Apparatus and Method for Removing a Temporary Substrate from an Optical Disk
AssigneeThomson Licensing
InventorsDan Jay Sanocki, Bang Thai Dinh, Brandon Lu
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for removing a temporary substrate from an optical disk is disclosed. A holding fixture (102) provides an optical disk supporting surface. A force imparting tool (118) imparts a force against an optical disk wherein a reaction force to the force imparting tool is provided by the supporting surface. The optical disk is flexed to break away and remove a temporary substrate of the optical disk.
Claims18
An apparatus for removing a temporary substrate from an optical disk, comprising:
- a holding fixture for providing an optical disk supporting surface;
- and
- a force imparting tool for imparting a force against an optical disk, a reaction force to the force imparting tool being provided by the supporting surface such that the optical disk is flexed to break away and remove a temporary substrate of the optical disk.
An apparatus for removing a temporary substrate from an optical disk preassembly, comprising:
- a holding fixture for providing an optical disk supporting surface, the holding fixture including anvil portions for supporting diametrically opposing end portions on a same side of the optical disk preassembly, the anvil portions each including a pivot;
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- a force imparting tool for imparting a force against an optical disk preassembly such that the anvil portions rotate about their respective pivot to cause the optical disk preassembly to be flexed to break away and remove a temporary substrate of the optical disk.
A method for removing a temporary substrate from an optical disk preassembly, comprising the step of:
- imparting a force to a side of the disk opposite from a temporary substrate which is to be removed to flex and break the temporary substrate without permanent damage to other portions of the preassembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.