Container for flat recording media
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1. A container for flat recording media comprising:
- a housing having a front opening, said housing being sized to receive a plurality of slider members, and further including a plurality of intermediate floors formed in the housing to define individual compartments to receive the slider members, the intermediate floors having dish-like depressions;
a slider member cooperating with said housing for receiving the recording media and sliding in a first direction between a storage position wherein the recording media is fully within said housing to an ejected position partly outside the housing, the recording media having broader faces which lie substantially parallel to the side first direction when the media is supported on said slider member, said slider member further including a front wall for closing at least the portion of said housing front opening provided for said slider member when the slider member is pushed from the ejected position into the storage position, said front wall including a cut-out;
first spring means for biasing the slider member toward the ejected position;
stop means for limiting the travel of the slider member in said first direction and therefore defining said ejected position;
locking means for holding the slider member in the storage position against the bias of said first spring means; and
removal means operatively associated with said front wall for exposing portions of the broader faces of the recording media in the vicinity of the cut-out when said slider member is in the ejected position, such that the media can be manually grasped, pincer-like through the cut-out, and removed from the slider member over the front wall.
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A container for flat recording media with a housing and at least one slidably movable slider member, the front wall of which closes the opening in the housing. The front wall has a cut-out which makes it possible for a recording medium lying flat in the slider member to be grasped by its broad faces, the cut-out preferably being coverable by means of a separate component.
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26 Claims
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1. A container for flat recording media comprising:
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a housing having a front opening, said housing being sized to receive a plurality of slider members, and further including a plurality of intermediate floors formed in the housing to define individual compartments to receive the slider members, the intermediate floors having dish-like depressions; a slider member cooperating with said housing for receiving the recording media and sliding in a first direction between a storage position wherein the recording media is fully within said housing to an ejected position partly outside the housing, the recording media having broader faces which lie substantially parallel to the side first direction when the media is supported on said slider member, said slider member further including a front wall for closing at least the portion of said housing front opening provided for said slider member when the slider member is pushed from the ejected position into the storage position, said front wall including a cut-out; first spring means for biasing the slider member toward the ejected position; stop means for limiting the travel of the slider member in said first direction and therefore defining said ejected position; locking means for holding the slider member in the storage position against the bias of said first spring means; and removal means operatively associated with said front wall for exposing portions of the broader faces of the recording media in the vicinity of the cut-out when said slider member is in the ejected position, such that the media can be manually grasped, pincer-like through the cut-out, and removed from the slider member over the front wall.
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2. A container for flat recording media comprising:
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a housing having a front opening; a slider member cooperating with said housing for receiving the recording media and sliding in a first direction between a storage position wherein the recording media is fully within said housing to an ejected position partly outside the housing, the recording media having broader faces which lie substantially parallel to the said first direction when the media is supported on said slider member, said slider member further including a floor and a front wall for closing at least the portion of said housing front opening provided for said slider member when the slider member is pushed from the ejected position into the storage position, said front wall including a cut-out defining a free space; first spring means for biasing the slider member toward the ejected position; stop means for limiting the travel of the slider member in said first direction and therefore defining said ejected position; locking means for holding the slider member in the storage position against the bias of said first spring means; and removal means formed by a cut-out in the slider member floor that extends the free space of the front wall cut-out, for exposing portions of the broader faces of the recording media in the vicinity of the cut-outs when said slider member is in the ejected position, such that the media can be manually grasped, pincer-like through the cut-outs, and removed from the slider member over the front wall. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5)
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6. A container for flat recording media comprising:
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a housing having a front opening; a slider member cooperating with said housing for receiving the recording media and sliding in a first direction between a storage position wherein the recording media is fully within said housing to an ejected position partly outside the housing, the recording media having broader faces which lie substantially parallel to the said first direction when the media is supported on said slider member, said slider member further including a floor and a front wall for closing at least the portion of said housing front opening provided for said slider member when the slider member is pushed from the ejected position into the storage position, said front wall including a cut-out; first spring means for biasing the slider member toward the ejected position; stop means for limiting the travel of the slider member in said first direction and therefore defining said ejected position; locking means for holding the slider member in the storage position against the bias of said first spring means; and removal means operatively associated with said front wall for exposing said portions of the broader faces of the recording media in the vicinity of the cut-out when said slider member is in the ejected position, said removal means including a lifting spring for lifting the recording media away from the slider member floor in the vicinity of the cut-out such that the media can be manually grasped, pincer-like through the cut-out, and removed from the slider member over the front wall.
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7. A container for flat recording media comprising:
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a housing having a front opening; a slider member cooperating with said housing for receiving the recording media and sliding in a first direction between a storage position wherein the recording media is fully within said housing to an ejected position partly outside the housing, the recording media having broader faces which lie substantially parallel to the said first direction when the media is supported on said slider member, said slider member further including a front wall for closing at least the portion of said housing front opening provided for said slider member when the slider member is pushed from the ejected position into the storage position, said front wall including a cut-out; first spring means for biasing the slider member toward the ejected position; stop means for limiting the travel of the slider member in said first direction and therefore defining said ejected position; locking means for holding the slider member in the storage position against the bias of said first spring means; and removal means operatively associated with said front wall for exposing portions of the broader faces of the recording media in the vicinity of the cut-out when said slider member is in the ejected position, such that the media can be manually grasped, pincer-like through the cut-out, and removed from the slider member over the front wall; and means for closing the front wall cut-out, said means for closing being operatively associated with the locking means such that said means for closing can be moved away out of the front wall cut-out by unlocking the slider member. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A container for flat recording media comprising:
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a housing having a front opening; a slider member cooperating with said housing for receiving the recording media and sliding in a first direction between a storage position wherein the recording media is fully within said housing to an ejected position partly outside the housing, the recording media having broader faces which lie substantially parallel to the said first direction when the media is supported on said slider member, said slider member further including a front wall for closing at least the portion of said housing front opening provided for said slider member when the slider member is pushed from the ejected position into the storage position, said front wall including a cut-out; first spring means for biasing the slider member toward the ejected position; stop means for limiting the travel of the slider member in said first direction and therefore defining said ejected position; locking means for holding the slider member in the storage position against the bias of said first spring means; and removal means operatively associated with said front wall for exposing portions of the broader faces of the recording media in the vicinity of the cut-out when said slider member is in the ejected position, such that the media can be manually grasped, pincer-like through the cut-out, and removed from the slider member over the front wall; and means for closing the front wall cut-out, wherein said means for closing is biased by second spring means into an open position that exposes the front wall cut-out. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A container for flat recording media comprising:
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a housing having a front opening; a slider member cooperating with said housing for receiving the recording media and sliding in a first direction between a storage position wherein the recording media is fully within said housing to an ejected position partly outside the housing, the recording media having broader faces which lie substantially parallel to the said first direction when the media is supported on said slider member, said slider member further including a floor having a cut-out, the floor cut-out having one end facing towards the housing, and a front wall for closing at least the portion of said housing front opening provided for said slider member when the slider member is pushed from the ejected position into the storage position, said front wall including a cut-out; first spring means for biasing the slider member toward the ejected position; stop means for limiting the travel of the slider member in said first direction and therefore defining said ejected position; locking means for holding the slider member in the storage position against the bias of said first spring means; and removal means operatively associated with said front wall for exposing portions of the broader faces of the recording media in the vicinity of the cut-out when said slider member is in the ejected position, such that the media can be manually grasped, pincer-like through the cut-out, and removed from the slider member over the front wall; and means for closing the front wall cut-out and the cut-out in the floor of the slider member, said means for closing being L-shaped in profile so as to include two limbs, and one of said limbs is joined by hinge means to said one end of the cut-out in the floor. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A container for flat recording media comprising:
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a housing having a front opening; a slider member cooperating with said housing for receiving the recording media and sliding in a first direction between a storage position wherein the recording media is fully within said housing to an ejected position partly outside the housing, the recording media having broader faces which lie substantially parallel to the said first direction when the media is supported on said slider member, said media received on the slider member in the storage position defining a removal plane, said slider member further including a front wall for closing at least the portion of said housing front opening provided for said slider member when the slider member is pushed from the ejected position into the storage position, said front wall including a cut-out; first spring means for biasing the slider member toward the ejected position; stop means for limiting the travel of the slider member in said first direction and therefore defining said ejected position; locking means for holding the slider member in the storage position against the bias of the first spring means; and removal means operatively associated with said front wall for exposing portions of the broader faces of the recording media in the vicinity of the cut-out when said slider member is in the ejected position said removal means including means for pivoting the front wall, such that the media can be manually grasped, pincer-like through the cut-out, and removed from the slider member over the front wall along the removal plane. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A container for flat recording media comprising:
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a housing having a front opening; a plurality of slider members arranged one above the other and cooperating with said housing for receiving the recording media and sliding in a first direction between a storage position wherein the recording media is fully within said housing to an ejected position partly outside the housing, the recording media having broader faces which lie substantially parallel to the said first direction when the media is supported on said slider member, said slider member further including a front wall for closing at least the portion of said housing front opening provided for said slider member when the slider member is pushed from the ejected position into the storage position, said front wall including a cut-out; first spring means for biasing the slider member toward the ejected position; stop means for limiting the travel of the slider member in said first direction and therefore defining said ejected position; locking means for holding the slider member in the storage position against the bias of said first spring means; and removal means operatively associated with said front wall for exposing portions of the broader faces of the recording media in the vicinity of the cut-out when said slider member is in the ejected position, such that the media can be manually grasped, pincer-like through the cut-out, and removed from the slider member over the front wall; buttons for releasing the locking means, the release button of adjacent slider members being arranged in the region of the front wall so that the buttons are staggered in relation to one another.
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