Patent ID: 6820271
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disc storage and retrieval apparatus for storage of multiple data storage discs having unwritten peripheral edge portions, comprising:(a) a semicircular toroidal-shaped bottom housing; (b) a semicircular toroidal-shaped top housing removeably secured to the bottom housing for forming a toroid, the top housing having a radially extending disc access slot formed therein; (c) a semicircular toroidal magazine rotatably supported within the bottom housing and having a multiplicity of corresponding and radially spaced inner and outer pairs of projections for supporting a multiplicity of discs within the magazine, the projections being limited in height so as to engage the discs solely at their unwritten edges; (d) means for indexing the magazine relative to the access slot for aligning a selected disc in the magazine therewith; and (e) means for lifting the selected disc disc from the magazine's projections and through the access slot.