Compact disc tracking system and method
OwnerVladimir Schwartz, Michael Schwartz +1inventors
InventorsVladimir Schwartz, Michael Schwartz, Klaus Bierwagen
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Abstract
A system and method for tracking compact discs during manufacture comprising a spindle having a central shaft and a base for carrying a plurality of compact discs, electronic memory storage system connected to the spindle, and data transfer means cooperating with the spindle to send and receive information identifying compact discs carried by the spindle and/or providing processing information about compact discs carried by the spindle from or to the electronic memory storage system.
Claims25
A system for tracking compact discs comprising:
- a spindle comprising a central shaft and a base for holding a plurality of compact discs thereon;
- memory means connected to said spindle;
- data transfer means selectively cooperative with said spindle to send and receive information identifying CDs carried by said spindle from or to said memory means;
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- locking means for preventing unauthorized removal or addition of CDs from or to said spindle wherein said locking means comprises finger projections which are moveable between a locking deactivated position, wherein said finger projections are contained within said central shaft of said spindle so that CDs can be removed from or inserted on said spindle, and a locking activated position, wherein said finger protections extend outwardly from said central shaft to thereby prevent CDs from being removed from said spindle.
A method of tracking compact discs during and after production comprising the steps of:
- providing a spindle having a central shaft for carrying a plurality of CDs;
- putting a plurality of CDs on said spindle;
- storing information about the identity of the CDs carried on said spindle;
- accessing the information about the identity of the CDs carried on the spindle by placing said spindle in a data transfer station;
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- locking said CDs on said spindle for preventing unauthorized removal or addition of CDs by moving finger projections between a locking deactivated position, wherein said finger projections are contained within said central shaft of said spindle so that CDs can be removed or inserted on said spindle, and a locking activated position, wherein said finger projections extend outwardly from said central shaft to thereby prevent CDs from being removed from said spindle.
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