Appeal No. 95-2788
Application 08/038,430
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection
of claims 21 through 39, all of the claims in the application.
The invention is directed to a disk storage cartridge
assembly and, more particularly, to such an assembly having a
casing with a wear factor associated with sliding contact with a
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door on the casing of less than 100x10 in -min/ft-lb-hr.
Representative independent claim 21 is reproduced as
follows:
21. A data storage cartridge assembly comprising:
a data storage medium for storing data thereon in
machine readable form;
a casing for supporting said data storage medium
therewithin and for shielding said data storage medium from
physical contact with other objects; and
a door slideably mounted on said casing for selectively
covering and uncovering an opening therein;
said casing having a wear factor associated with
sliding contact with said door of less than 100x10-10
in -min/ft-lb-hr; and3
said casing being constructed from a thermoplastic
material impregnated with a lubricating filler wherein said
lubricating filler comprises at least 15% by weight of said
casing.
No references are relied on by the examiner.
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