Patent ID: 7318867

Claim:
An apparatus for providing a cover layer on an optical disc, the apparatus comprising: an upper part including a dispensing structure; a lower part including a disc positioning structure, wherein, when one of the upper part and the lower part is caused to move towards the other one of the upper part and the lower part, the dispensing structure is released to engage the disc placed on the disc positioning structure, a certain amount of material in liquid form at a predefined temperature is dispensed onto the dispensing structure, and wherein the disc is caused to rotate at a predefined speed so that the material is dispersed evenly onto a surface of the disc by a centrifugal force; and a heater employed right above the disc being rotated to control the temperature of the material while being spread outwards from the dispensing structure onto the surface of the disc so that the cover layer of uniform thickness of the material is formed on top of the disc.