Patent ID: 6141298
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A system for the duplication of data onto CD-R disks, the system comprising:a vacuum pump; anda copy unit, comprising:at least one set of multiple stacked recordable disk drives;a pivotal transport tower;a set of disk spindle members, arranged in a symmetric circular pattern around the pivotal transport tower, maintaining the order and placement of the stacked compact disks during the copy operations;an arm, connected to the pivotal transport tower and the vacuum pump, the arm transporting a CD-R disk located on the top of a stack held in place by one disk spindle member to any stacked recordable disk drive member, the arm capable of transporting a CD-R disk located in any stacked recordable disk drive member to the top of any stack held in place by one of the disk spindle members.