Media cartridge autoloader
US7365934B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 15, 2005 |
| Grant date | Apr 29, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 31, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B15/672
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A media cartridge autoloader is disclosed that includes a main module having a rotation transmission path forming device and one or more media cartridge transport magazines. The rotation transmission path forming device can include a drive shaft unit, a drive shaft unit shifting mechanism, and a magazine drive motor module. A mechanism that rotates a turntable of a media cartridge picker can be used to move and selectively couple the drive shaft unit with one or more of the media cartridge transport magazines. A drive shaft of the drive shaft unit can be driven by a magazine drive motor of the magazine drive motor module, so that the coupled magazine is driven. This magazine drive motor can also release one or more of the media cartridge transport magazines from the engagement with one or more magazine locking mechanisms of the main module.
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