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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. 21, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1998
Hidetaka Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Shigehiro Itou, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshisada Ishimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A disk system capable of sharing portions at which disks are disposed, thereby miniaturizing the entire structure of the system. The disk system includes a plurality of stockers for containing disks in such a manner as to substantially align rotational axial lines of the disks to each other. The disk system also includes a stocker moving mechanism for moving the stockers to specific positions. The disk system also includes a disk driving mechanism for rotating the disks contained in the stockers. The disk system is arranged so that the stocker moving mechanism moves, on the basis of a command, at least one of a desired stocker and another stocker for providing a first gap between the desired stocker and another stocker, and also moves, on the basis of the command, at least one of the desired stocker and a stocker facing to a specific surface of the desired stocker for further enlarging only the gap provided between the desired stocker and the stocker facing to the specific surface of the desired stocker up to a second gap.
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