Patent · US Expired

Disk-changing unit with modular design

US6240058A · kind A · utility

12Cited by

5References

19Claims

0Family size

Assignee

NSM CO., LTD. · DE

Inventors

Ulrich Pitz · Siefersheim, DE
Martin Gorner · Meudon, FR
Horst Schellong · Mainz, DE
Borge Heidersberger · Bingen, DE
Wolfgang Theil · Waldlaubersheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 27, 1999
Grant date	May 29, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 27, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11B17/225
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention concerns a disk-changing unit comprising a tower housing (1) in which is fitted at least one interchangeable disk magazine (13), at least one disk drive (14), if necessary a disk-loading/ejecting drawer (12), a transporting device (17) for moving a disk between the disk magazine (13), the disk drive (14) and if necessary the disk-loading/ejecting drawer (12), an operating device (6) and a computer-controlled control unit (9). To be able to assemble the disk-changing unit individually with the disk magazine (13), the disk drive (14) and if necessary the disk-loading/ejecting drawer (12), the disk magazine (13), the disk drive (14) and the disk-loading/ejecting drawer (12) have the same external dimensions and are modulatively fitted next to each other by being pushed in or pulled out of corresponding recesses (10) and can thus be interchanged, replaced an/or added to.

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