Apparatus and method for stacking optical discs

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6355896
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09539754

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A sorting apparatus for sorting and receiving optical discs as a function of different quality control codes associated with respective optical discs including a base and a motor mounted to the base and having an output shaft. A turntable has a plurality of vertically oriented fixed spindles attached thereto, and the turntable is connected to, and rotates with, the output shaft of the motor. Each of the spindles has a diameter less than a diameter of a centerhole in the optical discs. A control is responsive to the quality control codes and operates the motor to rotate the turntable and move a spindle to a loading position for receiving an optical disc. The control selects the spindle to receive the optical disc so that only discs having a common quality control code are received by the spindle.

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SONY CORPORATION1-7-1 KONAN MINATO-KU TOKYO 1080075 ?1080075
DIGITAL AUDIO DISC CORPORATION JOINTLY1800 N FRUITRIDGE AVENUE TERRE HAUTE IN 47084

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cresgy, Joseph Dale Terre Haute, IN 3 5

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