Abstract: A containing device is used for receiving a disc. The containing device includes a holding member to receive the discs; and an ejecting assembly to eject the discs out of the holding member. As a result, the disc is automatically driven out of the containing device without being taken off from the containing device manually.

Abstract: A machine is capable of loading and unloading materials from a product. The product is capable of loading the materials and ejecting the materials. The machine includes a containing device and a transferring device. The containing device includes a containing assembly for receiving the materials; and an ejecting assembly for driving the materials out of the containing assembly. The transferring device is positioned between the product and the containing device. The transferring device transfers the materials ejected from the containing assembly to the product and transfers the materials ejected from the product to the containing device. When the transferring device releases the materials, the materials are capable of sliding into the containing assembly.

Abstract: A transferring device is used for transferring discs. The transferring device includes a frame, a first transferring member, a second transferring member, and a driving device. The disc is clamped by the first transferring member and the second transferring member, and the first transferring member and the second transferring member grip the edge of the disc rather than a data region of the disc. The driving device drives the first transferring member and the second transferring member to force the disc to transfer.

Abstract: A production line modeling method is executed on a computer for designing a production line. The production line includes a plurality of working procedures and a plurality of factors applied to the working procedures, each of which is represented by a first icon and by a second icon respectively. The production line modeling method includes steps of selecting one of the first icons and at least one second icon and combining the selected first icon and second icons to generate a composite third, or target, icon according to a predetermined rule.

Abstract: An apparatus for analyzing line sequential binary data generated by scanning a printed circuit board with a scanning laser apparatus is disclosed. The circuit board contains conducting strips on an electrically insulated substrate. The conductors can be characterized by the number and the locations of their corners and by their widths and by the widths of the substrate occurring between parallel and spaced apart conductors. The line sequential data when viewed together forms a two dimensional image array of the circuit board and the two dimensional array contains information about the conducting corners, widths, etc. The line sequential binary data is first smoothed by smoothing circuits to eliminate errors due to noise, scanning equipment tolerances, etc. Then the smoothed data in line sequential format is transmitted to a corner recognition and pairing circuit where the corner features of the conductors are recognized.