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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2004
Paul R. Holbrook, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Tony J. Abfall, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Sigurd A. Nelson, Ii, Evanston, IL (US);
David R. Low, New Lenox, IL (US);
Paul R. Holbrook, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Tony J. Abfall, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Sigurd A. Nelson, II, Evanston, IL (US);
David R. Low, New Lenox, IL (US);
Digital Innovations, LLC, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for resurfacing and buffing the playable surface of an optical disc is provided. The apparatus includes a reciprocally mounted disc support having a rotatably mounted platen or turntable on which a disc may be received, a resurfacing wheel, a buffing wheel, and a power-driven and timed drive assembly for driving the disc support member between a loading/unloading station, a resurfacing station for engagement with the resurfacing wheel, and a buffing station for engagement with a buffing wheel.