High-security data removal process for data-containing disks, portable machine for high-speed, high-security disk removal, and DVD splitting process and apparatus
OwnerCharles Castronovoinventor
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Abstract
The data destruction machine is a desk-top, portable unit with a short (under 10 second) cycle time, pluggable into a wall outlet. Upon insertion of a disk (such as a CD or split DVD) into the machine, which is fully automatic, data is removed. The machine converts the data-storage layer into residue consistent with security destruction standards from which no data is retrievable. A single machine may be used for declassifying CDs and split DVDs. Splitting DVDs in preparation for inserting them into the data destruction machine may be accomplished quickly and simply.
Claims20
A high-security, high-speed data-containing-disk declassification machine, comprising:
- a patterned-surface, cylindrical-shaped cutter;
- a motor rotating the patterned-surface, cylindrical-shaped cutter at 10,000-30,000 rpm;
- a support platform for a data-containing disk, on which the disk sits during operation of the rotating patterned-surface cylindrical-shaped cutter, the rotating patterned-surface cutter pressed to the disk external data surface with the cutter length aligned with a disk exterior ring radial length, by action of the patterned rotating cutter, the data area of the disk being forcibly removed.
A high-security, high-speed data-containing-disk declassification machine, comprising:
- a patterned-surface, cylindrical-shaped cutter;
- a motor rotating the patterned-surface, cylindrical-shaped cutter at 10,000-30,000 rpm;
- a support platform for a data-containing disk from a batch of disks comprising CDs and split DVDs inserted into the machine, on which support platform the disk sits during operation of the rotating patterned-surface cylindrical-shaped cutter, the rotating patterned-surface cutter pressed to the disk external data surface with the cutter length aligned with a disk exterior ring radial length, by action of the patterned rotating cutter, the data area of the disk being forcibly removed.
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