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Automatic storage system and method for information recording media

US5060090A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 19, 1989
Grant dateOct 22, 1991
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Expiry dateJul 19, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B27/002
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

When the mount and demount operation of information media are achieved between an information medium storage shelf and a plurality of recording/playback apparatuses by use of a plurality of handling devices, in order to execute the operations in a concurrent fashion without causing an interference between the handling devices for an increased operation efficiency, the area of the storage shelf and at least one of the recording/playback apparatuses are respectively subdivided into a plurality of subareas so as to process the obtained subareas by the plurality devices respectively associated therewith.

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