Patent ID: 9039489
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: B29B,B29L,G11B,Y02W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for automatically reconditioning a plurality of digital discs, each of said digital discs comprising a first side with data underlying a protective coating and an opposing second side, said apparatus comprising: a. a load area configured to hold a plurality of said digital discs arranged in a stack such that the first side of at least one digital disc contacts the second side of an adjacent digital disc; b. at least one workstation for reconditioning each of said digital discs, said workstation comprising at least one reconditioning worktool with a head that frictionally engages said first side of each of said digital discs so as to remove a portion of said protective coating of each of said digital discs without removal of said data underlying said protective coating; c. an unload area configured to hold a plurality of said reconditioned digital discs arranged in a stack such that the first side of at least one reconditioned digital disc contacts the second side of an adjacent reconditioned digital disc; and d. a disc transfer mechanism configured to transfer each of said digital discs from said load area to said workstation, said disc transfer mechanism also configured to transfer each of said digital discs from said workstation to said unload area.