公开(公告)号：US09799367B1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-24

申请号：US15274662

申请日：2016-09-23

Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Jiafeng Zhu ,  Zijia Wang ,  Xuan Song ,  Ron-Chung Hu ,  Masood Mortazavi

IPC: G11B17/04 ,  G11B17/038 ,  B65G47/90 ,  B65G59/06 ,  B25J15/00

CPC classification number: G11B17/038 ,  B25J15/0028 ,  B25J15/0047 ,  B25J15/0052 ,  B65G47/90 ,  B65G59/061 ,  G11B17/08

Abstract: A multiple disk loader apparatus includes a plurality of rods. Each rod has a pair of pins extending radially from a side of the rod. The pair of pins are spaced circumferentially around the rod with respect to each other. Each pin has a top surface wherein the top surface of a first pin is longitudinally separated from the top surface of a second pin by a predetermined gap. A rotation device is coupled to the plurality of rods. The rotation device rotates the plurality of rods individually through a respective predetermined arc and in a respective rotational direction in order to extract a disk stack from storage and to separate a disk from the stack to load into a drive.