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US 8,332,880 B2Granted
Information storage disk dispensing apparatus with a disk inclining member
AssigneeMing-Hsun Liu
InventorsMing-Hsun Liu, Chung-Hsuan Tsai
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Abstract
An information storage disk dispensing apparatus includes a frame, a disk drive and a disk inclining member. The disk drive is connected to the frame and includes a tray. The tray includes a receiving area and has an ejected position. The disk inclining member is mounted on the frame over the receiving area of the tray when the tray is at the ejected position to incline a disk pulled by gravity to fall vertically.
Claims16
An information storage disk dispensing apparatus comprising:
- a frame having a through hole, the through hole having an edge;
- a disk drive connected to the frame and comprising a tray, and the tray comprising a receiving area and having an ejected position;
- a disk-feeding mechanism mounted on the frame to enable a disk to fall vertically;
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- a deformable disk inclining member mounted at the edge of the through hole of the frame far from the disk drive over the receiving area of the tray when the tray is at the ejected position, wherein the deformability of the deformable disk inclining member retards the fall of one side of the disk for inclining the disk when the disk fell from the disk-feeding mechanism.
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An information storage disk dispensing apparatus comprising:
- a frame having a through hole, the through hole having an edge;
- a disk drive connected to the frame and comprising a tray, and the tray comprising a receiving area and having an ejected position;
- a disk-feeding mechanism to enable a disk to fall vertically comprising:
- a disk-feeding body mounted on the frame and aligned with the receiving area of the tray as the tray is at its ejected position;
- multiple disk-feeding wheels rotatably mounted around the through hole and partially extended into the through hole;
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- a disk-guiding device mounted on the disk-feeding body around the through hole;
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- a disk inclining member mounted at the edge of the through hole over a distal portion of the receiving area of the tray when the tray is in the ejected position, wherein the disk inclining member blocks one side of the disk for inclining the disk while the disk falls from the disk-feeding mechanism.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.