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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7881163 | Recording medium changer and reproducing apparatus A recording medium changer includes a plurality of storage trays that are arranged in alignment in a predetermined direction and each store a recording medium, and a conveying mechanism that is movable in an alignment direction of the plurality of storage trays and ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 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 cartridges with respect to the storage shelves, and a transport system for ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 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 with the processor. The robotic arm includes a sensor to sense when a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7331103 | Magazine, tray component feeding device, and component mounting device A magazine is provided with two opening portions that enable insertion and extraction of a tray and are approximately orthogonal to each other, and a regulation portion for regulating insertion and extraction of the tray from the opening portions. A tray component f... | 02/19/2008 |
| 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 direction, thereby retaining a CD onto the outer perimeter of the pic... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7265938 | Magazine-based data cartridge library The present invention provides a magazine-based data cartridge library that, in one embodiment, comprises a plurality of shelves that are capable of holding a plurality of data cartridge magazines, one or more drives, a magazine transport for moving magazines within... | 09/04/2007 |
| 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 cooperation with the first disk holder when the first disk holder holds the di... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7209156 | CD recorder and printer A disc copying or recording device and a disc label printer are mounted in a common assembly, and include a printhead moveable along a guide shaft on a frame. A disc transport carriage is mounted on the same guide shaft as the printhead, can be moved along this guid... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7180701 | Magazine-based data cartridge library The present invention provides a magazine-based data cartridge library that, in one embodiment, comprises a plurality of shelves that are capable of holding a plurality of data cartridge magazines, one or more drives, a magazine transport for moving magazines within... | 02/20/2007 |
| 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 direction, thereby retaining a CD onto the outer perimeter of the pic... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7136988 | Mass data storage library frame spanning for mixed media Disclosed are a system, a method, and an article of manufacture to provide for configuring an automated data storage library having one or more storage frames that operate with different types of data storage media. The automated data storage library is configured t... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7127725 | Disc collator A disc collator includes a series of collating trays for collating multiple discs. A disc can be deposited in any one of a number of trays according to where a user desires the disc to be placed, allowing prompt and timely retrieval of CDs. Motion of the disc collat... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7116241 | Removable memory cartridge system for use with a server or other processor-based device A processor-based device having a plurality of memory cartridges secured within a chassis by a lever system. The processor-based device comprises an indication system to indicate memory system operating conditions. Each memory cartridge has a protective assembly to ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7092320 | Medium handler and organizer A compact disc processing system allows for more efficient processing of compact discs. The system included a transporter mechanism that can grip and transport more than one compact disc at a time. As such, a second disc can be gripped while a first disc is being pr... | 08/15/2006 |
| 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 recording medium Dn to record and/or reproduce an information signal SIN; dis... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7051985 | Drawer device A drawer device or container holder includes a member disposed in a closed position to be able to draw into an open position, a driving device attached to the member to move the member between the closed position and the open position, and a sensing device for sensi... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7032232 | Memory storage disk handling system A disk dispenser including a spindle having a first end and a second end, the second end having a disk support foot arranged to support a stack of disks, wherein the disk support foot is movable from an extended position at which a portion of the disk support foot i... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7031232 | 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 sides of a dual-sided optical disk can be automatically accessed. ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6975241 | Removable memory cartridge system for use with a server or other processor-based device A processor-based device having a plurality of memory cartridges secured within a chassis by a lever system. The processor-based device comprises an indication system to indicate memory system operating conditions. Each memory cartridge has a protective assembly to ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6957440 | Methods for translating and reading optical disks The present disclosure provides apparatus and methods for reading optical disks. Some implementations are particularly well suited for automatically playing both sides of a dual-sided optical disk. By coordinated delivery of disks between a disk reader, a disk trans... | 10/18/2005 |
| 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 controller, having a plurality of media and a medium transfer unit to ta... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6907314 | Inventory control device Inventory control devices and methods for controlling the inventory of a data storage system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the inventory control device comprises a sensor to sense a position of an access device of a data storage system, the access device having ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6848113 | 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 direction, thereby retaining a CD onto the outer perimeter of the pic... | 01/25/2005 |
| 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 member, each of which includes a hub engaging surface. The actuatable gr... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6782544 | 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 cams against the elevator pin to lift the elevator pin. ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 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 controller, having a plurality of media and a medium transfer... | 02/04/2003 |
| 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 of the disk carrying section with respect to the accommodat... | 01/21/2003 |
| 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 compact disk arranged in a compact disk mechanism into/fro... | 01/23/2001 |
| 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 body. This recording and, or reproducing apparatus comprises... | 09/19/2000 |
| 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 edges. A spreader mechanism is supported between the resi... | 08/29/2000 |
| 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 disc player, wherein the disc loading device has a first arm... | 07/04/2000 |
| 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 (2238). The cartridge storage section includes a pluralit... | 12/21/1999 |
| 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 portion both of which include magazines are arranged in a... | 12/21/1999 |
| 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 of storage locations therein; a number of media storage el... | 11/30/1999 |
| 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 which receive the disks and transfer data from the disks to a... | 08/17/1999 |
| 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 for movement of the loader and transport apparatus between s... | 06/15/1999 |
| 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 chuck member can be changed to the magazine or the disc play... | 06/08/1999 |
| 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 transferring data discs between the storage racks and the d... | 05/25/1999 |
| 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 movement of the loader and transport apparatus between disc st... | 03/23/1999 |
| 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 interfaces with a standard CD record and playback transport.... | 02/09/1999 |
