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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:
Jan. 25, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Norman A Peppers, Belmont, CA (US);
Eric J Shrader, La Honda, CA (US);
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369114 ; 369 13 ; 369100 ; 3601302 ; 36013023 ;
Abstract
A system for erasing data stored on an optical storage medium includes a housing, a guiding means mounted within the housing for guiding the optical recording medium on which the data is stored, and a heating means mounted in spaced-apart opposition to the guiding means for heating the optical recording medium to, thereby, thermally erase optical data stored on the medium.