Automatic compact disk feeding apparatus
AssigneeMing-Hsun Liu
InventorsMing-Hsun Liu, Zong-Wei Dong
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Abstract
A compact disk feeder includes a base assembly, a disk transportation device and a disk holder. The base assembly includes a casing with a slot. The disk transportation device is mounted in the base assembly and includes a feeding roller rotatably mounted in the casing and partially exposed on the casing. The disk holder demountably is mounted on the base assembly to hold a compact disk stack. Thus, the rotated feeding tray moves the compact disk at the bottom of the compact disk stack through the slot to a new location, such as a tray of a burner or a disk destroying apparatus.
Claims20
An automatic compact disk feeding apparatus comprising
- a base assembly comprising a casing comprising a top recess and a disk outlet, and the top recess comprising an inclined bottom, a slot defined in a bottom edge of the inclined bottom and a platform formed on the inclined bottom, and the platform having a top surface aligned with the slot;
- a disk transportation device mounted in the base assembly and comprising a feeding roller rotatably mounted in the casing and partially exposed on the inclined bottom;
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- a disk holder demountably mounted on the base assembly to hold a compact disk stack, and comprising an opening aligned with the slot when the disk holder is mounted on the casing;
- whereby the feeding roller of the disk transportation device moves the compact disk at the bottom of the compact disk stack through the slot and the disk outlet when the feeding roller of the disk transportation device is rotated.
An apparatus to destroy a compact disk, and the apparatus comprising
- a base assembly comprising a casing comprising a top recess and a disk outlet, and the top recess comprising an inclined bottom, a slot defined in a bottom edge of the inclined bottom and a platform formed on the inclined bottom, and the platform having a top surface aligned with the slot;
- a disk transportation device mounted in the base assembly and comprising a feeding roller rotatably mounted in the casing and partially exposed on the inclined bottom, and a motor rotating the feeding roller;
- a disk holder demountably mounted on the base assembly to hold a compact disk stack, and comprising an opening aligned with the slot when the disk holder is mounted on the casing;
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- a disk destroying apparatus comprising two teethed rollers rotatably mounted in the casing, rotated by the motor and having a gap between the teethed rollers, where the slot, the gap and the disk outlet are co-planer;
- whereby the feeding roller of the disk transportation device moves the compact disk at the bottom of the compact disk stack through the slot, the gap and the disk outlet when the feeding roller of the disk transportation device is rotated.
A compact disk feeder comprising
- a base assembly comprising a casing comprising a top recess and the top recess comprising an inclined bottom, a slot defined in a bottom edge of the inclined bottom;
- a disk transportation device mounted in the base assembly and comprising a feeding roller rotatably mounted in the casing and partially exposed on the inclined bottom to move a compact disk by its rotation;
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- a disk holder demountably mounted on the base assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.