IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0189064
(1988-05-02)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
5 인용 특허 :
8 |
초록
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A compact storage file for box-like objects such as the IBM 3480 magnetic tape cartridge. The basic file unit comprises a U-shaped frame of a flat back wall and integral side walls with a plurality of shelves therein. The construction of the basic unit enables it to be replicated and arranged in man
A compact storage file for box-like objects such as the IBM 3480 magnetic tape cartridge. The basic file unit comprises a U-shaped frame of a flat back wall and integral side walls with a plurality of shelves therein. The construction of the basic unit enables it to be replicated and arranged in many different multiples of the basic unit for efficient use of space in large or complex computer facilities. The shelves in the units are vertically spaced close together for the compact storage of the cartridges and arranged to provide for convenient hand removal of the cartridges from the file. Only the shelves of the storage file units are provided with cartridge separating walls which are constructed and arranged so that a grasped group of the IBM 3480 cartridges are easily quickly inserted as a group in any open area of the file unit.
대표청구항
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1. In combination, a plurality of magnetic tape cartridges such as the IBM 3480 cartridge and a storage file for compactly storing said cartridges in upright rows of generally side-by-side engagement and in a vertical stack of a plurality of said rows, said storage file comprising a frame of a sheet
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In combination, a plurality of magnetic tape cartridges such as the IBM 3480 cartridge and a storage file for compactly storing said cartridges in upright rows of generally side-by-side engagement and in a vertical stack of a plurality of said rows, said storage file comprising a frame of a sheet of relatively thin rigid material formed as a rectilinear flat back wall devoid of any substantial projections on either side thereof with a pair of integral opposed rectangular side walls extending perpendicularly from the opposite vertical edges of said back wall, a plurality of substantially identical shelves for supporting said cartridges in said upright rows of generally side-by-side engagement, each of said shelves being formed from a rectangular sheet of relatively thin rigid material as a rectangular cartridge supporting surface with a plurality of upstanding substantially parallel cartridge separating walls integral with said rectangular supporting surface with the underside of said rectangular supporting surface within the periphery thereof being devoid of any downwardly projecting cartridge separating walls, said separating walls arranged transversely of said rectangular cartridge supporting surface and spaced apart a distance slightly greater than the thickness of said cartridges to provide a loose fit of said cartridges between adjacent separating walls, said plurality of shelves being secured to and between said side walls and said back wall of said frame in a parallel vertically spaced apart relationship sufficient to admit said cartridges in upright conditions on said cartridge supporting surfaces and between said separating walls and absent any engagement of any shelf thereabove, said plurality of cartridges being disposed upon said cartridge supporting surfaces and between said separating walls of said shelves in upright rows of generally side-by-side engagement and in a vertical stack of said rows, each of said cartridges being formed with the adjacent faces which are in side-by-side engagement having interlocking means for enabling two or more cartridges to interlock against sliding relative to one another upon being grasped and held together by a person's hand, said separating walls having a height terminating below said interlocking means of said adjacent faces of said cartridges, each of said cartridges further being formed with the adjacent faces which are in side-by-side engagement as generally rearwardly and horizontally opening V-shaped slots defined by said adjacent faces at the lower rearward edge portions thereof within said shelves, said slots having a vertical height greater than said height of said separating walls and an opening dimension greater than the thickness of said separating walls whereby a grasped group of said cartridges is easily inserted as a unit in any open area of said storage file. 2. In the combination as defined in claim 1, and a handle for conveniently carrying said storage file with said cartridges disposed therein on said cartridge supporting surfaces, said handle being formed as a substantially rigid U-shaped member of a pair of spaced apart legs interconnected by a cross member, said legs spaced apart a distance substantially equal to the width of said frame, and means rigidly securing the ends of said legs to the outer surface of said side walls of said frame to position said cross member above said frame and in a forward location relative to the center of gravity of said storage file with said cartridges disposed therein. 3. In a combination as defined in claim 1, and the forward edge of each of said cartridge separating walls being spaced rearward of the forward edge of the shelf thereof a distance no greater than the depth of said V-shaped slots. 4. In a combination as defined in claim 1, each of said shelves having a depending front wall of a height substantially that of the thickness of the average person's index finger, and each of said shelves having a depth less than the depth of said cartridges to expose the upper and lower front edges of said cartridges forwardly of said shelves sufficiently for a person's index finger and thumb of one hand to grasp said upper and lower front edges of a cartridge disposed upon said cartridge supporting surface with said cartridge engaging said back wall of said frame and to draw said cartridge from said shelf. 5. In a combination as defined in claim 4, and said cartridge supporting surfaces of each of said shelves being disposed upwardly at an angle to said back wall of said frame of less than ninety degrees and greater than eighty degrees. 6. In a combination as defined in claim 1, three additional storage files substantially identical to said storage file, a rectangular thin metal pan, means securing said four storage files in upstanding positions on said pan and arranged in a rectangular pattern with the shelves of each storage file facing outwardly of one of the sides of said rectangular pan, a thin metal rectangular plate of a peripheral size and shape substantially conforming to the peripheral size and shape of said pan, a section of substantially rigid tubing of a length less than the height of said storage files, means securing said tubing to said plate to upstand from the center thereof, said plate having a hole therethrough in axial alignment with said tubing, a plurality of fasteners securing said plate to the underside of said pan with said tubing within the open area defined by said storage files on said pan, a base member, a substantially rigid rod-like member of an outer diameter less than the inner diameter of said tubing, means securing said rod-like member to the upper surface of said base member to upstand therefrom, a thrust bearing, means for mounting said thrust bearing between the upper ends of said tubing and said rod-like member with said rod-like member telescopically within said tubing to rotatively carry said tubing on said upper end of said rod-like member with said plate spaced above said base member, and at least one sleeve bearing mounted about said rod-like member and engaging the inner wall of said tubing. 7. In a combination as defined in claim 6, said means for mounting said thrust bearing between the upper ends of said tubing and said rod-like member comprising a tubular section internally shouldered and supporting the outer race of said thrust bearing therewithin with the inner race of said thrust bearing extending above said rod-like member, a pin through the upper end of said tubing above and resting upon said inner race to rotatively carry said tubing on said rod-like member. 8. In a storage file for compactly storing a plurality of generally rectilinear box-like objects with said objects in upright rows of generally side-by-side engagement and in a vertical stack of a plurality of said rows, the improvement comprising a frame of a sheet of relatively thin rigid material formed as a rectilinear flat back wall with a pair of integral opposed rectangular side walls extending perpendicularly from the opposite vertical edges of said back wall, a plurality of substantially identical shelves for supporting said objects in said upright rows of generally side-by-side engagement, each of said shelves being formed from a rectangular sheet of relatively thin rigid material as a rectangular object supporting surface with integral opposed end walls and opposed front and back walls, said front wall depending from said object supporting surface and of a height substantially that of the thickness of an average person's index finger, a plurality of upwardly extending substantially parallel object separating walls integral with said rectangular object supporting surface, said separting walls arranged transversely of said rectangular object supporting surface and sapaced apart a distance slightly greater than the thickness of said object to provide a loose fit of said objects between adjacent separating walls, each of said separting walls having a height substantially less than said thickness of said objects, said opposed end walls of each of said shelves extending substantially perpendicularly from said rectangular object supporting surface, means for securing each of said back walls of each of said shelves to said back wall of said frame between said side walls thereof and in parallel alignment and a vertically stacked and spaced apart arrangement greater than the height of said objects by an amount sufficient only to permit one of said objects to be placed in an upstanding condition on said rectangular object supporting surface of one of said shelves and immediately below the lower edge of said front wall of said shelf thereabove without engaging said front wall of said shelf thereabove, means for securing each of said opposed end walls to said side walls of said frame, and each of said rectangular object supporting surfaces having a front-to-back dimension sufficiently less than the front-to-back dimension of the upper edge of one of said objects on one of said shelves with the rearward side of said object resting against said back wall of said frame to permit the index finger of a person to engage the upper forward edge of said object with the thumb of said hand engaging the lower forward edge of said object to permit said person to draw said object outwardly from said object supporting surface. 9. In a storage file as defined in claim 8, and said back wall of said frame and the underside of each of said shelves between the front and rear walls thereof being devoid of any substantial projections capable of engaging any part of said objects supported on said object supporting surfaces of said shelves. 10. In a storage file as defined in claim 8, and said means for securing each of said opposed end walls of said shelves to said side walls of said frame positioning said object supporting surface of each of said shelves downwardly toward said rear wall of said frame at an angle of less than ten degrees from the horizontal. 11. In a storage file as defined in claim 8, said means for securing each of said back walls of each of said shelves to said back wall of said frame and said means for securing each of said opposed end walls of said shelves to said side walls of said frame comprising said back wall and said side walls of said frame having rectangular tongues cut therefrom with the lower side of each of said tongues attached thereto and with said tongues extending upwardly and against the inner surfaces of said back wall and said opposed end walls of each of said shelves, said back wall and said opposed end walls of each of said shelves having a rectangular opening covered by one of said tongues, and each of said tongues having a detent formed therefrom and extending into said rectangular opening covered thereby.
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