Patent ID: 7457205

Claim:
A method of reading data from an optical disk, the method comprising: (a) holding an optical disk in a first location; (b) delivering the optical disk from the first location to a transfer mechanism by translating the optical disk in a first direction; (c) translating the optical disk laterally in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction to a location proximate an optical disk reader; (d) delivering the optical disk from the transfer mechanism to the optical disk reader; (e) reading data from a first side of the optical disk with the optical disk reader; (f) delivering the optical disk from the optical disk reader to the transfer mechanism by translating the optical disk in a third direction substantially parallel with the first direction; (g) rotating the transfer mechanism; (h) delivering the optical disk from the transfer mechanism to the optical disk reader by translating the optical disk in the first direction; and (i) reading data from a second side of the optical disk with the optical disk reader.