Patent ID: 7717253

Claim:
An apparatus for processing disks, comprising: a continuous loop drivable in a first plane; plurality of disk securing elements each having an attachment piece connecting a respective disk securing element to the loop, each disk securing element comprising an upwardly extending portion connected to the attachment piece and extending away from the loop in a second plane that is substantially parallel to the first plane; each disk securing element comprising an outwardly extending portion connected to the upwardly extending portion and extending outwardly from the upwardly extending portion and having a centerline that in a top view of the first plane is non-perpendicular with respect to the first plane; wherein the plurality of disk securing elements are connected to the loop in a repeating pattern that includes the outwardly extending portion of a first one of the disk securing elements being separated from the outwardly extending portion of a second one of the disk securing elements by a first distance, and the outwardly extending portion of the second one of the disk securing elements being separated from the outwardly extending portion of a third one of the disk securing elements by a second distance, the outwardly extending portion of the first one of the disk securing elements being separated from the outwardly extending portion of the third one of the disk securing elements by the sum of the first and second distances.