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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:
Jul. 11, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1994
Charles E Brugger, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A disc-shaped object storage and retrieval mechanism uses storage grooves corresponding to the radius of a disc-shaped object, such as an audio or photo compact disc or video disc, and a curvilinear track with a curve determined by the diameter of the disc-shaped object, to move the disc-shaped object from a storage position to a transport position by a single roller. The mechanism has a disc-shaped object storage structure in the form of a magazine and a movable picker assembly having a picker arm with a curvilinear track that receives an edge of a disc-shaped object and supports the disc-shaped object along this edge. The movable picker assembly has a picker wheel that is movable into engagement with an edge of the disc-shaped object. Accordingly, when the picker wheel turns the disc-shaped object, it drives the disc-shaped object into or out of the disc-shaped object storage magazine. The moveable picker assembly is vertically driven to position the picker arm adjacent to a disc-shaped object location in the disc-shaped object storage magazine where a disc-shaped object is to be retrieved or stored.