CD ROM storage device
US7505259B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | May 28, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 17, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 13, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B17/26
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
CD storage device is disclosed which includes a housing (12) in which a carousel (40) is supported for rotation in the housing. The carousel has a number compartments (85) each for storing a CD. The device includes a controlling circuit board (46) which can couple with a computer so that CDs can be stored and retrieved by inputting information into the computer which causes the carousel to rotate to present the storage compartment having the required CD at an opening for discharge. The device (10) includes an ejector (96) for ejecting CDs from a storage compartment (85). The storage device (10) may include a reader (210) into which CDs can be loaded for reading and then restored in the device so that the CDs can be used without the user needing to remove a CD from the device and locate it in a reader in the user's computer. The reader enables CDs to move linearly through the reader so that CDs can be stored by inserting them through the reader and ejected completely from the device by again passing through the reader in the opposite direction.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.