Claims
- 1. A printer and disk dispenser combination, comprising:
- a housing;
- a printer mounted on the housing for printing indicia on disks;
- an upper guide;
- a lower guide attached to the upper guide and to the housing, the lower guide includes a rim for supporting a disk, the rim defines an opening;
- a plate mounted between the lower guide and the upper guide, the plate slides between a first position and a second position to dispense disks to the printer.
- 2. A combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein when the upper guide and lower guide are axially offset.
- 3. A combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein the housing includes a turntable, the lower guide mounts on the turntable, the turntable rotates to move disks to the printer via the disk dispenser.
- 4. A combination as set forth in claim 3, wherein the housing includes an elevator pin the elevator pin reciprocates to move disks from the disk dispenser to the printer and from the printer to the turntable.
- 5. A combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein said plate has an arced edge which defines an inner periphery for circumscribing a disk.
- 6. A combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein the rim of the lower guide includes a support lip which extends into the opening for supporting a disk.
- 7. A combination as set forth in claim 6, wherein the rim has an opposing edge which opposes the support lip and cooperates with the support lip to support a disk in the lower guide.
- 8. A combination as set forth in claim 6, wherein the rim has an opposing edge which opposes the support lip and cooperates with the support lip to support a disk in the lower guide, when the lower guide supports a disk and the plate moves from the first position to the second position the plate pushes the disk off of the opposing edge to dispense the disk.
- 9. A printer and disk dispenser combination, comprising:
- a housing;
- a printer mounted on the housing for printing indicia on disks;
- an upper guide defining a circular opening and having a central axis;
- a lower guide being attached to the upper guide and to the housing, the lower guide includes a rim for supporting a disk, the rim defines a circular opening and a central axis;
- the lower guide being axially offset from the upper guide; and
- a plate mounted between the lower guide and the upper guide, the plate has an arced edge for contacting disks, the plate slides between a first position and a second position to dispense disks to the printer.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This invention relates in subject matter to commonly assigned U.S. Pat. applications Ser. Nos. (not yet assigned), both filed on Mar. 6, 1998, and entitled DISK DISPENSER, and ROTATABLE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING MEMORY STORAGE DISKS, respectively.
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