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A disk placement and storage assembly for storage of disks includes a disk cassette and a disk slotter. The disk cassette includes a pair of side wall portions spanning between a pair of end portions, defining a disk receiving region. The side wall portions include a plurality of vertical slots for

A disk placement and storage assembly for storage of disks includes a disk cassette and a disk slotter. The disk cassette includes a pair of side wall portions spanning between a pair of end portions, defining a disk receiving region. The side wall portions include a plurality of vertical slots for holding the disks. The disk slotter includes a top plate having a plurality of horizontal slots spanning across top surfaces of the disk cassette when the disk slotter is releasably coupled to the disk cassette, each one of the horizontal slots arranged and dimensioned to receive a disk as the disk is inserted through a horizontal slot in the disk slotter and into a pair of laterally opposing vertical slots of the disk cassette, each one of the plurality of horizontal slots located above and aligned with a pair of laterally opposing vertical slots in the disk cassette.

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1. A disk placement and storage assembly, comprising: a disk cassette for storing a plurality of disks, said disk cassette includes a pair of axially opposing end portions and a pair of laterally opposing side wall portions spanning between said end portions, said end portions and said side wall por

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A disk placement and storage assembly, comprising: a disk cassette for storing a plurality of disks, said disk cassette includes a pair of axially opposing end portions and a pair of laterally opposing side wall portions spanning between said end portions, said end portions and said side wall portions defining a disk receiving region, each of said side wall portions having a plurality of laterally opposing vertical slots to secure said plurality of disks in said disk receiving region, said vertical slots being formed on interior surfaces of said opposing side wall portions, a pair of a plurality of pairs of vertical slots arranged and dimensioned to receive a disk; anda disk slotter including a top plate releasably coupled to a top portion of said disk cassette, wherein the top plate includes a plurality of horizontal slots spanning across top surfaces of said opposing side wall portions at a spaced interval that corresponds to non-consecutive vertical slots in the disk cassette, each one of said horizontal slots arranged and dimensioned with a shaped opening that provides additional clearance on both sides of the disk to accommodate the disk while it is gripped manually or by a tool and to receive the disk as the disk is inserted through the horizontal slot in the disk slotter and into a pair of laterally opposing vertical slots of the disk cassette, each one of said plurality of horizontal slots is located above and aligned with a pair of laterally opposing vertical slots, wherein the disk slotter further includes a pair of axially opposing alignment bars attached to the top plate to align the disk slotter to the disk cassette when the disk slotter is releasably coupled to the disk cassette, and wherein the alignment bars are U-shaped. 2. The disk slotter of claim 1, wherein the horizontal slots are approximately hexagonal shaped or elliptical shaped. 3. The disk slotter of claim 1, wherein the plurality of horizontal slots includes 13 slots. 4. The disk slotter of claim 1, wherein the center to center spacing of each slot of the plurality of horizontal slots is approximately equal to 12.7 mm. 5. The disk slotter of claim 2, wherein a major axis of each hexagonal shaped slot or elliptical shaped slot is approximately equal to 76.2 mm. 6. The disk slotter of claim 2, wherein the plurality of hexagonal shaped slots or elliptically shaped slots are graphically labeled by numbers one through thirteen on a top surface of the top plate. 7. The disk slotter of claim 2, wherein a major axis of each hexagonal shaped slot or elliptical shaped slot is graphically labeled by alignment marks on a top surface of the top plate. 8. The disk slotter of claim 1, wherein the top plate and alignment bars are each manufactured from a molded polymer. 9. The disk slotter of claim 8 wherein the molded polymer is comprised of at least one of the polymers from the group of polymers consisting of polycarbonate, polypropylene, and polyester. 10. The disk slotter of claim 1, wherein the top plate and alignment bars are each manufactured from Polyoxymethylene (Delrin). 11. A disk slotter for use in aligning and inserting disks into a disk cassette, comprising: a top plate having a plurality of horizontal slots spanning across top surfaces of opposing side wall portions of said disk cassette at a spaced interval that corresponds to non consecutive vertical slots in the disk cassette when said disk slotter is releasably coupled to said disk cassette, each one of said horizontal slots arranged and dimensioned with a shaped opening that provides additional clearance on both sides of the disk to accommodate the disk while it is gripped manually or by a tool and to receive a disk as the disk is inserted through the horizontal slot in the disk slotter and into a pair of laterally opposing vertical slots of the disk cassette, each one of said plurality of horizontal slots located above and aligned with a pair of laterally opposing vertical slots in said disk cassette; anda pair of opposing alignment bars attached to the top plate to align the disk slotter to the disk cassette when the disk slotter is releasably coupled to the disk cassette, wherein the alignment bars are U-shaped. 12. The disk slotter of claim 11, wherein the horizontal slots are approximately hexagonal shaped or elliptical shaped. 13. The disk slotter of claim 11, wherein the plurality of horizontal slots includes 13 slots. 14. The disk slotter of claim 11, wherein the center to center spacing of each slot of the plurality of horizontal slots is approximately equal to 12.7 mm. 15. The disk slotter of claim 12, wherein a major axis of each hexagonal shaped slot or elliptical shaped slot is approximately equal to 76.2 mm. 16. The disk slotter of claim 11, wherein the plurality of horizontal slots are graphically labeled by numbers one through thirteen on a top surface of the top plate. 17. The disk slotter of claim 12, wherein a major axis of each hexagonal shaped slot or elliptical shaped slot is graphically labeled by alignment marks on a top surface of the top plate. 18. The disk slotter of claim 11, wherein the top plate and alignment bars are each manufactured from a molded polymer. 19. The disk slotter of claim 18, wherein the molded polymer is comprised of at least one of the polymers from the group of polymers consisting of polycarbonate, polypropylene, and polyester. 20. The disk slotter of claim 11, wherein the top plate and alignment bars are each manufactured from Polyoxymethylene (Delrin). 21. A method of using a disk slotter to accurately place a disk into a disk cassette, comprising: providing at least one disk;providing a disk cassette having a pair of axially opposing end portions and a pair of laterally opposing side wall portions spanning between said end portions, said end portions and said side wall portions defining a disk receiving region, each of said side wall portions having a plurality of laterally opposing vertical slots to secure said plurality of disks in said disk receiving region, said vertical slots being formed on interior surfaces of said opposing side wall portions, a pair of a plurality of pairs of vertical slots arranged and dimensioned to receive the disk;providing a disk slotter including a top plate releasably coupled to a top portion of said disk cassette, wherein the top plate includes a plurality of horizontal slots spanning across top surfaces of said opposing side wall portions at a spaced interval that corresponds to non-consecutive vertical slots in the disk cassette, each one of said horizontal slots arranged and dimensioned with a shaped opening that provides additional clearance on both sides of the disk to accommodate the disk while it is gripped manually or by a tool and to receive the disk, wherein the disk slotter further includes a pair of axially opposing alignment bars attached to the top plate to align the disk slotter to the disk cassette when the disk slotter is releasably coupled to the disk cassette and wherein the alignment bars are U-shaped; andinserting the at least one disk into the disk slotter for storage in the disk cassette, the at least one disk is inserted through a horizontal slot in the disk slotter and into a pair of laterally opposing vertical slots of the disk cassette, each one of said horizontal slots located above and aligned with a pair of laterally opposing vertical slots.