Compact disc transporter with dual transport sites
US5912873A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 18, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jun 15, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 18, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B17/225
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A compact disc loader and transport apparatus for placement within a compact disc storage magazine structure for transporting selected discs. The magazine structure includes a movement mechanism for movement of the loader and transport apparatus between storage shelves and drive mechanisms for retrieval and delivery of discs. The loader and transport apparatus has two laterally adjacent disc transport positions each including a plurality of disc engagers for cooperative frictional engagement of a disc presented thereto at at least two edge sites of the disc. Each disc engager is mounted at a periphery site of a respective motor driven rotatable platform whose rotation in cooperation with the rotation of at least one other platform moves the disc from or to a disc transport position of the loader and transport apparatus or between disc transport positions thereof. The loader and transport apparatus can then travel for delivery and/or further disc retrieval at another storage shelf or drive mechanism. It is preferred that the loader and transport apparatus have opposing openings through either of which a disc can be made to proceed. Lateral movement of a disc from one transport posit…
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