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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
David J. Altknecht, San Jose, CA (US);
John S. Best, San Jose, CA (US);
Donald S. Bethune, San Jose, CA (US);
William M. Dyer, San Jose, CA (US);
A. David Erpelding, San Jose, CA (US);
Steven R. Hetzler, Los Altos, CA (US);
Drew B. Lawson, Aptos, CA (US);
Daniel F. Smith, Felton, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a first jaw device, a second jaw device, and a disc sensor configured to sense presence of a storage disc between the first jaw device and the second jaw device. The first jaw device and the second jaw device form a gripper device configured to clamp a particular portion of a storage disc including an arc segment along an outer edge of adjacent surfaces of the storage disc.