Patent ID: 6843622

Claim:
An apparatus for the automated profiling the edge of successive optical disks, and comprising: (a) an optical disk supply assembly for holding a supply of optical disks to be profiled; (b) a turntable for receiving an optical disk to be profiled, and for reciprocating between an optical disk loading position and an optical disk profiling position; (c) a clamping assembly for clamping the optical disk in a stationary condition to the turntable during movement between the loading position and the profiling position; (d) a profiling cutter for profiling the edge of the optical disk when the turntable is in the profiling position; (e) a profiled optical disk accumulating assembly for holding optical disks which have been profiled; and (f) a pickup assembly mounted for rotation on a shaft between a plurality of positions under automated control of an electronic controller for: (i) applying a lifting force to an optical disk on the optical disk supply assembly for removing an optical disk from the supply assembly; (ii) moving the optical disk to the turntable and interrupting the lifting force to place the optical disk on the turntable; (iii) applying a lifting force to the profiled optical disk to remove it from the turntable; and (iv) moving the optical disk to the profiled optical disk accumulating assembly for storage.