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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 1988
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Niels O Young, Eagle, ID (US);
William J Sell, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Litton Industrial Automation Systems, Inc., Florence, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; B65G / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369 37 ; 1983462 ; 1984684 ; 369192 ; 414223 ;
Abstract
An auto-changer for optical discs. At least one carousel rotatable about a horizontal axis stores a large number of discs. A picker moves into the carousel to grasp a disc in a horizontal position in the carousel and then move the disc to a position outside of the carousel. A transfer arm grabs the disc from the picker and swings the disc in an arcuate path over to a disc player, where it is deposited for playing.