# US 2010/0169901 A1 · Device and Method for Automatically Turning over a Disc

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- Number: US 2010/0169901 A1
- Document ID: US20100169901A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 12/344,239
- Filed: 2008-12-25
- Published: 2010-07-01
- Earliest claimed: 2008-12-25
- Assignees: Datatronics Technology, Inc.
- Inventors: Ming-Hsun LIU; Chih-Sheng Liu; Ching-Hao Chen; Chia-Wei Hsu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20100169901A1

## CPC

- G11B 17/10: with horizontal transfer to the turntable from a stack arranged with a vertical axis
- G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R)

## Abstract

A device and a method for automatically turning over a disc relate to a guide rod provided with a movable member. The movable member is assembled to a rotating member via a pivot member in such a manner that the movable member can axially move along and radially rotate around the guide rod. The pivot member is disposed between the movable member and the rotating member and powered to rotate. The rotating member is provided with a disc-carrying device in a direction of its rotation around the pivot member for taking the disc. The pivot member drives the disc to rotate via the rotating member, so as to turn over the disc, so that the rotating member makes the disc slide down into the tray in an inclined manner.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A device for automatically turning over a disc, comprising a guide rod, a movable member, a pivot member and a rotating member; wherein:
the guide rod is provided for placement of the movable member in such a manner that the movable member axially moves along and radially rotates around the guide rod;
the movable member is movably disposed on the guide rod;
the pivot member is disposed between the movable member and the rotating member and powered to rotate;
the rotating member is connected to the movable member via the pivot member, and the rotating member rotates around the pivot member and is provided with a disc-carrying device in a direction of its rotation around the pivot member for taking a disc.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The device for automatically turning over a disc as claimed in claim 1, wherein the guide rod is in the form a screw shaft, and the movable member is provided with a threaded hole to be engaged with the guide rod in the form of the screw shaft.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The device for automatically turning over a disc as claimed in claim 1, wherein the guide rod is in the form of a slide rail.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The device for automatically turning over a disc as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rotating member with the movable member move along the guide rod while the guide rod is fixed, or the rotating member and the movable member rotates radially together with the guide rod.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The device for automatically turning over a disc as claimed in claim 1, wherein the movable member axially moves along the guide rod while its radial rotation around the guide rod is restricted.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The device for automatically turning over a disc as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rotating member is provided with an extendable push rod in the same direction where the disc-carrying device is disposed, when the rotating member utilizes the disc-carrying device to take the disc and then rotates with the help of the pivot member at an inclined angle, the disc-carrying device will release the disc, and then the push rod will extend to push against the disc at an increased inclined angle to make the disc fall off into a disc groove.

### Claim 7

A method for automatically turning over a disc, by cooperating with a device for automatically turning over a disc which comprises a guide rod, a movable member, a pivot member and a rotating member, comprising the steps of:
loading a disc on a tray of an optical burning/printing device for executing a burning/printing operation;
moving the movable member with the rotating member to a position higher than an extending position of the tray;
delivering the disc, one side of which has been burned, out of the optical burning/printing device via the tray in such a manner that the disc is rightly located below the rotating member;
making the movable member and the rotating member descend synchronously, and then controlling the rotating member to ascend synchronously with the movable member after a disc-carrying device of the rotating member takes the disc;
using the pivot member to drive the rotating member to rotate the disc, so as to turn over the disc, after the disc is turned over, the disc will be in an inclined state, and one border of the disc, which is located closer to the optical burning/printing device, is lower than the other border of the disc;
releasing the disc from the disc-carrying device, so that the disc slides down along the inclined angle and falls off into the tray;
making the movable member drive the rotating member to horizontally move away from an upper position of the tray, so that the disc falls off in the disc groove completely; and
using the tray to deliver the disc, which has been turned over, into the optical burning/printing device for executing further operation such as burning, optical printing or laser marking.