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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2010
Rosulan Bin Ismail, Butterworth, MY;
Prakash Poobalan, Sungai Ara, MY;
Robert M. Tierney, Fremont, CA (US);
Safri Husin, Bayan Lepas, MY;
Rosulan Bin Ismail, Butterworth, MY;
Prakash Poobalan, Sungai Ara, MY;
Robert M. Tierney, Fremont, CA (US);
Safri Husin, Bayan Lepas, MY;
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for arranging disks in a processing cassette includes a first conveyor configured to transfer a shipping cassette containing a plurality of disks to a first position and a comb assembly configured to displace one or more of the plurality of disks from the shipping cassette in the first position. A mandrel assembly is configured to remove the one or more displaced disks from the comb assembly and a turntable assembly is configured to rotate the comb assembly and the shipping cassette from the first position to a second position. The mandrel assembly is further configured to return the one or more displaced disks to the comb assembly and the comb assembly is further configured to replace the one or more displaced disks in the shipping cassette in the second position. A second conveyor is configured to transfer a processing cassette to a load position and the mandrel assembly is further configured to remove the plurality of disks from the shipping cassette in the second position and to load the plurality of disks into the processing cassette in the load position.