JPH02254667A - Recording medium loading and ejecting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To increase the stock quantity of a magnetic tape cartridge and to improve an operability by placing a recording medium to the shelf of a stacker part in a direction to see the back surface label and upper surface label of the recording medium in seeing them from a front surface and providing a recording medium rotating mechanism and a recording medium sliding mechanism to an entry part and an exit part. CONSTITUTION:A recording medium 1 is placed to an input port 2 of a stacker part 5 to provide crawlers having shelves at both sides in the direction to see the back surface and upper surface labels of the recording medium 1 in seeing them from the front surface, and it is stocked. An entry part 6 accepts the recording medium 1 from the stacker part 5, the recording medium 1 is reversed through 180 deg. by a rotating mechanism 15, it is slid by sliding mechanisms 21 and 22, and it is given to a hand. An exit part 7 slides the recording medium 1 given from the hand in a recording medium carrying mechanism direction with sliding mechanisms 21 and 22, the recording medium 1 is reversed through 180 deg. by the rotating mechanism 15 in the direction to see the back surface and upper surface labels of the recording medium in seeing them from the front surface, it is given to a tray part 8, and the tray part 8 stocks it in a discharge port 3. Thus, the stock quantity of the magnetic tape cartridge can be increased, and the operability can be improved.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] Transferring a recording medium stored in an automatic warehouse of a recording medium library device to a recording medium transport mechanism, and conversely receiving a recording medium taken out from the automatic warehouse from the recording medium transport mechanism. Regarding the recording media loading/unloading device, we aim to provide a compact recording media loading/unloading device that has a large amount of magnetic tape cartridges in stock at the time of loading and unloading, has good operability, and is compact. a stacker section that stocks recording media that have been loaded; an entry section that receives the recording medium from the stacker section and passes it to the hand of the recording medium transport mechanism; and an exit section that receives the recording medium to be ejected from the hand of the recording medium transport mechanism. and a tray section for stocking the recording medium passed from the exit section at the ejection port,
The stacker section has endless tracks on both sides to which shelves are attached, and when viewed from the front, the recording medium is placed on the shelf in a direction in which the back label and the top label of the recording medium are visible, and the entry section and the The exit section is configured to include a rotation mechanism for reversing the recording medium approximately 180 degrees and a sliding mechanism for sliding the recording medium.

[Industrial Field of Application] The present invention provides for transferring recording media stored in an automatic warehouse of a recording medium library device to a recording medium transport mechanism, and conversely transferring recording media taken out from the automatic warehouse from the recording medium transport mechanism. This relates to a receiving recording medium loading/unloading device.

In the recording medium library device, the only part where an operator intervenes is the recording medium loading/unloading device. Therefore, there is a need for a recording medium loading/unloading device that is easy to operate and can hold a large amount of stock.

[Prior Art] In recent years, with the spread of terminal devices such as various information processing communication networks,
The amount of data has increased significantly. Among them, data that is not used very frequently can be stored on a relatively inexpensive removable recording medium such as magnetic tape, for example, as shown in Figure 11 (a).
) and (b) are advantageous in terms of space efficiency.

In FIG. 11, reference numeral 1 denotes a magnetic tape cartridge, and a reel on which magnetic tape is wound is housed within the magnetic tape cartridge 1. As shown in FIG. 1a is provided at the leading end of the magnetic tape, and a deck (data reading device)
This is a leader block that is locked to the hub (inner end) of the machine reel.

Such a magnetic tape cartridge 1 is stored in a device like a kind of automatic warehouse, the handling of the magnetic tape cartridge is performed automatically, and more than 5000 magnetic tape cartridges are stored in the device, thereby reducing the burden on the operator. Library devices are emerging.

In the recording medium loading/unloading device of a conventional library device, the amount of magnetic tape cartridges in stock at the time of loading is 1~
The amount of stock at the time of discharge is approximately 1 to 8 volumes.

Also, since the magnetic tape cartridge is sometimes set in a deck provided in the library device, when loading it into the recording medium loading/unloading device, the magnetic tape cartridge is inserted in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 11(b). .

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The above-described recording medium loading/unloading device has a problem in that the amount of magnetic tape cartridges 1 in stock at the time of loading and unloading is small.

Furthermore, since the magnetic tape cartridge 1 is inserted in the direction shown in FIG. 11(b), the back label BL shown in FIG. 11(a) cannot be seen from the oscillator, and the front label UL is upside down. There is a problem that the operability is poor.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to provide a recording medium loading/unloading device that has a large stock amount of magnetic tape cartridges at loading and unloading, has good operability, and is compact. It's about doing.

[Means for Solving the Problems] A first invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is such that a recording medium stored in an automatic warehouse of a recording medium library device is delivered to a recording medium transport mechanism, or conversely, a recording medium stored in an automatic warehouse of a recording medium library device is taken out from the automatic warehouse. A recording medium input/output device that receives recording media from the recording medium transport mechanism includes a stacker section that stocks recording media placed in the input port, and a stacker section that receives the recording media from the stacker section and delivers the recording media to the hand of the recording medium transport mechanism. The stacker section is composed of an entry section, an exit section that receives the recording medium to be ejected from the hand of the recording medium transport mechanism, and a tray section that stocks the recording medium passed from the exit section at the ejection port. A recording medium is placed on the shelf in a direction in which a back label and a top label of the recording medium are visible when viewed from the front, and the entry part and the exit part have endless tracks on both sides. A rotating mechanism for reversing the recording medium approximately 180e and a sliding mechanism for sliding the recording medium are provided.

Further, in a second invention, in the first invention, the transfer of the recording medium from the stacker section to the entry section and the transfer of the recording medium from the exit section to the tray section use free falling of the recording medium. It was there.

[Function] In the recording medium loading/unloading device of the first invention, the recording medium is
When viewed from the front, the recording medium is placed on the shelf in a direction in which the back label and the top label of the recording medium can be seen in the input opening of the stacker unit, which has endless tracks on both sides of which shelves are attached, and is stocked.

The entry section receives the recording medium from the stacker section,
The recording medium is reversed by approximately 180 degrees using a rotation mechanism, and is slid toward the hand of the recording medium transport mechanism using a slide mechanism, and is delivered to the hand.

On the other hand, the ejected recording medium is passed from the hand to the exit section. The exit section slides the passed recording medium in the direction opposite to the recording medium transport mechanism using a slide mechanism,
Using a rotation mechanism, the recording medium is turned approximately 180'' in a direction in which the back label and top label of the recording medium are visible when viewed from the front, and then transferred to the tray section and stocked at the discharge port of the tray section.

In the recording medium loading and unloading device of the second invention, in the recording medium loading and unloading device of the first invention, the recording medium is transferred from the stacker section to the entry section and the recording medium is transferred from the exit section to the tray section. It is done using free fall of the medium.

[Example] Next, an example of the present invention will be described using the drawings. 1st
The figure is a perspective view illustrating the back side of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the front side in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the stacker section in FIG. The figure is a front view of the entry section in Figure 1 viewed from the front side of the device.
5 is a left side view in FIG. 4, FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing when the inversion table of the entry section in FIG. 4 has been inverted approximately 180 degrees, and FIG. A perspective view, Figure 8 is a back view of Figure 7, and Figure 9 is a rear view of Figure 7.
The figure is a left side view in FIG. 8, and FIG. 10 is a bottom view in FIG. 7.

First, the overall configuration of this embodiment will be explained using FIGS. 1 and 2.

In FIG. 2, the front side of the apparatus is provided with an input port 2 into which a magnetic tape cartridge 1 as a recording medium is inserted, and an output port 3 through which the magnetic tape cartridge 1 is discharged. 4 is an operation panel for operating the device of this embodiment. Further, in FIG. 1, reference numeral 5 denotes a stacker section for stocking the magnetic tape cartridges 1 inserted into the input slot 2;
7 is an entry section that receives the magnetic tape cartridge 1 from the stacker section 5 and passes it to the hand of the recording medium transport mechanism (described later); 7 is an exit section that receives the magnetic tape cartridge 1 to be ejected from the hand of the recording medium transport mechanism;
Reference numeral 8 denotes a tray section for stocking the magnetic tape cartridges 1 delivered from the exit section 7.

Next, the stacker section 5 will be explained using FIG. In the figure, a set of belts (infinite tracks) 9.10 are driven to rotate synchronously on one side of the stacker section 5, and a set of belts (infinite track) 9.10 are driven to rotate synchronously in the opposite direction to the set of belts 9.10 on the other side. A set of belts 11,12 is provided.

One set of belts 9.10 bridges these belts 9.10, and shelves 13 having an oval-shaped cross section are attached to the outer peripheral surface of the belts 9.10 at equal pitches. Similarly, for the other set of belts 11.12, these belts 11.
．． Shelves 13 bridging 12 are belts 11 and 12 at equal pitch.
attached to the outer circumferential surface of the

14 is a motor that rotationally drives the belts 9-12.

Next, the entry section 6 will be explained using FIG. 1 and FIGS. 4 to 6. In the figure, 15 is a reversing motor attached to a base plate 16 fixed to the main device side. 17 is a hollow drum attached to the base plate 16.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a reversing table that rotatably fits into the hollow portion of the hollow drum 17 and has a shaft (not shown) provided on its lower surface that is connected to the output shaft of the reversing motor 15. Two guide rails 19, 20 are provided on this reversing table 18. A slide table 21 is slidably engaged with guide rails 19 and 20 on the reversing table 18.

The reversing table 18 is provided with a sliding motor 22. An arm 24 having a roller 23 at its rotating end is attached to the output shaft of the slide motor 22 (see FIG. 1). On the other hand, an elongated hole 21a is bored in the slide table 21, and a roller 23 of an arm 24 is engaged with this elongated hole 21a. Therefore, as the arm 24 rotates, the slide table 21 is guided by the guide rails 19 and 20, and the reversing table 18
It is designed to move in a straight line.

Next, the exit section will be explained using FIG. 1 and FIGS. 7 to 10. In the figure, 30 is a reversing motor attached to a fixed base plate 31. A reversing table 33 is rotatably provided on the fixed base plate 31 and rotationally driven by the reversing motor 30 via a belt 34 . Two guide rails 35 and 36 are provided on the lower surface of the reversing table 33.

37 is a guide rail 35 on the lower surface of the reversing table 33.
36 is a slide table slidably engaged with the slide table.

The reversing table 33 is provided with a sliding motor 38. An arm 39 having a roller (not shown) at its rotating end is attached to the output shaft of the slide motor 38. On the other hand, the slide table 37 has an elongated hole 3.
7g is drilled in this elongated hole 37a.
9 rollers are engaged. Therefore, as the arm 39 rotates, the slide table 37 is guided by the guide rails 35 and 36 and is moved relative to the reversing table 33.
It is designed to move in a straight line.

Further, as shown in FIG. 10, one side of the slide table 37 has a substantially doglegged shape and a substantially central portion 40a.
A first arm 40 whose base end is rotatably locked by a bottle, and a second arm 41 whose base end is rotatably locked by a bottle are provided. 42, one end 42a is the first
The arm 40 is rotatably engaged with one rotating end of the second arm 40 using a bottle, and the other end is rotatably engaged with the rotating end of a second arm 41 using a bottle. It's a trap. These slide table 37, first arm 40, second arm 41, and trap 42 form a horizontal rank mechanism.

On the other hand, on one side of the slide table 37, there is a first arm 43 which is substantially dogleg-shaped and whose substantially central portion 43a is rotatably locked by a bottle, and whose base end is rotatably locked by a bottle. A locked second arm 44 is provided. 45 has one end 45a rotatably engaged with one rotating end of the first arm 43 using a pin, and the other end rotatably engaged with the rotating end of the second arm 44 using a pin. This is an engaged trap with a cross section. These slide table 37, first arm 43, second arm 44, and trap 45 form a horizontal rank mechanism. An elongated hole 43b is bored at the other rotating end of the first arm 43, and a bottle 45 that engages with this elongated hole is erected at the other rotating end of the first arm 40. has been done.

Further, a lever 46 is attached to the first arm 40. 47 and 48 are respectively locked at one end to the slide table 37 and at the other end to the first arm 40 and 43,
In FIG. 10, the first arm 40 is moved counterclockwise,
These are springs that bias the first arms 43 clockwise.

Therefore, when the lever 46 receives a pressing force in the direction of arrow 1 in FIG.
Move to.

Furthermore, in FIG. 7, 49 is a hand of the recording medium transport mechanism, and 50 is an oven block provided on the lower surface of the fixed base plate 31.

Next, the tray section 8 will be explained using FIGS. 1 and 2. In the figure, reference numeral 50 denotes a tray that is driven vertically by a motor (not shown), and on which the magnetic tape cartridges 1 delivered from the exit section 7 are stacked.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be explained. First, a case will be described in which the magnetic tape cartridge 1 is stored in an automated warehouse.

First, an operator sets the required number of magnetic cartridge tapes 1 on the shelf 13 through the input slot 2. At this time, the magnetic tape cartridge 1 is set in the direction in which the back label BL and front label UL are visible when viewed from the front.
That is, the state is shown in FIG. 11(a). When the operator presses the start switch on the operation panel 4, the motor 14 is activated, drives the belts 9 to 12 to rotate synchronously, and moves the shelf 2 downward. When the magnetic tape cartridge 1 reaches the lowest position, it falls freely and is placed on the slide table 21 of the entry section 6.

Entry section 6 is the magnetic tape cartridge 1 that has fallen.
When this is detected, the reversing motor 15 is driven to reverse the reversing table 18 and the slide table 21 approximately 180'', resulting in the state shown in FIG. 6.Next, the sliding motor 22 is driven, The slide table 21 is moved linearly (approximately 33111 in this embodiment) to the side opposite to the operation panel 4 (recording medium transport mechanism side).Then, the hand 49 of the recording medium transport mechanism holds the magnetic tape cartridge 1 in its mouth, and the predetermined automatic movement is performed. Transport to warehouse location.

Next, the case where the magnetic tape cartridge 1 is taken out from the automated warehouse will be explained.

First, the operator takes out the magnetic tape cartridge 1.
is specified, and the magnetic tape cartridge 1 is transported to the exit section 7 using the hand 49 of the recording medium transport mechanism. At this time, the exit section 7 is in a state as shown in FIG. Then, the magnetic tape cartridge 1 is set between the traps 42 and 45 from the hand 49. When the magnetic tape cartridge 1 is set, the exit section 7 drives the slide motor 38 to linearly move the slide table 37 toward the operation panel side (opposite the recording medium transport mechanism side) (33+u in this embodiment). let Then, the reversing motor 30 is driven to reverse the reversing table 33 and the slide table 37 approximately 180@ (in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 7).

At the final stage of this reversal, the lever 46 attached to the first arm 40 comes into contact with the oven block 50, and the first arm 40 receives a pressing force in the direction of arrow 1 in FIG. moves in the direction of separation. Due to this movement of the traps 42 and 45, the magnetic tape cartridge 1 falls freely and is placed on the receiving tray 51 of the tray section 8. When the tray section 8 detects that the magnetic tape cartridge 1 has fallen, it drives a motor (not shown) to raise the tray 51 to a predetermined height.
lower.

According to the above configuration, the amount of magnetic tape cartridges 1 in stock at the time of loading and discharging can be increased compared to the conventional recording medium loading/unloading device.

Furthermore, since the magnetic tape cartridge 1 is inserted in the direction shown in FIG. 11(a), it is easy for the operator to visually recognize it and provides good operability. Furthermore, the magnetic tape cartridge 1 is transferred from the stacker section 5 to the entry section 6, and the magnetic tape cartridge 1 is transferred from the exit section 7 to the tray section 8.
Free fall is used to transfer the material, making the device more compact.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the invention of claim 1, the recording medium stored in the automatic warehouse of the recording medium library device is transferred to the recording medium transport mechanism, and conversely, the recording medium stored in the automatic warehouse of the recording medium library device is A recording medium input/output device that receives recording media from the recording medium transport mechanism includes a stacker section that stocks recording media placed in the input port, and a stacker section that receives the recording media from the stacker section and delivers the recording media to the hand of the recording medium transport mechanism. The stacker section is composed of an entry section, an exit section that receives the recording medium to be ejected from the hand of the recording medium transport mechanism, and a tray section that stocks the recording medium passed from the exit section at the ejection port. It has endless tracks with shelves attached on both sides, and when viewed from the front,
A recording medium is placed on the shelf in a direction in which a back label and a top label of the recording medium are visible, and the entry section and the exit section include a rotation mechanism for inverting the recording medium approximately 180' and a sliding mechanism for sliding the recording medium. By providing this, it is possible to realize a recording medium loading/unloading device that has a large stock amount of magnetic tape cartridges at the time of loading and unloading, and has good operability.

According to the invention of claim 2, in the first invention, the transfer of the recording medium from the stacker section to the entry section and the transfer of the recording medium from the exit section to the tray section include: By using free fall, a compact recording medium loading/unloading device can be realized.

It is something.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating the back side of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the front side in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the stacker section in FIG. 1. Fig. 4 is a front view of the entry section in Fig. 1 when viewed from the front side of the device, Fig. 5 is a left side view in Fig. 4, and Fig. 6 shows that the holding table of the entry section in Fig. 1 is approximately 180 mm. 7 is a perspective view illustrating the exit part in FIG. 1, FIG. 8 is a back view in FIG. 7, FIG. 9 is a left side view in FIG. 8, The figure is a bottom view of FIG. 7, and FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the magnetic tape cartridge. In FIGS. 1 to 11, 1 is a magnetic tape cartridge (recording medium), 2 is an input port, and 3 is an output port. , 5 is a stacker section, 6 is an entry section, 7 is an exit section, 8 is a tray section, 9 to 12 are belts (infinite tracks), 13 is a shelf, and 4 is a hand. (a) 16 tape cartridge magnetic element - Bukatli Sozi's perspective prisoner Figure 11 (b)

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A record of passing a recording medium (1) stored in an automatic warehouse of a recording medium library device to a recording medium transport mechanism, or conversely receiving a recording medium (1) taken out from the automatic warehouse from the recording medium transport mechanism. The medium loading/unloading device includes a stacker section (5) for stocking recording media (1) placed in the input port (2), and a stacker section (5) that stores recording media (1) placed in the input port (2).
) and an entry section (6) that receives the recording medium (1) from the hand (49) of the recording medium transport mechanism and passes the recording medium (1) to the hand (49) of the recording medium transport mechanism; It is composed of an exit section (7) that receives the recording medium (1) and a tray section (8) that stores the recording medium (1) passed from the exit section (7) in the ejection port (3), and the stacker section (5) is a shelf. (13) are attached to the endless tracks (9, 10, 11, 12) on both sides, and when viewed from the front, the recording medium (1) is placed on the shelf in the direction in which the back label and top label of the recording medium are visible. (13)
The entry section (6) and the exit section (7) are provided with a rotation mechanism for inverting the recording medium (1) by approximately 180 degrees and a sliding mechanism for sliding the recording medium (1). A recording medium loading/unloading device with special features. (2) From the stacker section (5) to the entry section (6)
Delivery of the recording medium (1) to the exit section (
2. The recording medium loading/unloading device according to claim 1, wherein the recording medium (1) is transferred from the tray section (8) by free falling of the recording medium (1).