Rimage Corporation

William L Vangen

Takashi Onozato

Tadashi Nakamura

Hiroshi Takahashi

David J Suden

Tadami Kikuchi

Toshihiko Hatakeyama

John Byrne

Jay Carter

A compact disc transporter has been described that includes a two-step printer. The printer uses an intermediate transfer sheet to receive a print image that is subsequently transferred to a compact disc. The transporter allows parallel processing of image data and content data. A significant time reduction can be achieved by preprinting the image to a transfer sheet prior to transferring the image to a CD.

CD transporter with re-transfer printer

A compact disc handler includes a picker elevator containing a helically threaded lead screw journaled for rotation about a vertical axis and having a traveling nut thereon to which a disc picker arm is attached. A guideway in the tower cooperates with the picker arm to constrain the picker arm from rotating until reaching a predetermined height elevator. Using this design, a CD can be retrieved from an input hopper, placed in a label printer or other CD publishing/playing device and upon completion of same operation on the disc, it is transported by rotation to an output hopper.

Compact disc label printer with rotatable picker arm

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Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

William L Vangen