Memory storage disk handling system
AssigneeMicroboards Technology, LLC
InventorWray Russ
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Abstract
A disk dispenser including a spindle having a first end and a second end, the second end having a disk support foot arranged to support a stack of disks, wherein the disk support foot is movable from an extended position at which a portion of the disk support foot is axially extending beyond a diameter of the spindle for supporting a stack of disks and a withdrawn position at which the portion of the disk support foot is not substantially axially extending beyond the diameter of the spindle for loading the stack of disks onto the spindle; and a pusher for separating at least one disk from the stack of disks on the spindle.
Claims7
A method of dispensing a disk from a stack of disks, the method comprising:
- loading a disk dispenser with a stack of disks, the disk dispenser including a spindle having a first end and a second end and a disk support foot at the second end;
- fully supporting the stack of disks on the spindle using the disk support foot;
- providing a space in the spindle at the second end such that horizontally displacing the lower-most disk into the space separates the lower-most disk from the stack of disks;
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- horizontally displacing the lower-most disk including pushing an outer edge of the lower-most disk, such that the lower-most disk falls from the spindle.
A method of dispensing a disk from a stack of disks, the method comprising:
- loading a disk dispenser with a stack of disks;
- fully supporting the stack of disks using a spindle;
- separating a lower-most disk from the stack of disks including horizontally displacing the lower-most disk into a spacer formed in the spindle, and;
- horizontally displacing the lower-most disk including pushing an outer edge of the lower-most disk where the horizontally displaced disk falls from the spindle including the stack of disks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.