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7555758 Transportation device and compact disc processing system using the same  
A transportation device for moving a compact disc includes a moving arm, a screw bolt, and a guide track device. The moving arm has a first end, and the first end has a protrusive section located...
7466511 Hand mechanism in a cartridge library apparatus being associated with a buffer mechanism to allow the hand mechanism to hold a cartridge even when the hand mechanism is not positioned at an optimal, normal position  
A library apparatus comprises a plurality of cartridges each containing a recording medium, a storage rack in which the plurality of cartridges is stored, at least one drive that records or...
RE40598 Memory storage disk handling system having a servo-driven elevator pin  
A memory storage disk handling system includes a housing, an elevator pin mounted on the housing for lifting disks, a servo motor with a cam arm. The servo motor rotates to pivot the cam arm, which...
7457205 Linear optical disk changer with side switching capabilities  
An optical disk changer that is capable of automatically playing both sides of a dual-sided optical disk. By coordinated rotation and delivery of disks taken from a linear disk storage bin, both...
7376961 Contactless power and/or data transmission in an automated data storage library employing segmented coils  
A contactless power system for an automated data storage library having a plurality of storage shelves for storing data storage cartridges, at least one picker for accessing the data storage...
7349294 Disc error checking sensor for printers and duplicators  
A disc processor, such as a printer or a recorder, or a combination processor, has a robotic arm that will pick a compact disc to be processed from a storage stack and move it to a tray associated...
7305684 Optical media pick and process  
A pick for a compact disc controller is provided in which a tip of the pick defines a plurality of flexible outer wall segments. An internal plunger is used to expand the wall segments in a radial...
7243357 Disk device  
A disk device including a first disk holder movable with disk conveyance, a second disk holder opposed to a groove portion formed in the first disk holder and holding a disk grippingly in...
7146620 Optical media pick and process  
A pick for a compact disc controller is provided in which a tip of the pick defines a plurality of flexible outer wall segments. An internal plunger is used to expand the wall segments in a radial...
7072570 Disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus and control method thereof  
Provided are: a turn table for storing a disk shaped recording medium Dn to be vertically placed; a disk drive unit disposed at the center part of the table, the disk drive unit mounting a...
6917570 Medium controller with slot-mounted sensors  
When a medium is stored or removed manually, all slots must be checked to find any change in medium information, and as a result, updating medium storage information takes a long time. A medium...
6802070 Compact disc transporter  
A CD transporter includes a CD gripper for gripping a top CD off a vertical stack of CD's is provided. The CD gripper includes an actuatable gripping member and at least one stationary gripping...
6515946 Medium controller with medium-identifying information memory  
When a medium is stored or removed manually, all slots must be checked to find any change in medium information, and as a result, updating medium storage information takes a long time. A medium...
6510110 Disk carrying apparatus and disk carrying method involving determining optimum stop position of disk carrier based on detected stopping state of disk carrier  
A disk-type recording medium is carried by a disk carrying section and accommodated into one of layered accommodation shelves of a disk accommodation section. A memory stores position information...
6178153 Compact disk auto-exchanger and method thereof  
A compact disk auto-exchanger and a method thereof which are capable of more rapidly and accurately moving a compact disk arranged in a magazine to a compact disk player, and loading/unloading the...
6122231 Disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus and disc presence detecting method  
A disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus provided with disc exchange function to carry out recording/reproduction while carrying out exchange between plural discs held within a disc holding...
6111847 Picker device and method for handling planar objects having an aperture therein  
A picker device for engaging the topmost one of a stacked plurality of media having center apertures formed therein includes a resilient spring slidably supported within a support base at its upper...
6084832 Automatic disc changer for a disc reproducing device  
An automatic disc changer having a disc player, a disc holder for storing a plurality of discs, and a disc loading device for carrying a disc from the disc holder and for loading the disc on the...
6005745 Cartridge library with entry/exit port and method of operation thereof  
An automated cartridge library (2230) has a cartridge transport system (2240) which transports cartridges of information storage media between a cartridge storage section (2234) and a drive section...
6005744 Storage device for storing magazines of recordable media  
A storage device for recordable media provides for ease of access for replacing disks, and transportability with ease of installation at any desired site. A front storage portion and a rear storage...
5995459 Flipper mechanism for double-sided media  
A data media storage library for storing and accessing storage media such as optical discs, CDs, tape cartridges, and PCMCIA cards, consisting of a housing containing a storage array with a number...
5940355 Data storage device including a transport mechanism for moving disk storage media between a plurality of removable magazines and a disk drive  
A CD-ROM tower holds 100 CD-ROM disks or like media in five removable magazines. The magazines are identifiable by a robotics control system in the tower. The tower further includes four drives...
5912873 Compact disc transporter with dual transport sites  
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...
5910939 Automatic disc changer for an information recording or reproducing system  
A disc carrier is provided for carrying a disc between a magazine and a disc player. The disc carrier has a rotating device and a chuck member provided on the rotating device. A direction of the...
5907532 Data disc handling, storage, and retrieval apparatus and method  
A data disc handling, storage, and retrieval apparatus and method therefor is disclosed which utilizes parallel storage racks and a parallel bank of data disc drives with a transport assembly for...
5886974 Compact disc loader and transport apparatus  
A compact disc loader and transport apparatus for placement within a compact disc storage magazine for transporting selected compact discs, with the magazine including a movement mechanism for...
5870357 Multidisk CD-storage, retrieval, and playback system including an elevator system having a gripper and front and rear pushers  
A multidisk CD storage, retrieval, and playback system and process of operation is described. The system contains a storage magazine containing a multiplicity of disks, typically 75 or more, and...
5818802 Disc player with rigid gripper arm and sled  
A disc player has two opposite disc magazines with a plurality of disc holders which each receive a disc and are arranged one above the other in compartments. A transport arrangement movable in the...
5764615 Data storage library with single shaft  
A data storage library for storing and accessing data storage media, consisting of a housing, a storage array within the housing, the storage array having a wall, a media storage element arranged...
5715230 Device for feeding a disc in an autochanger  
A device for feeding discs in an autochanger is disclosed. The device feed, using a simple disc feeding mechanism, the compact discs between the disc magazines and the compact disc players of the...
5703453 Horizontal state correction circuit of a disk transferring device and method therefor  
The present invention provides a circuit for correcting a horizontal state of a disk transferring device including chucks for clamping a selected disk from a cartridge, a chuck transferring body...
5646917 Carrier system for carrying mediums  
A stocker box stocking a plurality of CDs and a player box adjacent to the stocker box are disposed next to each other. Each of the boxes has an opening on a side wall so as to oppose to an opening...
5485436 System and method for accessing information on stored optical discs  
An automatic disc handling system and method for retrieving and positioning information carrying discs between a storage position to a position of use is described. A displaceable robot having a...
5431520 Disc-shaped object storage and retrieval mechanism and method for using same  
A disc-shaped object storage and retrieval mechanism uses storage grooves corresponding to the radius of a disc-shaped object, such as an audio or photo compact disc or video disc, and a...
5282183 Position detecting apparatus and method  
The present invention relates to a position detecting apparatus for and method of detecting a position of a transport unit, wherein the transport unit is used to pick up a designated disk from a...
5136562 Automatic changer for information storage devices  
A changing apparatus for compact discs has a box-shaped magazine in which discs are stored in parallel, overlapping, sloped compartments. The discs can be moved from a storage position in the...
5088076 Automatic disk changer with disk case and clamper  
An automatic disk changer in which a tray guide for storing a disk while it is not being played is provided in a case. A tray for containing the disk is guided by the tray guide. The tray has...
4787074 Automated library for data storage disks  
Disclosed herein is an automated library for data storage disks. Such library comprises at least one disk drive, means for storing a large number of disks, and disk transport means for transporting...
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