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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2002
Michael William Pfeiffer, Savage, MN (US);
James John Stirn, Savage, MN (US);
Richard Gordon Goodrich, Lakeville, MN (US);
Michael William Pfeiffer, Savage, MN (US);
James John Stirn, Savage, MN (US);
Richard Gordon Goodrich, Lakeville, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention allows placement of a disc at an angular orientation by marking the disc with an index mark or feature that can be detected, such as by a disc stacking machine used in a servo track writer. Either index is used to rotate the disc to the angular position. The present invention includes marking a disc surface with a mark or feature. An apparatus, such a stacking machine, will read the mark or feature to orient the disc in an angular position. The stacking machine will stack the positioned discs for servo track writing.