US20030126839A1 - Device and method for packaging platelike information carriers - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to a device for packaging substantially platelike information carriers.
- Platinum information carriers should herein be understood to include at least information carriers having substantially a circular shape, such as CDs, for instance music CD, CD-ROM, CD-i, CD-RW or DVD, and information carriers having a substantially polygonal, in particular rectangular shape, such as chip cards, credit cards, SIM cards, memory cards or memory sticks, disks such as computer diskettes and minidisks and the like.
- CDs for instance music CD, CD-ROM, CD-i, CD-RW or DVD
- information carriers having a substantially polygonal, in particular rectangular shape such as chip cards, credit cards, SIM cards, memory cards or memory sticks, disks such as computer diskettes and minidisks and the like.
- CDs which are usually designated as Jewel-cases. They comprise two cover parts capable of hinging relative to each other, while in one of the cover parts, for instance with the aid of a tray inlay, a rosette is arranged.
- This rosette is formed by a number of resilient elements, disposed in a circle, over which the CD can be pressed, by way of the central opening thereof, to be retained by clamping, while protuberances of the elements engage the upper side of the CD.
- the segments When taking the CD out, the segments are elastically deformed, so that the CD can be pulled over the protuberances.
- the object of the invention is to provide a device for packaging information carriers as described in the introduction, in which the disadvantages of the known devices have at least partly been avoided, while maintaining the advantages thereof.
- a device according to the invention is characterized by the features according to claim 1.
- an information carrier is slid approximately parallel to its surface into receiving means in or on a cover part, such that at least a portion of its outer edge is guided and embraced by guide means, for positioning and retaining the information carrier.
- the guide elements can then be made particularly small, at least thin, so that they occupy relatively little space.
- the guide elements can be, for instance, somewhat rail-shaped, having, for instance, a somewhat U-shaped cross section, the legs of which extend approximately parallel to, or in, the respective cover part. Th e thickness of these legs can then be kept particularly small, for instance a few tenths of millimeters, since they do not need to provide any clamping action. They only need to limit movement of the information carrier in a direction approximately at right angles to its outer surface and to guide the information carrier when being placed and removed.
- the guide elements can also be mutually connected through a connecting part or even form part of a continuous element.
- At least one resilient element is provided which locks the information carrier in a lock position in the receiving means, which resilient element can be pushed aside by the information carrier being removed and/or being placed, but offers sufficient resistance to shifting of the information carrier in the lock position, for instance during displacement of the device with information carrier.
- a further advantage of a device according to the invention is that the information carrier will not come loose unintentionally when pressure is applied to the closed package, as may easily happen with the rosette of the known device.
- a finger can simply be stuck in the opening, whereafter the information carrier can be moved.
- the receiving means in particular the guide elements, can be designed such that a finger can be simply placed against a peripheral edge part of the information carrier for the purpose of moving it.
- the receiving means in particular the guide elements and the resilient elements, if any, are preferably dimensioned such that the information carrier is not clamped but is locked in the lock position, with the guide elements constituting sliding fits or guides with particularly little clearance, whilst the resilient projection or projections, substantially undeformed, abut against the side of the information carrier. Any clearance is then preferably appreciably smaller than the thickness of the information carrier, for instance maximally a few tenths or hundredths of the thickness thereof.
- the receiving means, and the cover part on or in which they are provided are dimensioned such that the information carrier is positionable on the cover part, partly next to the receiving means, and slidable along the receiving means into a lock position in the receiving means vice versa.
- the respective cover part is then provided with an upstanding longitudinal edge, such that the information carrier can be laid within the longitudinal edge, at least partly next to the receiving means, and the longitudinal edge can prevent the information carrier sliding off the respective cover part.
- the information carrier has its outer surfaces held in spaced relation from the cover parts, thereby preventing damages still better.
- a device according to the invention is injection molded, preferably in one piece, while the cover parts are mutually connected by a back, while integrally injection molded hinges (living hinges) are provided, so that a robust packaging device simple to manufacture and relatively inexpensive can be obtained.
- the sliding direction of the information carrier along a cover part, between a free position and a lock position when received in the receiving means can extend, for instance, parallel to the back of the storage device, but can also include an angle therewith, for instance an angle of approximately 90°.
- at least one cover part is provided with receiving means for receiving at least two information carriers and/or both cover parts are provided with receiving means.
- the known storage devices are relatively thick, for instance 10 mm or more, also when only one information carrier can be received therein. It is preferred, however, to make the packaging devices of relatively thin design, since in that case they occupy less space.
- the device can have a thickness of less than approximately 9 mm, allowing at least one information carrier to be received on one of the cover parts, whilst additionally, with the device closed, there is still room for further information means, such as, for instance, a booklet of a thickness of, for instance 3-4 mm. It will be clear that such a storage device can therefore be made of still thinner design.
- the wall thickness of a packaging device is preferably, at least as regards the faces of the cover parts, relatively small, preferably less than approximately 1 mm. Therefore, when packaging an information carrier of a thickness of, for instance, approximately 2 mm, the total thickness of the package can be limited to, for instance, approximately 6-6.5 mm or even approximately 4 mm. If the cover parts are made of extra thin design, even a still smaller thickness can be achieved.
- packaging device By designing the packaging device to have outside dimensions approximately corresponding to those of existing DVD cases, in particular approximately 135 ⁇ 190 mm, the advantage is achieved that packaging devices according to the invention can be used in standard storage devices, processing equipment, packaging machines and the like. However, other outside dimensions can naturally be used as well.
- the invention further relates to an assembly of a device according to the invention and an information carrier to be received or received therein.
- the invention furthermore relates to a method for filling a device according to the invention, characterized by the features according to claim 19.
- Such a method provides the advantage that the packaging device can be filled in a simple manner, necessitating only minor adaptations of existing packaging devices for, for instance, CDs or other platelike information carriers.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a packaging device according to the invention, with a CD in a free position;
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a clamping finger for booklets of a device according to FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a detail of a device according to FIG. 1 with receiving means;
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a detail of a back of a device according to FIG. 1 with cover parts attached thereto through hinge means;
- FIG. 5 is a front view of a device according to FIG. 1 in open position
- FIG. 6 is a rear view of a device according to FIG. 1 in open position
- FIGS. 7 - 9 show three alternative embodiments of a device according to the invention.
- FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a portion of the receiving means of a device according to FIG. 9;
- FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a device according to FIG. 9 and FIG. 10;
- FIG. 12 is a schematic perspective view of a portion of an alternative embodiment of receiving means according to the invention.
- FIG. 13 is a schematic front view of a cover part of a device according to the invention for receiving a rectangular information carrier.
- the devices according to the invention have been manufactured in one piece by injection molding from plastic, comprising cover parts which have been connected to each other and/or a back through integrally injection molded hinges (living hinges).
- the cover parts can be swung against each other for obtaining a box-shaped, closed package within which information carriers such as CDs, chip cards, diskettes, minidisks and the like can be locked.
- comparable devices can also be manufactured from several parts, for instance loose cover parts which can be connected to each other through suitable hinge means or can be loosely pressed onto each other. Suitable hinge means are sufficiently known, for instance as used in the known Jewel-box.
- FIG. 1 shows in perspective view a first embodiment of a device 1 according to the invention for packaging circular, substantially flat information carriers 2 , in particular CDs.
- the device 1 comprises a first cover part 3 and a second cover part 4 , with a back 5 arranged between them, mutually connected through living hinges 6 .
- the two cover parts 3 , 4 are provided with an upstanding longitudinal edge 7 , 8 , which edges have been profiled in a conventional manner, such that they can engage onto and/or into each other in the closed position when the cover parts 3 , 4 have been swung against each other.
- receiving means 9 are provided, within the longitudinal edge 7 , in which the information carrier 2 can be received in a lock position.
- FIG. 1 shows in perspective view a first embodiment of a device 1 according to the invention for packaging circular, substantially flat information carriers 2 , in particular CDs.
- the device 1 comprises a first cover part 3 and a second cover part 4 , with a back 5 arranged between them, mutually connected through living hinges 6
- the information carrier 2 has been placed in a free position on the first cover part 3 and, in a manner to be further described hereinafter, can thence be slid to a lock position, as schematically represented in broken lines in FIG. 5.
- clamping fingers 10 are provided adjacent the side remote from the back 5 , which extend into the interior of the package and under which, for instance, a booklet associated with the information carrier 2 can be clamped.
- the receiving means 9 comprise, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, two guide elements 11 , a stop shoulder 12 and two resilient fingers 13 .
- FIG. 3 in perspective view, on an enlarged scale, a guide element 11 with resilient finger 13 is shown.
- the guide element 11 has a somewhat U-shaped cross section, provided with a lower leg 14 , an upper leg 15 extending approximately parallel thereto, and an upright wall 16 .
- the legs 14 , 15 extend in the direction of each other. They are disposed approximately parallel to the cover face 17 of the first cover part 3 .
- the two guide elements 11 and the stop shoulder 12 are situated on an imaginary circle, such that an upstanding wall 18 and the upright walls 16 approximately define a semicircle having a radius approximately corresponding to the radius of the information carrier 2 .
- the distance between the lower leg 14 and the upper leg 15 is approximately equal to the thickness of the information carrier 2 , the arrangement being such that the information carrier 2 can be slipped, from the side remote from the stop shoulder 12 , into the guide elements 11 as far as the stop shoulder 12 , whereby a portion of the longitudinal edge 19 of the information carrier 2 is received between the lower legs 14 and the upper legs 15 of the two guide elements 11 and is thereby substantially secured against movement in a direction away from the wall 17 .
- the stop shoulder 12 and/or the guide elements 11 prevent the information carrier 2 from sliding further, beyond the stop shoulder 12 .
- the thickness of the lower leg 14 , as well as of the upper leg 15 is a few tenths of millimeters. Due to the information carrier 2 having its longitudinal edge 19 resting on the lower leg 14 , the outer surface of the information carrier 2 facing the closing face 17 is held in spaced relation therefrom, so that the information carrier 2 is protected.
- the depth of the groove 20 of the guide elements 11 , between the legs 14 , 15 is selected such that preferably only an unrecorded portion of the information carrier 2 is received therein, so that damage to the information carrier 2 is prevented still better.
- the groove 20 preferably forms a sliding fit for the longitudinal edge 19 , allowing only little play.
- the longitudinal edge 19 is preferably not clamped between the legs 14 , 15 , so that undesired stresses are prevented still better.
- the guide elements 11 are arranged symmetrically relative to a first axial line 21 , on opposite sides thereof, and link up approximately with a second axial line 22 , which extends at right angles to the first axial line 21 , such that the guide elements 11 and the stop shoulder 12 approximately include a semicircle.
- a circular segment-shaped support edge 23 On the side of the second axial line 22 remote from the stop shoulder 12 , shown in FIG. 5 as aligning with the guide elements 11 , there is provided a circular segment-shaped support edge 23 , which is so curved and so positioned as to be situated on the same (imaginary) circle as the guide elements 11 , at least the lower leg 14 and the stop shoulder 12 .
- the longitudinal edge 19 rests on the support edge 23 , or at a slight distance thereabove, for further support.
- the support edge 23 has a thickness above the cover face 17 approximately corresponding to the thickness of the lower leg 14 , or a little less.
- two curved lay-in shoulders 24 are positioned, having a bend radius corresponding to the radius of the information carrier 2 , which lay-in shoulders 24 have a somewhat L-shaped cross section, as shown in FIG. 5A.
- a relatively high first edge 25 next to it, a low edge 26 having a thickness approximately corresponding to the thickness of the lower leg 14 of the guide elements 11 . As shown in FIG.
- an information carrier 2 can be laid on the lay-in shoulders 24 , in particular on the low edge 26 , within the high edges 25 , with the information carrier 2 extending above the support edge 23 .
- a sliding shoulder 27 there extends, on opposite sides of the first axial line 21 , a sliding shoulder 27 , such that the information carrier 2 , while supported on the lay-in shoulders 24 , can be slid from the free position shown in FIG. 1 over the sliding shoulders 27 to the lock position shown in FIG. 5, with a part of the longitudinal edge 19 of the information carrier received in the guide means 11 and abutting against the stop shoulder 12 and possibly resting on the support edge 23 .
- This sliding movement can be performed in the opposite direction to take out the information carrier 2 .
- a finger can be inserted in the central opening 30 of the information carrier 2 to effect this sliding movement.
- FIG. 3A in front view, schematically shows a portion of a device 1 according to the invention, in particular a detail of the information carrier 2 in the lock position within the receiving means 9 . It shows that the information carrier 2 , when sliding in the slide-in direction S 1 from the free position (FIG. 1) to the lock position (FIG. 5), passes the resilient fingers 13 , whereby the fingers are elastically pushed aside from the position shown in full lines in FIG. 3A to the position represented in broken lines.
- the resilient elements 13 spring back to the position represented in full lines, thereby ending up, preferably undeformed, or deformed only to a particularly minor extent, against the side of the longitudinal edge 19 of the information carrier 2 .
- the information carrier 2 is locked by, on the one hand, the guide elements 11 and/or the stop shoulder 12 , against further displacement in the slide-in direction S 1 and against displacement in a direction at right angles to the closing face 17 , while the information carrier 2 is locked against sliding in the slide-out direction S 2 , opposite to the slide-in direction S 1 , by the resilient elements 13 .
- the resilient elements 13 Only when sufficient force is exerted on the information carrier 2 in the slide-out direction S 2 will the resilient elements 13 be elastically pushed aside again, so that the information carrier 2 can pass the resilient elements 13 . From the free position as shown in FIG. 1, the information carrier 2 can then be simply taken out, approximately at right angles to the closing face 17 .
- the receiving means 9 and the lay-in shoulders 24 extend completely within the longitudinal edge 7 , the information carrier 2 is prevented still better from coming loose unintentionally. Placing the information carrier 2 is particularly simple. In fact, it only needs to be laid flat within the lay-in shoulders 24 to be subsequently slid in the slide-in direction S 1 into the lock position. In the lock position, the receiving means 9 exert substantially no forces on the information carrier 2 , so that undesired stresses are simply prevented.
- FIG. 6 the device 1 according to the invention is shown, from the rear, in open position. Clearly visible are the guide elements 11 , the stop shoulder 12 , the resilient elements 13 and the lay-in shoulders 24 , as well as the clamping fingers 10 . On the first cover part 3 and the second cover part 4 , adjacent the longitudinal edge 7 , 8 , ridges 31 , 32 are provided which, in the closed position of the device 1 , are in mutual engagement for keeping the device 1 closed.
- FIG. 7 shows a first alternative embodiment of a device 1 according to the invention, in which the receiving means 9 , at least the stop shoulder 12 , has been displaced approximately against the longitudinal edge 7 , such that the information carrier 2 in the free position lies approximately in the middle of the cover part 3 , while in the lock position it is displaced with respect to the middle.
- the receiving means 9 on opposite sides of the middle of the first cover part 3 , receiving means 9 are provided, against or adjacent the longitudinal edge 7 , while the guide elements 11 on a first side of the middle are situated slightly higher than those on the second side.
- first a first information carrier 2 can be laid in the middle and be slid into the second receiving means 9 , whereafter a second information carrier 2 can be laid in the middle and can be slid into the first receiving means 9 .
- a packaging device of greater capacity is obtained.
- FIG. 8 a second alternative embodiment of a device 1 according to the invention is shown, in which the receiving means 9 have been rotated through 90° on the first cover part 3 , such that the slide-in direction S 1 extends at right angles to the longitudinal direction of the back 5 .
- the longitudinal edge 7 is then preferably lowered on the side remote from the back, so that the information carrier 2 can be slid over it.
- FIGS. 9, 10 and 11 a third alternative embodiment of a device 1 according to the invention is shown, arranged for receiving two information carriers on the first cover part 3 , which, in the lock position, are located directly above each other.
- the first cover part 3 is designed to be substantially mirror-symmetrical at least with respect to the second axial line 22 in front view as shown in FIG. 9, however, with receiving means 9 A, 9 B at different levels.
- the first receiving means 9 A shown in lower position in FIG. 11, are lower than the second receiving means 9 B.
- first lay-in shoulder 24 A, the first support edge 23 A and the first, lower guide means 11 are lower than the second lay-in shoulder 24 B, the second support edge 23 B and the second, upper guide means 11 B, which are placed on top of the first guide means 11 A.
- First and second resilient elements 13 A, 13 B are provided on opposite sides of the guide means 11 A, 11 B.
- a first information carrier 2 is deposited, in a free position, within the first lay-in shoulder 24 A, above the first support edge 23 A, in FIG. 11 adjacent the upper longitudinal edge 7 A.
- the information carrier 2 is slid in the slide-in direction S 1A towards the middle of the first cover part 3 , thereby elastically urging the first resilient elements 13 A outwards, so that a portion of the longitudinal edge 19 of the first information carrier 2 can be received in the first guide means 11 A.
- the first, lower information carrier 2 will then end up having its longitudinal edge disposed against the second finger 13 B and in an adjacent further part of the first guide means 11 A.
- the first information carrier 2 A will rest against the first and second resilient elements 13 A, 13 B, being substantially undeformed, and be partly received in the first guide means 11 A.
- a second information carrier 2 is deposited within the second lay-in shoulders 24 , adjacent the longitudinal edge 7 B shown in lower position in FIG. 11.
- This second information carrier 2 is then slid in the second slide-in direction SIB towards the middle of the first cover part 3 , into the second, upper guide elements 11 B, thereby elastically pushing aside the second resilient elements 13 B, until the information carrier 2 has passed them.
- the second information carrier 2 will then be just neatly disposed in a portion of the second guide means 11 B located behind the second fingers 13 A, viewed in the slide-in direction SIB. Then this second information carrier 2 too will be locked in a lock position, in the second guide element 11 B and between the resilient elements 13 A, 13 B.
- the resilient elements 13 A, 13 B can also be so designed as to engage only the first, lower information carrier 2 and the upper, second information carrier 2 , respectively.
- the second support edge 23 B for that matter, can function as stop shoulder for the first information carrier 2 .
- FIG. 12 schematically shows in perspective view a further alternative embodiment of receiving means 9 for a packaging device for information carriers according to the invention, the embodiment shown in FIG. 12 allowing two information carriers to be locked.
- two resilient elements 13 are provided, approximately as shown in FIG. 10, with carrying arms 40 which have opposite angles of inclination, slightly axially directed.
- Each resilient element 13 comprises a substantially cylindrical engagement element 41 , carried on the free end of the carrying arm 40 .
- Each engagement element 41 comprises at least one groove 42 between two locking edges 43 , situated above each other in axial direction.
- the height H of the groove 42 corresponds approximately to the thickness D of the information carrier 2 to be received therein, schematically represented in FIG. 12 in chain-dotted lines.
- the or each information carrier 2 can be slid in in a manner as described earlier in relation to the earlier embodiments, but the guide elements 11 are no longer necessary, nor the stop shoulders 12 .
- displacement in a direction at right angles to the surface of the information carrier 2 is prevented by the wide parts 43 of the engagement elements 41 , while movement in the slide-in or slide-out direction S 1 , S 2 is simply prevented by the resilient elements 13 .
- the resilient elements 13 as shown in FIG. 12 can also be combined with each of the embodiments described earlier. Moreover, they can be implemented in any suitable manner, for instance to have a cross section other than a substantially cylindrical cross section.
- FIG. 13 in front view, schematically shows a first cover part 3 of a further alternative embodiment of a device 1 according to the invention, suitable in particular for use for packaging rectangular information carriers, such as chip cards, SIM cards, diskettes and the like.
- the receiving means 9 again comprise guide elements 11 as described earlier and two stop shoulders 12 , in this embodiment designed as block-shaped elements having blind grooves 12 A.
- a lay-in shoulder 24 is provided on the opposite side of the cover part 3 , having a slightly curved recess 44 , in which, for instance, a finger can be inserted, next to an information carrier 2 when it has been laid on the relatively low leg 26 within the lay-in edge 24 .
- resilient elements 13 in this embodiment constituted by a somewhat omega-shaped strip 45 , attached, through the two legs 46 thereof, to projections 47 , with the convex parts 48 of the omega-shaped strips 45 facing each other.
- an information carrier 2 can be deposited, in a free position, within the lay-in shoulder 24 , on the side of the convex parts 48 proximal to the opening 44 , whereafter the information carrier 2 can be moved in the slide-in direction S 1 , thereby pushing the strips 45 aside in outward direction, so that the information carrier 2 can pass them and can be guided through the guide elements 11 into the blind grooves 12 A.
- the strips 45 will rebound and thereby lock the information carrier 2 . Taking out the information carrier 2 is simply possible through a reverse sliding movement.
- Devices according to the invention can be wholly or partly provided with print or be provided with in-mold labels.
- conventional sleeves for DVD cases, video cases and the like can be provided on the outside, for leaflets and the like.
- both the first and the second cover part can be provided with receiving means for information carriers, while all embodiments and associated variants shown can be combined within the same packaging device.
- Guide elements and support edges can be designed as separate parts but can also be mutually integrated, for instance as a continuous rail-shaped element of substantially U-shaped cross section.
- the stop shoulder can optionally be omitted.
- the resilient elements can be provided on one or both sides.
- the guide elements can be designed such that the slide-in direction to some extent includes an angle with the closing face 17 of the respective cover part, such that information carriers, while inclined relative to the cover part, can be slid into the lock position.
- information carriers 2 can be simply, by hand or mechanically, laid in or removed from a device 1 according to the invention.
- any combination of embodiments of parts of devices according to the invention as shown and described can be combined.
- further cover parts can be included as leaves between the first and second cover part, for instance connected with the back on which further receiving means can be provided, for instance for comparable information carriers, for booklets and the like.
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- This invention relates to a device for packaging substantially platelike information carriers.
- ‘Platelike information carriers’ should herein be understood to include at least information carriers having substantially a circular shape, such as CDs, for instance music CD, CD-ROM, CD-i, CD-RW or DVD, and information carriers having a substantially polygonal, in particular rectangular shape, such as chip cards, credit cards, SIM cards, memory cards or memory sticks, disks such as computer diskettes and minidisks and the like.
- Known from practice are storage devices for CDs which are usually designated as Jewel-cases. They comprise two cover parts capable of hinging relative to each other, while in one of the cover parts, for instance with the aid of a tray inlay, a rosette is arranged. This rosette is formed by a number of resilient elements, disposed in a circle, over which the CD can be pressed, by way of the central opening thereof, to be retained by clamping, while protuberances of the elements engage the upper side of the CD. When taking the CD out, the segments are elastically deformed, so that the CD can be pulled over the protuberances.
- These known devices have as a drawback that both when placing and when detaching the CD, as well as in the storage condition, forces are exerted on the CD which lead to undesired stresses in the CD and in the packaging device. This may give rise, for instance, to crack formation in the CD and/or fatigue damage in the rosette. Often, segments break from the rosette, so that the action of this device is considerably impaired or even annulled. A further disadvantage of these known devices is that they take up relatively much space, more specifically, are relatively thick, especially due to the rosettes. The fact is that the rosettes in any case must have a height slightly greater than the thickness of the CD to enable them to engage the upper side of the CD. Moreover, under the CD, some space is to remain clear to enable sufficient deformation of the rosette to allow the CD to be placed and removed. Together with the necessary wall thicknesses of the cover parts, this leads to a minimum thickness of about 10 mm.
- Further, these known devices have as a disadvantage that placing, and especially removing, the CD is difficult, for instance because the CD must be retained at its outer peripheral edge and the rosette must be depressed simultaneously, which requires relatively large hands and good coordination.
- The object of the invention is to provide a device for packaging information carriers as described in the introduction, in which the disadvantages of the known devices have at least partly been avoided, while maintaining the advantages thereof. To that end, a device according to the invention is characterized by the features according to
claim 1. - With a device according to the invention, an information carrier is slid approximately parallel to its surface into receiving means in or on a cover part, such that at least a portion of its outer edge is guided and embraced by guide means, for positioning and retaining the information carrier. The guide elements can then be made particularly small, at least thin, so that they occupy relatively little space. Thus, the guide elements can be, for instance, somewhat rail-shaped, having, for instance, a somewhat U-shaped cross section, the legs of which extend approximately parallel to, or in, the respective cover part. Th e thickness of these legs can then be kept particularly small, for instance a few tenths of millimeters, since they do not need to provide any clamping action. They only need to limit movement of the information carrier in a direction approximately at right angles to its outer surface and to guide the information carrier when being placed and removed. For that matter, the guide elements can also be mutually connected through a connecting part or even form part of a continuous element.
- In a device according to the invention, it is particularly advantageous if at least one resilient element is provided which locks the information carrier in a lock position in the receiving means, which resilient element can be pushed aside by the information carrier being removed and/or being placed, but offers sufficient resistance to shifting of the information carrier in the lock position, for instance during displacement of the device with information carrier.
- In a device according to the invention, both when placing and when removing the information carrier, as well as in the lock position, no undesired forces, in particular no bending forces, are exerted on the information carrier. Only the resilient elements, when placing and removing the information carrier, will exert some force, approximately parallel to the flat outer sides of the information carrier, against the peripheral edge, which will not lead to undesired stresses in the information carrier. Moreover, no prolonged deformations need to arise in particular in the resilient fingers and the further receiving means, so that problems of fatigue will not occur.
- A further advantage of a device according to the invention is that the information carrier will not come loose unintentionally when pressure is applied to the closed package, as may easily happen with the rosette of the known device. In the use of a device according to the invention for packaging, for instance, CDs or like devices having at least one opening, a finger can simply be stuck in the opening, whereafter the information carrier can be moved. Also, the receiving means, in particular the guide elements, can be designed such that a finger can be simply placed against a peripheral edge part of the information carrier for the purpose of moving it.
- In a device according to the invention, the receiving means, in particular the guide elements and the resilient elements, if any, are preferably dimensioned such that the information carrier is not clamped but is locked in the lock position, with the guide elements constituting sliding fits or guides with particularly little clearance, whilst the resilient projection or projections, substantially undeformed, abut against the side of the information carrier. Any clearance is then preferably appreciably smaller than the thickness of the information carrier, for instance maximally a few tenths or hundredths of the thickness thereof.
- In a particularly advantageous embodiment, the receiving means, and the cover part on or in which they are provided, are dimensioned such that the information carrier is positionable on the cover part, partly next to the receiving means, and slidable along the receiving means into a lock position in the receiving means vice versa. This renders placement and removal simpler still. Preferably, the respective cover part is then provided with an upstanding longitudinal edge, such that the information carrier can be laid within the longitudinal edge, at least partly next to the receiving means, and the longitudinal edge can prevent the information carrier sliding off the respective cover part.
- Preferably, in the lock position mentioned, the information carrier has its outer surfaces held in spaced relation from the cover parts, thereby preventing damages still better.
- In a further advantageous embodiment, a device according to the invention is injection molded, preferably in one piece, while the cover parts are mutually connected by a back, while integrally injection molded hinges (living hinges) are provided, so that a robust packaging device simple to manufacture and relatively inexpensive can be obtained.
- In a device according to the invention, the sliding direction of the information carrier along a cover part, between a free position and a lock position when received in the receiving means, can extend, for instance, parallel to the back of the storage device, but can also include an angle therewith, for instance an angle of approximately 90°. In an advantageous further elaboration, at least one cover part is provided with receiving means for receiving at least two information carriers and/or both cover parts are provided with receiving means. Thus, several information carriers can be packaged in the same device.
- As described, the known storage devices are relatively thick, for
instance 10 mm or more, also when only one information carrier can be received therein. It is preferred, however, to make the packaging devices of relatively thin design, since in that case they occupy less space. Surprisingly, it has been found that with a packaging device according to the invention, the device can have a thickness of less than approximately 9 mm, allowing at least one information carrier to be received on one of the cover parts, whilst additionally, with the device closed, there is still room for further information means, such as, for instance, a booklet of a thickness of, for instance 3-4 mm. It will be clear that such a storage device can therefore be made of still thinner design. The wall thickness of a packaging device according to the invention is preferably, at least as regards the faces of the cover parts, relatively small, preferably less than approximately 1 mm. Therefore, when packaging an information carrier of a thickness of, for instance, approximately 2 mm, the total thickness of the package can be limited to, for instance, approximately 6-6.5 mm or even approximately 4 mm. If the cover parts are made of extra thin design, even a still smaller thickness can be achieved. - By designing the packaging device to have outside dimensions approximately corresponding to those of existing DVD cases, in particular approximately 135×190 mm, the advantage is achieved that packaging devices according to the invention can be used in standard storage devices, processing equipment, packaging machines and the like. However, other outside dimensions can naturally be used as well.
- The invention further relates to an assembly of a device according to the invention and an information carrier to be received or received therein.
- The invention furthermore relates to a method for filling a device according to the invention, characterized by the features according to
claim 19. - Such a method provides the advantage that the packaging device can be filled in a simple manner, necessitating only minor adaptations of existing packaging devices for, for instance, CDs or other platelike information carriers.
- In the further subclaims, further advantageous embodiments of packaging devices according to the invention are set forth.
- To clarify the invention, exemplary embodiments of a packaging device, assembly and method according to the invention will be further elucidated with reference to the drawing. In the drawing:
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a packaging device according to the invention, with a CD in a free position;
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a clamping finger for booklets of a device according to FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a detail of a device according to FIG. 1 with receiving means;
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a detail of a back of a device according to FIG. 1 with cover parts attached thereto through hinge means;
- FIG. 5 is a front view of a device according to FIG. 1 in open position;
- FIG. 6 is a rear view of a device according to FIG. 1 in open position;
- FIGS.7-9 show three alternative embodiments of a device according to the invention;
- FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a portion of the receiving means of a device according to FIG. 9;
- FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a device according to FIG. 9 and FIG. 10;
- FIG. 12 is a schematic perspective view of a portion of an alternative embodiment of receiving means according to the invention; and
- FIG. 13 is a schematic front view of a cover part of a device according to the invention for receiving a rectangular information carrier.
- In this description, the same or corresponding parts have the same or corresponding reference numerals. In the embodiments shown, the devices according to the invention have been manufactured in one piece by injection molding from plastic, comprising cover parts which have been connected to each other and/or a back through integrally injection molded hinges (living hinges). The cover parts can be swung against each other for obtaining a box-shaped, closed package within which information carriers such as CDs, chip cards, diskettes, minidisks and the like can be locked. It will be clear, however, that comparable devices can also be manufactured from several parts, for instance loose cover parts which can be connected to each other through suitable hinge means or can be loosely pressed onto each other. Suitable hinge means are sufficiently known, for instance as used in the known Jewel-box.
- FIG. 1 shows in perspective view a first embodiment of a
device 1 according to the invention for packaging circular, substantiallyflat information carriers 2, in particular CDs. Thedevice 1 comprises afirst cover part 3 and asecond cover part 4, with aback 5 arranged between them, mutually connected through living hinges 6. The twocover parts longitudinal edge cover parts first cover part 3, receiving means 9 are provided, within thelongitudinal edge 7, in which theinformation carrier 2 can be received in a lock position. In FIG. 1, theinformation carrier 2 has been placed in a free position on thefirst cover part 3 and, in a manner to be further described hereinafter, can thence be slid to a lock position, as schematically represented in broken lines in FIG. 5. In thesecond cover part 4, clampingfingers 10 are provided adjacent the side remote from theback 5, which extend into the interior of the package and under which, for instance, a booklet associated with theinformation carrier 2 can be clamped. - The receiving means9 comprise, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, two
guide elements 11, astop shoulder 12 and tworesilient fingers 13. In FIG. 3, in perspective view, on an enlarged scale, aguide element 11 withresilient finger 13 is shown. Theguide element 11 has a somewhat U-shaped cross section, provided with alower leg 14, anupper leg 15 extending approximately parallel thereto, and anupright wall 16. Of the twoguide elements 11, thelegs cover face 17 of thefirst cover part 3. The twoguide elements 11 and thestop shoulder 12 are situated on an imaginary circle, such that anupstanding wall 18 and theupright walls 16 approximately define a semicircle having a radius approximately corresponding to the radius of theinformation carrier 2. The distance between thelower leg 14 and theupper leg 15 is approximately equal to the thickness of theinformation carrier 2, the arrangement being such that theinformation carrier 2 can be slipped, from the side remote from thestop shoulder 12, into theguide elements 11 as far as thestop shoulder 12, whereby a portion of thelongitudinal edge 19 of theinformation carrier 2 is received between thelower legs 14 and theupper legs 15 of the twoguide elements 11 and is thereby substantially secured against movement in a direction away from thewall 17. Additionally, thestop shoulder 12 and/or theguide elements 11 prevent theinformation carrier 2 from sliding further, beyond thestop shoulder 12. The thickness of thelower leg 14, as well as of theupper leg 15, is a few tenths of millimeters. Due to theinformation carrier 2 having itslongitudinal edge 19 resting on thelower leg 14, the outer surface of theinformation carrier 2 facing the closingface 17 is held in spaced relation therefrom, so that theinformation carrier 2 is protected. The depth of thegroove 20 of theguide elements 11, between thelegs information carrier 2 is received therein, so that damage to theinformation carrier 2 is prevented still better. Thegroove 20 preferably forms a sliding fit for thelongitudinal edge 19, allowing only little play. Thelongitudinal edge 19 is preferably not clamped between thelegs - The
guide elements 11 are arranged symmetrically relative to a firstaxial line 21, on opposite sides thereof, and link up approximately with a secondaxial line 22, which extends at right angles to the firstaxial line 21, such that theguide elements 11 and thestop shoulder 12 approximately include a semicircle. On the side of the secondaxial line 22 remote from thestop shoulder 12, shown in FIG. 5 as aligning with theguide elements 11, there is provided a circular segment-shapedsupport edge 23, which is so curved and so positioned as to be situated on the same (imaginary) circle as theguide elements 11, at least thelower leg 14 and thestop shoulder 12. In the lock position of theinformation carrier 2 as shown in FIG. 5, thelongitudinal edge 19 rests on thesupport edge 23, or at a slight distance thereabove, for further support. Thesupport edge 23 has a thickness above thecover face 17 approximately corresponding to the thickness of thelower leg 14, or a little less. At a greater distance from the secondaxial line 22, two curved lay-inshoulders 24 are positioned, having a bend radius corresponding to the radius of theinformation carrier 2, which lay-inshoulders 24 have a somewhat L-shaped cross section, as shown in FIG. 5A. Provided on the side facing outwards is a relatively highfirst edge 25; next to it, alow edge 26 having a thickness approximately corresponding to the thickness of thelower leg 14 of theguide elements 11. As shown in FIG. 5A by broken lines, aninformation carrier 2 can be laid on the lay-inshoulders 24, in particular on thelow edge 26, within thehigh edges 25, with theinformation carrier 2 extending above thesupport edge 23. Between the lay-inshoulders 24 and theguide elements 11, there extends, on opposite sides of the firstaxial line 21, a slidingshoulder 27, such that theinformation carrier 2, while supported on the lay-inshoulders 24, can be slid from the free position shown in FIG. 1 over the slidingshoulders 27 to the lock position shown in FIG. 5, with a part of thelongitudinal edge 19 of the information carrier received in the guide means 11 and abutting against thestop shoulder 12 and possibly resting on thesupport edge 23. This sliding movement can be performed in the opposite direction to take out theinformation carrier 2. In a simple manner, for instance, a finger can be inserted in thecentral opening 30 of theinformation carrier 2 to effect this sliding movement. - The
resilient fingers 13, as appears clearly from, for instance, FIG. 3, are attached to the ends of the lay-inshoulders 24 proximal to theguide elements 11, and extend inwards, in the direction of the secondaxial line 22. FIG. 3A, in front view, schematically shows a portion of adevice 1 according to the invention, in particular a detail of theinformation carrier 2 in the lock position within the receiving means 9. It shows that theinformation carrier 2, when sliding in the slide-in direction S1 from the free position (FIG. 1) to the lock position (FIG. 5), passes theresilient fingers 13, whereby the fingers are elastically pushed aside from the position shown in full lines in FIG. 3A to the position represented in broken lines. After theinformation carrier 2 has passed, theresilient elements 13 spring back to the position represented in full lines, thereby ending up, preferably undeformed, or deformed only to a particularly minor extent, against the side of thelongitudinal edge 19 of theinformation carrier 2. In this position, theinformation carrier 2 is locked by, on the one hand, theguide elements 11 and/or thestop shoulder 12, against further displacement in the slide-in direction S1 and against displacement in a direction at right angles to theclosing face 17, while theinformation carrier 2 is locked against sliding in the slide-out direction S2, opposite to the slide-in direction S1, by theresilient elements 13. Only when sufficient force is exerted on theinformation carrier 2 in the slide-out direction S2 will theresilient elements 13 be elastically pushed aside again, so that theinformation carrier 2 can pass theresilient elements 13. From the free position as shown in FIG. 1, theinformation carrier 2 can then be simply taken out, approximately at right angles to theclosing face 17. - Since the receiving means9 and the lay-in
shoulders 24 extend completely within thelongitudinal edge 7, theinformation carrier 2 is prevented still better from coming loose unintentionally. Placing theinformation carrier 2 is particularly simple. In fact, it only needs to be laid flat within the lay-inshoulders 24 to be subsequently slid in the slide-in direction S1 into the lock position. In the lock position, the receiving means 9 exert substantially no forces on theinformation carrier 2, so that undesired stresses are simply prevented. - In FIG. 6, the
device 1 according to the invention is shown, from the rear, in open position. Clearly visible are theguide elements 11, thestop shoulder 12, theresilient elements 13 and the lay-inshoulders 24, as well as the clampingfingers 10. On thefirst cover part 3 and thesecond cover part 4, adjacent thelongitudinal edge ridges device 1, are in mutual engagement for keeping thedevice 1 closed. - FIG. 7 shows a first alternative embodiment of a
device 1 according to the invention, in which the receiving means 9, at least thestop shoulder 12, has been displaced approximately against thelongitudinal edge 7, such that theinformation carrier 2 in the free position lies approximately in the middle of thecover part 3, while in the lock position it is displaced with respect to the middle. In a variant of this, not shown, on opposite sides of the middle of thefirst cover part 3, receiving means 9 are provided, against or adjacent thelongitudinal edge 7, while theguide elements 11 on a first side of the middle are situated slightly higher than those on the second side. In such an embodiment, first afirst information carrier 2 can be laid in the middle and be slid into the second receiving means 9, whereafter asecond information carrier 2 can be laid in the middle and can be slid into the first receiving means 9. Thus, a packaging device of greater capacity is obtained. - In FIG. 8, a second alternative embodiment of a
device 1 according to the invention is shown, in which the receiving means 9 have been rotated through 90° on thefirst cover part 3, such that the slide-in direction S1 extends at right angles to the longitudinal direction of theback 5. Thelongitudinal edge 7 is then preferably lowered on the side remote from the back, so that theinformation carrier 2 can be slid over it. - In FIGS. 9, 10 and11, a third alternative embodiment of a
device 1 according to the invention is shown, arranged for receiving two information carriers on thefirst cover part 3, which, in the lock position, are located directly above each other. To that end, thefirst cover part 3 is designed to be substantially mirror-symmetrical at least with respect to the secondaxial line 22 in front view as shown in FIG. 9, however, with receiving means 9A, 9B at different levels. As appears clearly from FIG. 11, the first receiving means 9A, shown in lower position in FIG. 11, are lower than the second receiving means 9B. This means in particular that the first lay-inshoulder 24A, thefirst support edge 23A and the first, lower guide means 11 are lower than the second lay-inshoulder 24B, thesecond support edge 23B and the second, upper guide means 11B, which are placed on top of the first guide means 11A. First and secondresilient elements first information carrier 2 is deposited, in a free position, within the first lay-inshoulder 24A, above thefirst support edge 23A, in FIG. 11 adjacent the upperlongitudinal edge 7A. Then theinformation carrier 2 is slid in the slide-in direction S1A towards the middle of thefirst cover part 3, thereby elastically urging the firstresilient elements 13A outwards, so that a portion of thelongitudinal edge 19 of thefirst information carrier 2 can be received in the first guide means 11A. The first,lower information carrier 2 will then end up having its longitudinal edge disposed against thesecond finger 13B and in an adjacent further part of the first guide means 11A. In other words, the first information carrier 2A will rest against the first and secondresilient elements second information carrier 2 is deposited within the second lay-inshoulders 24, adjacent the longitudinal edge 7B shown in lower position in FIG. 11. Thissecond information carrier 2 is then slid in the second slide-in direction SIB towards the middle of thefirst cover part 3, into the second,upper guide elements 11B, thereby elastically pushing aside the secondresilient elements 13B, until theinformation carrier 2 has passed them. Thesecond information carrier 2 will then be just neatly disposed in a portion of the second guide means 11B located behind thesecond fingers 13A, viewed in the slide-in direction SIB. Then thissecond information carrier 2 too will be locked in a lock position, in thesecond guide element 11B and between theresilient elements resilient elements lower information carrier 2 and the upper,second information carrier 2, respectively. Thesecond support edge 23B, for that matter, can function as stop shoulder for thefirst information carrier 2. - FIG. 12 schematically shows in perspective view a further alternative embodiment of receiving means9 for a packaging device for information carriers according to the invention, the embodiment shown in FIG. 12 allowing two information carriers to be locked. In this embodiment, on two opposite sides of the information carrier, two
resilient elements 13 are provided, approximately as shown in FIG. 10, with carryingarms 40 which have opposite angles of inclination, slightly axially directed. Eachresilient element 13 comprises a substantiallycylindrical engagement element 41, carried on the free end of the carryingarm 40. Eachengagement element 41 comprises at least onegroove 42 between two lockingedges 43, situated above each other in axial direction. The height H of thegroove 42 corresponds approximately to the thickness D of theinformation carrier 2 to be received therein, schematically represented in FIG. 12 in chain-dotted lines. In FIG. 12 twogrooves 42 are shown above each other, so that two information carriers S2 can be received above each other in theresilient elements 13. In such an embodiment, the or eachinformation carrier 2 can be slid in in a manner as described earlier in relation to the earlier embodiments, but theguide elements 11 are no longer necessary, nor the stop shoulders 12. In fact, displacement in a direction at right angles to the surface of theinformation carrier 2 is prevented by thewide parts 43 of theengagement elements 41, while movement in the slide-in or slide-out direction S1, S2 is simply prevented by theresilient elements 13. Naturally, theresilient elements 13 as shown in FIG. 12 can also be combined with each of the embodiments described earlier. Moreover, they can be implemented in any suitable manner, for instance to have a cross section other than a substantially cylindrical cross section. - FIG. 13, in front view, schematically shows a
first cover part 3 of a further alternative embodiment of adevice 1 according to the invention, suitable in particular for use for packaging rectangular information carriers, such as chip cards, SIM cards, diskettes and the like. In this embodiment, the receiving means 9 again comprise guideelements 11 as described earlier and two stopshoulders 12, in this embodiment designed as block-shaped elements havingblind grooves 12A. A lay-inshoulder 24 is provided on the opposite side of thecover part 3, having a slightlycurved recess 44, in which, for instance, a finger can be inserted, next to aninformation carrier 2 when it has been laid on the relativelylow leg 26 within the lay-inedge 24. Provided adjacent theguide elements 11 areresilient elements 13, in this embodiment constituted by a somewhat omega-shapedstrip 45, attached, through the twolegs 46 thereof, toprojections 47, with theconvex parts 48 of the omega-shapedstrips 45 facing each other. In this embodiment, aninformation carrier 2 can be deposited, in a free position, within the lay-inshoulder 24, on the side of theconvex parts 48 proximal to theopening 44, whereafter theinformation carrier 2 can be moved in the slide-in direction S1, thereby pushing thestrips 45 aside in outward direction, so that theinformation carrier 2 can pass them and can be guided through theguide elements 11 into theblind grooves 12A. When theinformation carrier 2 has passed completely, thestrips 45 will rebound and thereby lock theinformation carrier 2. Taking out theinformation carrier 2 is simply possible through a reverse sliding movement. - These elements designed as resilient strips can be used in the embodiments shown earlier, for instance on one side, while they can extend into the back if the first cover part is connected directly, i.e., not hingedly, to the back.
- Devices according to the invention can be wholly or partly provided with print or be provided with in-mold labels. Moreover, conventional sleeves for DVD cases, video cases and the like can be provided on the outside, for leaflets and the like.
- It will be clear that the invention is not limited to the exemplary embodiments presented in the description and drawing. Many variations thereon are possible within the framework of the invention outlined by the claims. Thus, both the first and the second cover part can be provided with receiving means for information carriers, while all embodiments and associated variants shown can be combined within the same packaging device. Guide elements and support edges can be designed as separate parts but can also be mutually integrated, for instance as a continuous rail-shaped element of substantially U-shaped cross section. Also, the stop shoulder can optionally be omitted. The resilient elements can be provided on one or both sides. The guide elements can be designed such that the slide-in direction to some extent includes an angle with the closing
face 17 of the respective cover part, such that information carriers, while inclined relative to the cover part, can be slid into the lock position. In such an embodiment, for instance, on one cover part, two information carriers can be slid one under the other, to some extent overlapping like roof tiles.Information carriers 2 can be simply, by hand or mechanically, laid in or removed from adevice 1 according to the invention. Within the framework of the invention, any combination of embodiments of parts of devices according to the invention as shown and described can be combined. Optionally, further cover parts can be included as leaves between the first and second cover part, for instance connected with the back on which further receiving means can be provided, for instance for comparable information carriers, for booklets and the like. - These and many comparable variations are understood to fall within the scope of the invention as outlined by the claims.
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