Picker support for disc duplicator
US6990674B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 8, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jan 24, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 1, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B17/10
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A CD or DVD disc processor, as shown, a recorder or duplicator (it could be a printer) has a pivoting picker mechanism having only one degree of freedom when driven for handling the discs for recording and stacking recorded discs. The picker mechanism picks the disc from the top of a supply stack of blank discs and places the disc on a loading tray of a recorder. The disc is moved into the recorder drive and removed after recording. The picker mechanism then picks the disc from the tray apparatus, the tray is retracted into the recorder, and the picker mechanism pivots beyond the tray to deposit the completed discs on a completed stack storage space below the tray level.
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