Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a storage and transfer apparatus for mass transfer of a plurality of data discs to trays of a plurality stacked disc drives. The storage and transfer apparatus may store a plurality of discs with the disc hold pins retracted and the telescopic sections collapsed over each other. In such a configuration, the stored discs may lie in contact with each other. The storage and transfer apparatus may transfer the plurality of discs to the trays of the plurality of stacked disc drives with the discs holding pins extended and the telescopic sections extended relative to each other.
Abstract:
A disk sorter for DVDs, CDs or other disks includes a sorter frame. Plural sorting trays are contained in the sorter frame in a multi-level arrangement, respectively have a front tray end and a rear tray end, are inclined downwards toward the front tray end, for containing a disk on a side higher than the front tray end upon reception with the rear tray end. A movable chute structure is disposed behind the rear tray end, movable up or down, inclined downwards toward the rear tray end, for supplying one of the sorting trays with the disk by guiding to the rear tray end. A disk transfer device holds the disk, and places the disk on the chute structure, to transfer to the one sorting tray. Furthermore, a lifting device moves up or down the chute structure, and positions the chute end at the rear tray end.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an improve disk retrieving and releasing device and an automation disk burning system, wherein the improve disk retrieving and releasing device is opposite to an optical disk driver of a host and disposed on the host, such that the host and the improve disk retrieving and releasing device constitute the automation disk burning system. The improve disk retrieving and releasing device is adapted for automatically retrieving a disk from a disk tray when disk tray withdraws from the optical disk driver, and releasing and putting the disk into a disk collecting bucket when the disk tray gets back into the optical disk driver. The improved disk retrieving and releasing device comprises: a frame member and two clamping mechanisms, wherein the clamping mechanism comprises: a support member, a clamping member, and an interlocked rod.
Abstract:
A medium transporting mechanism for transporting one of stacked media each of which has a hole is provided. A holder is provided on a movable transporting arm and holds the one of the media. A guide is provided in the transporting arm, the guide has a tapered surface that is inclined with respect to an axis of the guide. The tapered surface is configured to be brought into contact with an inner surface of the hole of the one of the media when the guide is inserted into the hole of the one of the media. The tapered surface includes a first surface on a tip end portion of the guide and a second surface on a base end portion of the guide. An inclined angle of the first surface with respect to the axis of the guide is greater than an inclined angle of the second surface with respect to the axis of the guide.
Abstract:
A media transportation mechanism control method and a media processing device can accurately detect the last disc or other media stored in a media storage unit. A transportation arm 36 is lowered to the media stacker 21, the transportation arm 36 is paused when the media detection mechanism 200 detects the media, and the transportation arm 36 is then raised and the position where the media detection mechanism 200 stops detecting the media is stored as media height H. After the transportation arm 36 descends again, picks a disc M from the media stacker 21, and then rises, the media height H is compared with a prescribed threshold limit α. If the media height H is less than the threshold limit α, the number of media left in the media stacker 21 is determined to be a prescribed count (such as zero).
Abstract:
A device and a method for automatically turning over a disc relate to a guide rod provided with a movable member. The movable member is assembled to a rotating member via a pivot member in such a manner that the movable member can axially move along and radially rotate around the guide rod. The pivot member is disposed between the movable member and the rotating member and powered to rotate. The rotating member is provided with a disc-carrying device in a direction of its rotation around the pivot member for taking the disc. The pivot member drives the disc to rotate via the rotating member, so as to turn over the disc, so that the rotating member makes the disc slide down into the tray in an inclined manner.
Abstract:
A method for transporting discs, A disc transporting device and a drawer type disc transporting device are disclosed. The disc transporting device comprises a lifting mechanism, a swing mechanism and a control element, wherein the lifting mechanism further comprises a clipper element, a drive element and a rotational connection element, the swing mechanism further comprises a corresponding connection element and a swing rotation element. The clipper element can grab at least one disc. The drive element is coupled with the clipper element and drives the lifting mechanism. The rotational connection element engages with the drive element; the corresponding connection element of the swing mechanism corresponds to the rotational connection element to enable the lifting mechanism going up/down along the swing mechanism. The control element engages with the swing rotation element of the swing mechanism to control the swing mechanism. Hence, the clipper element of the lifting mechanism grabs the disc and the drive element drives the lifting mechanism to go up and down. The control element controls the swing mechanism to swing the lifting mechanism. The lifting mechanism for holding the disc can go up/down. The grabbed disc is swung back and forth controlled by the swing mechanism.
Abstract:
A media processor, such as an optical disk publisher, is capable of efficiently discarding media such as a defective CD without using a manual discarding process. At the time of media publication of an optical disk publisher 5, blank media 14 stored in a supply-side stacker 13 is taken out by a media conveying mechanism 12 and is conveyed to a media drive 15, and predetermined data is written into the blank media 14. Printing is performed on printing surfaces of the media into which data has been normally written by means of a label printer 19. The published media is stored in a storage-side stacker 22. Defective media on which a failure in writing has occurred is disposed of so as not to be readable by mechanically destroying a recording surface of the defective media by means of a media disposal mechanism while moving the defective media in a state where the defective media is mounted on a media tray 71 of a printer 19. Discarded media after the disposal is ejected from a media outlet 25.
Abstract:
A media processing device has a media drive for writing data on one side of recording media, a label printer for printing on the other side of the media M, media stackers for storing the media, and a transportation arm for transporting the media to any of the media drive, the label printer, and the media stackers according to control commands sent from a host computer. The control method for the media processing device has an execution step of starting executing a plurality of control commands based on a start process command; a decision step of determining if all of the control commands executed normally; and a transmission step of sending a normal termination report to the host computer as the response to the end process command that is sent as a set with the start process command if step determines that all control commands executed normally.
Abstract:
A transportation body 1 for a flexible optical disk 10 has flexibility, and includes a rotation stabilizing board 2 having a disk-shaped form, an optical disk alignment unit 4 installed in the central part of the rotation stabilizing board 2, and a spacer 3 installed on a surface of the rotation stabilizing board 2. A combination of the transportation body 1 and the optical disk 10 can be treated as an equivalent of a conventional optical disk having rigidity, by transporting the flexible optical disk 10 placed on the transportation body 1 and by recording/reproducing information onto/from the flexible optical disk.