Patent ID: 7412711

Claim:
A device for storing optical discs, the device comprising: a housing; a carousel arranged in the housing for movement relative to the housing, the carousel having a plurality of storage compartments, each storage compartment configured to store a disc; an opening in the housing through which the disc can pass; a rotatable clutch; a roller system for moving an optical disc through the opening; a single motor for driving the carousel to align a storage compartment and a disc stored in that storage compartment in registry with the opening, for rotating the clutch and for rotating the roller system; a first belt coupled to the motor and the rotatable clutch for rotating the clutch; a second belt coupled to the rotatable clutch and the roller system for rotating the roller system; a cam on the rotatable clutch so that upon rotation of the rotatable clutch, the cam is rotated with the clutch and then is able to slip so that the rotatable clutch continues to rotate whilst the cam remains stationary; an ejection member pivotally mounted by a pivotal connection to the housing and having a cam engaging portion and an ejection portion, the cam having a helical shelf and the cam engaging portion engaging the shelf so that upon rotation of the cam, the helical shelf moves the ejection member about the pivotal connection to move the ejection portion into engagement with the disc to eject the disc from the storage location; and wherein the drive roller assembly is rotated prior to arrival of the disc at the drive roller assembly, and after movement of the engagement portion of the ejection member to eject the disc, the cam slips and remains stationary so that no further rotation is imparted to the cam but the second drive belt is moved to continue driving the roller assembly.