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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:
Oct. 15, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1989
Thomas C Oliver, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Mark E Wanger, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Donald J Stavely, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Jennifer L Methlie, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is an optical disk handling system, called an autochanger, having two control systems to provide the six motions necessary to move optical disk cartridges from storage holding cells to an optical drive. The system uses shaft encoders on two motors of the two control systems, and current or voltage feedback from the motors for all positioning, and for detecting the location of the mechanisms during, and at the end of, moves. The shaft encoders are used to position a mechanism close to the eventual move location, then motor current or voltage feedback is used to determine the opposition to the movement of the mechanism, which tells the control system whether the mechanism has reached its destination.
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