Patent ID: 8352972

Claim:
A disk sorter comprising: plural sorting trays, arranged with an inclination and in a multi-level arrangement, having a front tray end and a rear tray end, for containing a disk upon passing said rear tray end so as to enable takeout of said disk at said front tray end; a chute structure, disposed behind said plural sorting trays, for moving up and down to a position of a path of a selected one of said plural sorting trays; a disk transfer device for holding said disk in a removable manner, and for releasing said disk on to said chute structure, to transfer said disk into said selected one of said plural sorting trays from said chute structure; a disk moving assembly for moving said disk transfer device up or down; and a coupling device for retaining said chute structure on said disk transfer device in a disengageable manner, so as to move said chute structure together with said disk transfer device up or down in a retained state.