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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:
May. 13, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yuri Rubenchik, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Nobler Technologies, Inc., Stoughton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427240 ; 4273855 ;
Abstract
A compact disc coating apparatus includes a first station for dispensing a quantity of lacquer on the disc surface and for spinning the disc to distribute a coating of lacquer over the disc surface, a second station, and a transfer assembly. The transfer assembly includes a pickup head for loading the disc into the first station and a gripper for transferring the disc from The first station to the second station. The gripper includes a rotatable disc gripping mechanism which clamps the disc during spinning at the first station. As soon as the disc stops spinning, the gripper lifts the disc from the first station.