| 摘要 |
CD storage device is disclosed which includes a housing ( 12 ) in which a carousel ( 40 ) is supported for rotation in the housing. The carousel has a number compartments ( 85 ) each for storing a CD. The device includes a controlling circuit board ( 46 ) which can couple with a computer so that CDs can be stored and retrieved by inputting information into the computer which causes the carousel to rotate to present the storage compartment having the required CD at an opening for discharge. The device ( 10 ) includes an ejector ( 96 ) for ejecting CDs from a storage compartment ( 85 ). The storage device ( 10 ) may include a reader ( 210 ) into which CDs can be loaded for reading and then restored in the device so that the CDs can be used without the user needing to remove a CD from the device and locate it in a reader in the user's computer. The reader enables CDs to move linearly through the reader so that CDs can be stored by inserting them through the reader and ejected completely from the device by again passing through the reader in the opposite direction.
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