closure of a security tag compartment with a security tag contained therein.

Abstract: Packaging for looped articles includes a foldable display element having a first panel adapted for side-by-side retention of the looped articles. The foldable display element further includes second, third and fourth panels and fold lines between the panels to form a box-like structure in which the first panel overlies the second panel and the third and fourth are between the first and second panels opposite each other. A tab panel extending from the first panel is received by a slot in a tab-receiving panel at an opposite end of the display element. The packaging may also include a support ring having a discontinuity extending through its cross section for interlinking receipt of the looped articles. A loop-securing band is received through each of the looped articles and includes opposite ends that are overlapped and secured to each other to define a closed loop interlinked with the articles.

Abstract: Ensuring that the correct wheel bearing is installed in the wheel assembly of an aircraft. A plastic mold is designed to hold only one size of wheel bearing. The mold is labeled with the wheel bearing serial number and the corresponding aircraft model number. Because only one size of wheel bearing fits properly in the mold, it facilitates identification and use of the correct size wheel bearing in the aircraft wheel assembly. The mold can be used to ship wheel bearings to air carriers and to store wheel bearings before installation into aircraft wheel assemblies. The mold also offers protection for the wheel bearing from contamination or damage.

Abstract: A compact disc collector comprises a fixed pole, a sideplate, and a loading base; and said fixed pole could pierce through compact discs and fix those in the position between said side plate and said loading base; furthermore, after shifting said fixed pole, to buckle the arc-flange of the arc-shell on the arc-groove of the side plate and then the compact disc collector will be the opening condition with inclinable structure, whereby the present invention possesses closing and opening function simultaneously.

Abstract: A disk storage and handling magazine has a spindle mounted on a bottom cap. Disks are loaded in the magazine by passing the spindle through a hole in the center of the disks. The disks may be separated by spacers to prevent the disks from touching each other. In some embodiments, the magazine includes a tube surrounding the spindle and a removable top cap fitting over the spindle and the tube. The magazine also includes a jacking mechanism that moves up and down the spindle for automatically unloading disks from the magazine. The jacking mechanism has a jacking plate mounted on at least one plug. The at least one plug seats in a hole in the bottom cap of the magazine to form an airtight seal when the jacking mechanism is at the bottom of the spindle.

Abstract: An optical disc accommodating case is provided, which permits quick and smooth accommodation and removal of an optical disc, permits reliable accommodation of the disc without causing contamination or scars and scratches to the disc, and permits coping with an assembling process in which the disc is automatically loaded into the case by a robot. A disc holder having an optical disc support has a wall to be in contact with an edge of an optical disc for preventing detachment of the optical disc in a horizontal direction. The wall has lock members for preventing upward detachment of the optical disc. The wall with the lock members is flexible, and the lock members are capable of being flexed toward an outer periphery of the optical disc to permit the optical disc to be accommodated on the optical disc support while the optical disc is pushed in a downward direction.

Abstract: A coin container for receiving coins or tokens therein, comprising a receptacle having a longitudinal wall along a longitudinal axis and end faces at opposed ends of the longitudinal wall. The longitudinal wall has an inner surface defining a cavity portion with the end faces. The cavity portion is adapted to partially receive therein a predetermined number of coins. Grooves protrude radially in the inner surface of the longitudinal wall. The grooves are adapted to receive partially therein at least one coin of the predetermined number of coins thereby separating other ones of the predetermined number of coins in groups of the predetermined number of coins, such that the coins in the grooves are offset radially from the groups. Means are provide for forming a tubular container with the cavity portion of the receptacle to hold the coins captive in the tubular container.

Abstract: A container for a compressible article is disclosed, wherein the container includes first and second opposed sides having a first length, a first pair of flaps or edge attached to an end of the first and second opposed sides defining an end of the container, third and fourth opposed sides capable of having a second shorter length; and a second pair of flaps or edges attached to the third and fourth sides, the second pair of flaps having a fold line approximately aligned with the end of the container.

Abstract: A stud retainer comprising a generally disk shaped body having a periphery, an aperture therethrough and a wing portion extending from said periphery is disclosed and claimed. The disk shaped body includes a crown and the crown is concentric with the aperture. The wing portion extends laterally and transversely from an arcuate portion of the periphery of the disk shaped body. The aperture has an inner diametrical surface and an outer diametrical surface. The inner and outer diametrical surfaces of the aperture are smooth. A delivery track for guiding the stud retainers is disclosed and claimed. The process for making the stud retainer is also disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: CD container essentially formed of a box body obtained by suitably folding a punched sheet material, comprising a substantially rectangular bottom wall (5) connected along one side to an above-lying front wall (8), which is also substantially rectangular, but shorter than the bottom wall (5) and is provided, at the center thereof, with a round hole (7) having a diameter slightly longer than that of the CDs, between which there is interposed a bearing face (3) shorter than said walls (5, 8) and partially surmounted on two opposite sides by a holding-back fin (2) and by a retaining tongue (13) respectively, the structure of said box body being completed by a couple of side fins (9 and 10) of the front wall (8) folded backwards and inserted between the bearing face (3) and the bottom wall (5). The sheet material is punched according to the accompanying drawings.

Abstract: A cassette for use in dispensing a pleated tubing to collect waste material is formed of an annular body having a U-shaped cross-section in which is packed the pleated tubing in layered form and of an annular flange which extends over the housing. The flange has an inner portion that extends downwardly to engage the upper part of the inner wall of the annular body and an outwardly projecting portion that extends over the housing. The outwardly projecting portion has an annular funnel area to assist in the sliding of the pleated tubing when pulled through the central core of the annular body.

Abstract: A CD storage barrel includes a injunction molding plastic base and a barrel housing. The base and the barrel housing are integral form made. The barrel hosing engages with the base to form a CD storage barrel. Mostly important, the base is square corresponding to a square packaging box.

Abstract: A containment device for retaining semiconductor wafers having a first housing member having a frame with inner and outer walls normal to the frame having a gapped relation. The inner wall receives the semiconductor wafers. A second housing member securably attachable to the first housing member by plural latches has a frame forming the top of the device. Each latch has a hook secured to the first housing member passing through a hole in the second housing member and releasably secured within the hole by the hook. In a second embodiment, the latches and holes are replaced with a plurality of rotatable latch members each having a hook at the distal end for engagement with a hole in the second housing member, secured to the first housing member and rotatable about a hinge. One wall of the first embodiment is replaced with a soft liner which absorbs shock.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to plastic containers which can be used for holding, organizing and securing optical disks including CDs, DVDs, mini CDs, and mini DVDs. Features of the apparatus serve to prevent dirt, dust, water, and other debris from entering the containers. Additional features include a stackable design that aids in organization and storage of a plurality of optical disks or other items. Some embodiments of the present invention have a hinged top and bottom. Additional features of some embodiments include ears allowing the container to be attached to a travel device such as a notebook or binder.

Abstract: A container for disks having a central opening includes a case having hingedly connected lid, spine, and base portions, a pedestal projecting forwardly from a panel portion of the base for holding one of the disks, and a hinge structure projecting forwardly from the base for pivotally supporting one or more trays holding additional disks. The hinge structure includes a spaced pair of posts, each post having a spaced pair of leaf members and a reinforcing bridge connecting inwardly facing tips of the leaf members, for snap engagement with pairs of inwardly facing stub journals that are formed on the trays. The case has a closed position with the lid and base portions snaped together, each having a compact recessed overhanging lip formation opposite the spine portion for facilitating opening of the case.

Abstract: A wafer shipper for stacked wafers provides significantly improved resistance to shock and impact as well as flexibility and tolerance in wafer capacities and guidance in optimal amount of packing material. The shipper has a base and a top cover both of which have a nominal wall that primarily forms all of the features of the respective components. The base has four sides, four corners, and arcuate wall segments defining a wafer stack pocket. The sides are formed of a downwardly extending nominal wall portion and an upwardly extending lip. Both adjoin a nominal wall defining a planar surface that extends around the base and forms a seat for the top cover. The planar surface adjoins the arcuate wall segments and also adjoins the floor of the wafer stack pocket that is also part of the nominal wall.

Abstract: A retaining device for sewing machine bobbins of various sizes is formed of flexible material, generally arcuate in cross section, defining a majority of a circle but open at an outer side. The retaining device thus defines a pair of opposed flanges or sidewalls which, upon placement of a bobbin in the holder, spread apart elastically, then return to a closed position capturing the two opposed circular discs of the bobbin within the holder. In a preferred embodiment the bobbin holder is generally toroidal in shape but for the open side, forming a continuous circular trough within which bobbins of various sizes can be placed.

Abstract: A semiconductor wafer retaining structure includes a container made of a conductive material in which a plurality of semiconductor wafers is stacked and contained, spacer sheets put between the semiconductor wafers, and end-cushioning materials put to the upper and bottom end portions of the semiconductor wafers thus stacked and contained. Slits are formed in the container for transferring the semiconductor wafers in and from the container by a robot.

Abstract: An endless drive belt storage and display module enables a plurality of endless drive belts of different sizes to be placed circumferentially, one inside the other, in a way that makes optimal use of available space, causes minimal belt bending, enables easy removal and replacement of any given belt, maintains organization among the belts placed therein, and protects the belts from exposure to elements such as dust and sunlight.

Abstract: A saw blade carry case is provided that includes a front member having at least one crossbar extending across the front member and a rear member having at least one crossbar extending across the rear member. A spindle extends between the front and rear members and is removably received by a receptacle on at least one of the front and rear members. At least one handle is attached to one of the front and rear members. The front and rear members together form a frame body and are each larger than the diameter of at least one circular saw blade to be placed within the saw blade carry case and to be retained by the spindle. The carry case may be adjusted so that the spindle may accommodate a varying number of blades.

Abstract: A compact disk receiving device includes a base having a plurality of engaging members extending from a surface of the base and the engaging members are arranged as a circle. At least two of the engaging members each have at least two protrusions extending from an outer periphery thereof and the at least two protrusions are located at different distances from the surface of the base. At least two compact disks are mounted to the engaging members and are separated by the at least two protrusions.

Abstract: A protective shipper comprises a cover and a base that are held together by a latching member. The base is configurable to retain and protect semiconductor wafers or film frames with wafers within a storage pocket. The base comprises latching member and a support wall that defines a storage pocket. The cover encloses the storage pocket. One or both of the cover may receive recesses for gripability. The cover may receive one or more latching apertures configured to minimize unintended unlatching. The shipper of the present invention may be manufactured in a mold capable of producing film frame or wafer containing configurations of the shipper by using an interchangeable mold insert.

Abstract: A spacer for coiled products, said spacer having an essentially flat, preferably disk-shaped body, and acts as a pad interposed between stacked coils, wherein said spacer comprises at least one slot, extending in radial direction a distance from the outer edge or near the outer edge to the center of the spacer.

Abstract: A golf cart wheel covering device for protecting the cart wheels of a golf cart from a ground surface during use. The golf cart wheel covering device includes a panel comprising a generally flexible material. The panel has a generally circular shape. The panel has a peripheral edge. An elastic band is securely coupled to and extends along a length of the peripheral edge of the panel. The elastic band biases the peripheral edge inward such that a housing is defined, wherein the elastic band encircles an opening into the housing. The elastic band has a stretched position and a relaxed position. The elastic band is stretched to position a golf cart wheel through the opening.

Abstract: A transportation pack for spiral springs of throttle bodies, in particular for motor vehicles, having a housing with a bottom and a cover. The spiral springs have an outer end and an inner end, and is intended to protect the spiral springs in a particularly reliable manner against contaminants and in addition to be reusable. For this purpose, at least the bottom and the cover of the housing are manufactured from stable and cleanable material. The spiral springs can be fitted in each case by their inner end in a cut-out of a rod, it being the case that the spiral springs, when fitted, radially surround the rod. In this case, the spiral springs are to be arranged in the housing by way of the rod.

Abstract: A packaging assembly for efficiently packaging wheels includes multiple sheets of supporting and fixing members. A first set of wheels, each wheel having a and engaging a hub hole of one of the sheets, is located between two of the sheets. A first sheet supports a first set of wheels, and a second sheet is supported by the first set of wheels. A second set of wheels is located between the second sheet and a third sheet, each wheel of the second set including a hub engaged with a hub hole of the third sheet or of one of the first two sheets. The hub engagement of each wheel is laterally offset from the perimeter of all of the wheels of adjacent sets of wheels. The packaging includes means for preventing lateral movement of the wheels in each set.

Abstract: A package for storing a continuous length of optical fiber is formed from two mating portions. The mating portions are configured such that when joined they form an annular package including separate inside and outside concentric annular chambers. A circumferential slit around inside and outside edges of the annular package allows access to respectively the inside and outside chambers. Two fiber guides are provided, one engaging the inside edge and the other engaging the outside edge of the package. Each fiber guide is configured such that it can slide around the edge that it engages. An aperture in adjacent walls of the inner and outer chambers allows passage of an optical fiber from one to the other and also allows passage of fluids or gases for sterilization.

Abstract: A hermetically sealed package for an optical media disk includes an oxygen impermeable base and an oxygen impermeable cover layer superposed on the base. The base includes a central portion thereof spaced from the cover layer to form an enclosing chamber for the disk. The cover layer is sealed to the base by means of a circular seal defining a periphery of the enclosing chamber.

Abstract: A guidewire holder is provided that stores a coiled guidewire substantially immersed in a storage fluid and allows for a facilitated retrieval of the guidewire. The guidewire holder is generally configured as a shallow pan in a circular shape with an outer periphery to retain the coiled guidewire. The outer periphery includes a concave inner wall and a set of ribs that generally retain the coiled guidewire on the outer periphery. An access area is provided to suspend a portion of the guidewire away from the outer periphery to enable a medical practitioner to reach into the guidewire holder and grasp a portion of the guidewire in order to easily extract the coiled guidewire from the holder. An inner periphery reduces the amount of storage fluid needed to immerse the guidewire and is used in combination with the outer periphery to provide a location for comfortably holding the guidewire holder. Multiple holders may be coupled together so as to be stacked on top of each other.

Abstract: A container for the storage and the protection of essentially circular disk-shaped objects, especially circular disk-shaped data-recording media such as floppy disks, compact disks (CDs), removable hard disks, gramophone records, optical filter disks, lenses, holograms or semiconductor wafers, with a shallow (flat) containment portion having a receptacle to at least partially accommodate a circular disk-shaped object and a closure portion attached to the containment portion in such a way that the closure portion can be swiveled in and out in order respectively to remove and insert the circular disk-shaped object into the containment portion, and whereby the circular disk-shaped object is completely surrounded by the containment portion and by the closure portion when the container is closed.

Abstract: A photosensitive belt installation device of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus that includes a soft cartridge which rolls up for storage, and an installation guide member which selectively attaches to the image forming apparatus. When unrolled, the cartridge, allows the simple installation of a photosensitive belt into the imaging forming apparatus. The soft cartridge is a flexible cartridge having a shape of the endless track of a belt unit of the imaging forming apparatus, and is open on both sides. The unrolled soft cartridge supports the photosensitive belt during installation, as one open side of the soft cartridge is fitted over a sloping surface of the installation guide member attached to the front frame of the belt unit. The soft cartridge is completely pushed around the belt unit along a sloping surface of the installation guide member. The photosensitive belt remains around the belt unit as the soft cartridge is pulled out.

Abstract: A carrier for tubular members, such as subs, which includes a basket, having a floor portion and a plurality of side walls, and an open top portion; a plurality of holes formed in the floor of the basket, of equal diameters; a plurality of pins insertable in the plurality of holes, the pins extending upward into the basket opening substantially to the height of the basket walls; each of the pins having a base portion of equal diameters to slidably engage into any bore on the floor portion, and an upper elongated body portion of differing diameters to slide within a bore of a tubular sub, so that the sub may be supported in a vertical position on the pins, and not make contact with other subs supported vertically on the other pins in the basket while the subs are being stored or transported.

Abstract: A blade case having a holding means, a bottom wall, a side wall, and a cover means. The holding means and the cover means are connected to each other by a hinge for opening and closing the blade case. A removable blade support means is provided on the center portion of a top surface of the bottom wall of the holding means. A blade pressing down means is provided on the cover means and presses down the blade placed on the blade supporting portion when the blade case is closed. Non-circular protrusions and depressions can also be located on the outside of the blade case to facilitate stacking.

Abstract: In a device for the packing of fluorescent ring lamps (1, 2, 3) comprising each a blank (4, 5, 6) at sheetlike material, preferredly corrugated board, which has been formed by folding along bending lines and by insert joints or glue joints into a planar envelope which at least partially covers and protects the respective lamp (1, 2, 3) and has two flat faces (10, 11; 12, 13; 14, 15) enclosing the lamp therebetween, a plurality of envelopes (7, 8, 9) of different sizes for the reception of lamps (1, 2, 3) of also different sizes is provided, the largest envelope (7) of which at its two flat faces (10, 11) having cut-outs (16, 17) which are adapted as to their dimensions to the dimensions of envelopes (8, 9) of smaller sizes for frictional and/or interlocking reception of same, so that from each face at least one smaller envelope (8, 9) can be inserted into the volume of the larger envelope (7) in such a manner that by several single packages there is formed a joint package which in assembled condition does not

Abstract: A disk magazine for accessing Compact Disks includes a bottom stage, a vertical shaft fixed and supported at the bottom stage, a prop-up piece being loaded with Compact Disks and having an opening through which the vertical shaft extends, a barrel tightly combined with the bottom stage at the lower end, and a lid tightly covering up the upper side of the bottom stage. The lid is provided with a fixing hole into which the tapering tip pole of the vertical shaft inserts, and two O-rings are used for sealing between the lid and barrel, as well as between the bottom stage and barrel respectively to prevent the disk magazine from the environmental contamination.

Abstract: A reclosable display package of thin flexible thermoformed plastic material for packaging and displaying an article therein, the reclosable display package includes a first package portion having a base with a retaining surface and a peripheral edge, a wall surface connected at a bottom edge extending generally perpendicular to the retaining surface along the peripheral edge thereof forming a cavity for accepting the article, and a flange extending from a top edge of the wall surface to form a first mating surface, wherein the flange is formed with a female connecting surface portion and a male connecting surface portion symmetrically spaced apart from one another about a central axis through the first package portion.

Abstract: A reclosable display package of thin flexible thermoformed plastic material for packaging and displaying an article therein, the reclosable display package includes a first package portion having a base with a retaining surface and a peripheral edge, a wall surface connected at a bottom edge extending generally perpendicular to the retaining surface along the peripheral edge thereof forming a cavity for accepting the article, and a flange extending from a top edge of the wall surface to form a first mating surface, wherein the flange is formed with a female connecting surface portion and a male connecting surface portion symmetrically spaced apart from one another about a central axis through the first package portion.

Abstract: A packaging device is provided for packaging at least one disc-shaped item such as, for example, a recording media disc such as a CD, a CD-ROM or a DVD. The packaging device includes a first member for the storage of disc-shaped media in a chamber or cavity, which packaging device may be attached to any container used for the storage of materials other than the disc-shaped media. The first member includes means for maintaining the disc media in a stable state within the chamber, said means comprising a fugitive glue or other temporary adhesive applied to the non-media surface of the disc-media, allowing the disc-media to be removably attached to the interior surface of the chamber. The disc-shaped media may be sealed within the inner chamber by means of shrink-wrapped plastic, a foil seal or a paperboard seal.

Abstract: A containment device for retaining semiconductor wafers (54) is disclosed. The containment device comprises a first housing member (10) having a frame (12), an inner wall (14) and an outer wall (16). The inner wall (14) and outer wall (16) each extend generally perpendicularly from the frame (12). The inner wall (14) and outer wall (16) have a spaced apart relationship forming a gap (18) therebetween. The inner wall (14) closely receives the semiconductor wafers (54). The containment device also comprises a second housing member (36) that is securably attachable to the first housing member (10). The second housing member (36) has a frame (38) that forms the top of the containment device when the first and second housing members (10, 36) are securably attached together.

Abstract: The cassette arrangement is used to accommodate boxes or the like, in particular petri dishes. This arrangement is characterized by a shäll.ow box-shaped cassette housing designed to be stackable and having a slotted opening an one end face for inserting or removing a box or a dish and having finger-operated means arranged an the opposite end face for pushing the dish out at least partially through the opening in the cassette housing. Through these measures, safe handling and transport of petri dishes or the like is now guaranteed. The cassette arrangement also permits secure stacking and problem-free removal of individual boxes or petri dishes from the stack.

Abstract: A disk holder according to the present invention has a first core 1 and a second core 2. The cores are members having a given length with a generally U-shaped cross section and combined to oppose to each other so that adjustment of expansion and contraction of the cores can be carried out between an expanded diameter position and a contracted diameter position. The surfaces of the cores 1 and 2 are provided with rows of guides 7a and 7b and supports 8a and 8b. The row of the guides 7a and 7b forms flutes for receiving disks D one by one inbetween the guides to hold the disks at predetermined intervals. The supports 8a and 8b are projected rows for supporting the inner periphery of the axle hole of the disk by three-point support, the supports 8b being provided with resiliency. The holder 5 is inserted into the axle hole of the disk D at the contracted diameter position and supports a plurality of disks D, D, D . . . in a row at the expanded diameter position.

Abstract: An eyeglass lens display unit comprises at least two branches for supporting at least two different eyeglass lens portions. The two branches are mobile relative to each other to position the eyeglass lens portions edge-to-edge along their diameter.

Abstract: A package for storing a continuous length of optical fiber is formed from two mating portions. The mating portions are configured such that when joined they form an annular package including separate inside and outside concentric annular chambers. A circumferential slit around inside and outside edges of the annular package allows access to respectively the inside and outside chambers. Two fiber guides are provided, one engaging the inside edge and the other engaging the outside edge of the package. Each fiber guide is configured such that it can slide around the edge that it engages. An aperture in adjacent walls of the inner and outer chambers allows passage of an optical fiber from one to the other and also allows passage of fluids or gases for sterilization.

Abstract: A blade case comprising a holding means having a bottom wall and a side wall formed upright from the outer periphery of the bottom wall and a cover means having a top wall and a side wall extending downward from the outer periphery of the top wall, the holding means and the cover means being connected to each other by a hinge to open or close the blade case, comprising

Abstract: A containment device for retaining semiconductor wafers (54) which includes a first housing member (10) having a frame (12), an inner wall (14) and an outer wall (16), the inner wall (14) and outer wall (16) having a spaced apart relationship forming a gap (18) therebetween. The inner wall (14) closely receives the semiconductor wafers (54). The containment device also includes a second housing member (36) that is securably attachable to the first housing member (10) and which has a frame (38) that forms the top of the containment device when the first and second housing members (10, 36) are securably attached together. The first and second housing members are secured by a plurality of latches (20), each with a hook (22) secured to the first housing member which passes through a hole (40) in the second housing member and is releasably secured within the hole by the hook.

Abstract: A method of compressing and constraining an elastomeric belt comprises linearly compressing the elastomeric belt such that when in the compressed configuration, the belt contains no obstructions. The constrained elastomeric belt is thereafter secured in the compressed position by a securing member, and subsequently placed in a closable article such as a box. Alternatively, when constraining a cog belt, the cog belt is first oriented such that the cogs extend outwardly, away from the belt. Thereafter, the belt is constrained such that the cogs intermesh with the interstitial spaces defined therebetween to act as an additional constraining force to maintain the belt in the constrained configuration. The box preferably has a top and a bottom flap, each formed with a perforated seam, enabling their removal to form a sleeve. If the elastomeric belt is released from its compressed configuration, the decompressed belt may be placed through the sleeve and subsequently hung from a J-hook or a similar support.

Abstract: A disc holding mechanism enabling a disc-shaped recording medium to be held easily and reliably without e.g., a finger end of a user directly contacting a disc-shaped recording medium to prevent the recording surface of the disc-shaped recording medium from being damaged. To this end, the disc holding mechanism includes an engaging section 51, engaged in a center opening 3 of an optical disc 2, a gripping section 52, for gripping the optical disc 2 engaged in the engaging section 51, and a releasing member 53 having releasing pieces 68 abutted by a holding area 4 on the outer peripheral side of the center opening 3 of the optical disc 2 to cause movement of the optical disc 2 in a direction a1 for releasing the engaged state of the optical disc 2 with the engaging section 51.

Abstract: This invention provides an apparatus or container for a compact disc having a central holding portion to retain the disc through a central aperture. The central holding portion has a plurality of inwardly directed radial arms that are depressible towards their inner ends. Each arm includes a raised mid section which includes a rib, lip or similar to engage over the disc. Also, a bearing means bears on the underside of the disc around the central aperture on the non-data carrying portion of the disc adjacent that aperture. The disc is firmly supported between these two points of contact.

Abstract: A wafer case for holding a wafer includes a case body having an opening for receiving the waver, and a lid for closing said opening of the case body. The case body and lid are made of dust-free paper. Further, the case body has a lid fitting portion, over which said lid fits; and a plurality of through holes are formed in the lid fitting portion at equal interval.