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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Naggrachi who wrote (42791)	1/8/1998 12:38:00 AM
From: Lurker	Respond to of 58324

More Info about the rivets from the Motley Fool Board: << Sunray, You almost got it completely right. The beauty of the rivet patent is twofold. First is the cost to add and tighten the screws during assembly and to remove them to recycle testing failures. The patent describes how to use rivets which are not fully installed during assembly and testing, but are only "sealed" after the disk passes inspection. There is no need to remove a temporary rivet and replace it with a permanent one. The rivet is "locked" through the application of heat, pressure, ultrasound, etc. The second advantage to the patent comes with the recycling of casings from defective disks (when the magnetic media is defective, not the case). As the screws are inserted and removed, the threads on the plastic case get more and more worn, destroying the precision fit of the platter within the case. (See some of the patents for stabilizing the spinning media.) The rivets, on the other hand, snap into place. If there is a problem, they snap apart. Only when everything is perfect, are they are sealed. For further information see the Mizuta patent (US 5,682,286). patent.womplex.ibm.com >>