Patents by Inventor Dave Wolfer

Dave Wolfer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6147960
    Abstract: A handling system having a turntable for handling memory storage disks including CD's and the like. The handling system includes a housing, an elevator pin and a turntable with an opening. The turntable includes a disk dispenser to dispenser disks through the turntable opening. Rotation of the turntable enables the elevator pin to catch disks dispensed from the disk dispenser. The elevator pin lowers dispensed disks away from the turntable to a recorder, for example, which writes data to the disk. The elevator pin lifts the disk back to the turntable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Inventors: Dave Wolfer, Wray H. Russ
  • Patent number: 6135316
    Abstract: A disk dispenser dispenses memory storage disks including CD's and the like. The disk dispenser includes an upper guide and a lower guide attached to the upper guide. The upper and lower guides are formed with axially offset openings. The lower guide has a rim for supporting a disk. A plate mounts between the lower guide and the upper guide. The plate has an arced edge for contacting a disk. The plate slides, causing the arced edge of the plate to dispense the disk through the opening in the lower guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Inventors: Dave Wolfer, Wray H. Russ