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Disc cartridge

Granted 2 Jan 2001 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd. · originally Panasonic

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Inventors: Yasushi Kojima, Hiroshi Nakashima, Hiroyoshi Takagi, Takao Enomoto +4 · Examiner: M. H. Tung · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
116510
filed 6 Jan 1999
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US D435854
granted 2 Jan 2001

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front, top and right…

FIG. 1 is a front, top and right side perspective view of one embodiment of a disc cartridge showing our new design on an enlarged scale; FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the one embodiment; FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the one embodiment; FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of the one embodiment; FIG. 5 is a rear view of the one embodiment; FIG. 6 is a left side elevational view of the one embodiment; FIG. 7 is a right side elevational view of the one embodiment; FIG. 8 is a front, top and right side perspective view of another embodiment of a disc cartridge showing our new design on an enlarged scale; FIG. 9 is a front elevational view of the another embodiment; FIG. 10 is a top plan view of the another embodiment; FIG. 11 is a bottom plan view of the another embodiment; FIG. 12 is a rear view of the another embodiment; FIG. 13 is a left side elevational view of the another embodiment; and, FIG. 14 is a right side elevational view of the another embodiment.

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