Patent ID: 7357696
Filing Date: 2008-04-15
Classification: B29B,B29L,G11B,Y02W

Abstract:
1. An automated method for reconditioning a plurality of digital discs within a reconditioning apparatus, each of said digital discs comprising data underlying a protective coating, said method comprising the steps of: (a) holding said digital discs in a load area; (b) transferring one of said digital discs from said load area to at least one workstation with a disc transfer mechanism; (c) reconditioning said digital disc transferred to said workstation with at least one worktool operable to remove a portion of said protective coating of said digital disc without removal of said data underlying said protective coating; (d) transferring said digital disc from said workstation to an unload area with said disc transfer mechanism; (e) holding said digital disc in said unload area; and (f) repeating steps (b)-(e) for each of said remaining digital discs in said load area.