Patent ID: 7276119

Claim:
An apparatus for providing a cover layer on an optical disc, the apparatus comprising: an upper part including means for producing an electromagnetic field and a dispensing structure, the electromagnetic field produced being strong enough to grip the dispensing structure; a lower part including a disc positioning structure and a magnetic means, the electromagnetic field is turned off to release the dispensing structure when the disc placed on the disc positioning structure needs to be engaged by the dispensing structure, wherein 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, so that the dispensing structure is released to engage the disc placed on the disc positioning structure, a certain amount of a type of material in liquid form is dispensed from a nozzle included in the upper part onto the dispensing structure, and wherein the lower part 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.