Compact disk lifting device

A device for lifting and releasing ring-like objects having a disk-shaped body and a central opening, said device including a housing having a side wall and opposite longitudinal ends, fin means positioned in said housing adjacent one end of said housing and being shiftable between a retracted position and an extended position relative to said housing side wall, said fin means for lifting and carrying said ring-like objects when shifted from said retracted position to said extended position and for releasing said ring-like objects when the fin means is shifted from said extended position towards said retracted position, plunger means shiftably carried by said housing for shifting said fin means from said retracted position to said extended position, biasing means carried by said housing adjacent said one end and engaging said fin means, said biasing means positioned against said fin means at a prespecified location wherein said biasing means also constitutes cushion means for supporting said ring-like object as the fin means is shifted into its said extended position, said biasing means securing the fin means against longitudinal movement relative to said housing and for urging said fin means towards its retracted position.