Patent ID: 8056095

Claim:
A storage/retrieval device for optical disks comprising, in combination: a container including an access slot; a disk shelf rotatably mounted in the container, with the disk shelf including a plurality of storage compartments each for receiving an optical disk; a disk shelf motor for driving the disk shelf to rotate; a first fixed seat mounted in the container; a first driving roller rotatably mounted to the first fixed seat, with the first driving roller including a first axle having an end; a first driven roller rotatably mounted to the first fixed seat and spaced from the first driving roller by a gap, with the gap between the first driving roller and the first driven roller facing the access slot; a first pulley mounted to the end of the first axle to rotate therewith; a first wheel rotatably mounted around the end of the first axle; a first friction member mounted around the end of the first axle and between the first pulley and the first wheel; a first compression spring mounted around the end of the first axle, with the first compression spring biasing the first wheel against the first friction member and the first pulley such that when the first driving roller rotates, the first wheel rotates together with the pulley due to friction between the first friction member and the first wheel and friction between the first friction member and the first pulley; a first motor coupled with the first pulley for driving the first pulley and the first driving roller such that the first driving roller and the first driven roller rotate in opposite directions to move an optical disk into or out of the container via the access slot; a first ejecting member including a first end pivotably supported in the container and a second end, with the first ejecting member being pivotable between a first position in one of the plurality of storage compartments for moving an optical disk in the storage compartment out of the storage compartment and a second position outside the storage compartment; a first driving wheel rotatably supported in the container and coupled with the second end of the first ejecting member; and a first belt connected between the first driving wheel and the first pulley such that rotation of the first pulley causes rotation of the first driving wheel and pivotal movement of the first ejecting member.