Hardware sanitization and destruction machine
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsShane Drexler, John William Eichelberg, Michael P. Czamara
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Abstract
An apparatus for disposal of electronic devices includes a transport mechanism for transferring the storage devices through the apparatus. A scanner scans or reads the devices as the devices move through the apparatus, a sanitizer for degaussing or erasing the storage devices, and a destruction mechanism for physically deforming the devices. The apparatus is further configured to receive scanned information from the scanner, determine identification information for the devices based on the scanned information, and update status information of the devices during movement of the devices between the scanner, sanitizer, and destruction mechanism.
Claims9
A method of destroying an electronic device, the method comprising:
- sanitizing, by an integrated system, the electronic device, wherein the electronic device is included in a data center, wherein the integrated system is moved using rolling elements to a plurality of locations in the data center, wherein the data center provides computing services to a plurality of customers, and wherein the data center includes a plurality of rows of equipment racks;
- reading, by the integrated system, an information-storing tag of the electronic device;
- determining, by the integrated system and based on the reading, identification information associated with the electronic device;
- physically deforming, by the integrated system, the electronic device;
- and
- verifying, by the integrated system, identification of the electronic device, wherein the verifying comprises communicating over a wireless network with an inventory system of the data center to confirm that the electronic device is selected for destruction, wherein the inventory system of the data center is external to the integrated system, and wherein the rolling elements allow movement of the integrated system over a flat surface of the data center.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.