Patent ID: 9440313
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: B23B,B23C,B23K,B23Q,G11B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A system for physically destroying the data storage portion of electronic media storage devices, the system comprising: a rotatable milling cutter, a nonrotatable cradle for locating the electronic media storage device in a position to engage the milling cutter, said cutter and/or said cradle being movable to permit the milling cutter to engage and remove the data storage portion of the electronic media storage device while leaving at least a portion of the remaining electronic media storage device intact; a computer containing a database of various parameters of different types of electronic media storage devices; an optical recognition system for determining the type of electronic media storage device being located via the cradle; wherein said determined type and said database are utilized to create numeric controller instructions for controlling relative translational movements of said cradle and said rotatable milling cutter while said rotatable milling cutter contacts the data storage portion for machining the data storage portion of the determined type of the electronic media storage device, such that for a first determined type of electronic media storage device, said relative translational movements between said cradle and said rotatable milling cutter are in a first direction along a longitudinal axis of the milling cutter to perform a coring operation on the electronic media storage device, and for a second determined type of electronic media storage device, said relative translational movements between said cradle and said rotatable milling cutter include, during machining of the data storage portion by the milling cutter, relative translational movements that are transverse to the first direction to perform a surface milling operation.