Automatic disc exchange apparatus
US5392266A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 19, 1992 |
| Grant date | Feb 21, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 19, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B17/225
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An automatic disk exchange apparatus including a drum-type disk gripper arranged vertically movably and capable of horizontally holding a disk cartridge containing for example an optical disk and selectively introducing and removing the disk cartridge through either of access openings at both sides thereof, a pair of disk storage devices each arrranged at one of the sides of the disk gripper and horizontally storing a plurality of disk cartridges, and a pair of drive units arranged in a lower part of one of the disk storage devices for effecting the recording and reproduction of information whereby the disk cartridges are transported and exchanged between the disk storage devices and the drive units and between the disk storage devices and the outside with the disk cartridges being always held horizontally.
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