Patent ID: 7367773
Filing Date: 2008-05-06
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing single-sided hard disks, the disks having an outer perimeter edge and a central aperture forming an inner perimeter edge, comprising: a. processing a plurality of pairs of disks; b. positioning the plurality of pairs of disks in a first disk carrier, with the space between adjacent pairs of disks being greater than the space between disks comprising each pair, and with the active surface of each disk facing outwardly of each pair such that each pair of disks has a first disk in a first orientation and second disk in a second orientation; c. engaging all of the disks in the first carrier at their outer perimeter edge to remove the disks from the first carrier and to increase the space between the first and second disks of each pair; d. engaging all of the disks at the inner perimeter edge and placing them in a second disk carrier; e. engaging all of the disks in the second carrier having a first orientation at their outer perimeter edge and removing them from the second carrier; f. positioning the disks having a first orientation in a third carrier by engaging them at their inner perimeter edge; g. engaging all of the disks having a second orientation in the second carrier at their inner perimeter edge and positioning them in a fourth carrier.