JPH04265560A - Auto changer - Google Patents

Auto changer

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Publication number
JPH04265560A
JPH04265560A JP3045462A JP4546291A JPH04265560A JP H04265560 A JPH04265560 A JP H04265560A JP 3045462 A JP3045462 A JP 3045462A JP 4546291 A JP4546291 A JP 4546291A JP H04265560 A JPH04265560 A JP H04265560A
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Japan
Prior art keywords
cartridge
drive device
storage section
storage shelf
autochanger
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Pending
Application number
JP3045462A
Other languages
Japanese (ja)
Inventor
Hajime Morimoto
森本 はじめ
Nobuyuki Kojima
小▲島▼ 信之
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Canon Inc
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Canon Inc
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Priority to JP3045462A priority Critical patent/JPH04265560A/en
Publication of JPH04265560A publication Critical patent/JPH04265560A/en
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Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an auto changer small enough in size and capable of accessing to a drive device as a whole. CONSTITUTION:In an auto changer provided with the respective housing parts 2A and 2B of a data cartridge 1 arranged on a circle locus as a whole and with a doughnut-shaped cartridge housing shelves 2 so that a drive device 3 of the cartridge 1 can be accessed by selecting a required housing part, the driving device 3 is arranged in the space surrounded by the cartridge housing shelves 2 and a controller with a drive mechanism 4 for accessing the respective housing parts 2A and 2B are provided.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】[Detailed description of the invention]

【0001】0001

【産業上の利用分野】本発明は、多数のデ−タ−カ−ト
リッジを収納棚の各収納部に格納しておいて、その中か
ら所要のカ−トリッジを取出し、ドライブ装置に掛ける
ようにしたオ−トチェンジャ−に関するものである。
[Industrial Application Field] The present invention stores a large number of data cartridges in each storage section of a storage shelf, takes out a required cartridge from among them, and hangs it on a drive device. This is about an autochanger that has been developed.

【0002】0002

【従来の技術】従来のオ−トチェンジャ−の構造には、
図2に示すように、デ−タ−カ−トリッジ11の各収納
部12A、12B・・・が円軌跡上に配列された全体と
してド−ナツ型のカ−トリッジ収納棚12を備え、所要
の収納部を選択して、上記カ−トリッジのドライブ装置
13にアクセスできるように構成したものが知られてい
る。そして、上記ドライブ装置13は、上記円軌跡の外
側に配置され、通常、上記カ−トリッジ収納棚12が回
転駆動され、所要の収納部を上記ドライブ装置13の有
る位置に移動し、適当なアクチュエ−タを介して、上記
ドライブ装置13との間で、カ−トリッジ11の受渡し
を行っている。
[Prior Art] The structure of a conventional autochanger includes:
As shown in FIG. 2, each storage section 12A, 12B, . It is known that the drive device 13 of the cartridge can be accessed by selecting the storage section of the cartridge. The drive device 13 is disposed outside the circular locus, and normally the cartridge storage shelf 12 is rotationally driven to move the required storage section to the position of the drive device 13 and actuate the appropriate actuator. The cartridge 11 is transferred to and from the drive device 13 via the computer.

【0003】0003

【発明が解決しようとしている課題】しかし、このよう
な構成では、収納部の数を増して、カ−トリッジ収納棚
12が大型化すると、これを駆動したときの慣性質量が
、迅速な駆動・停止動作を妨げることになり、アクセス
に時間を要し、また、駆動機構を大型化しなければなら
ない。また、ドライブ装置を上記円軌跡の外側に配置す
るために、オ−トチェンジャ−としての構成も、大型化
することになる。
However, in such a configuration, when the number of storage sections is increased and the cartridge storage shelf 12 becomes larger, the inertial mass when driving the cartridge storage shelf 12 becomes larger, and the inertial mass when driving the cartridge storage shelf 12 becomes larger. This obstructs the stopping operation, requires time for access, and requires an enlarged drive mechanism. Further, since the drive device is disposed outside the circular locus, the size of the autochanger is also increased.

【0004】0004

【発明の目的】本発明は、カ−トリッジ収納棚が大型化
するとき、円軌跡が大きくなり、上記カ−トリッジ収納
棚で囲まれた内部空間にドライブ装置を配置するだけの
十分な大きさを確保できる点に注目してなされたもので
、全体として、小型化が十分に達成でき、ドライブ装置
へのアクセスも迅速に達成できるオ−トチェンジャ−を
提供しようとするものである。
[Object of the Invention] The present invention provides that when the cartridge storage shelf becomes larger, the circular locus becomes larger and the size becomes large enough to accommodate a drive device in the internal space surrounded by the cartridge storage shelf. The aim of this invention is to provide an autochanger that can be sufficiently miniaturized as a whole and can quickly access the drive device.

【0005】[0005]

【課題を解決するための手段】このため、本発明では、
デ−タ−カ−トリッジの各収納部が円軌跡上に配列され
た全体としてド−ナツ型のカ−トリッジ収納棚を備え、
所要の収納部を選択して、上記カ−トリッジのドライブ
装置にアクセスできるように構成したオ−トチェンジャ
−において、上記カ−トリッジ収納棚で囲まれた空間内
に上記ドライブ装置を配設し、該ドライブ装置を上記各
収納部にアクセスするための駆動機構を備えたコントロ
−ラを有するのである。
[Means for solving the problem] Therefore, in the present invention,
Each data cartridge storage section is provided with a donut-shaped cartridge storage shelf arranged on a circular locus,
In an autochanger configured to select a desired storage section and access the drive device for the cartridge, the drive device is arranged in a space surrounded by the cartridge storage shelf. , a controller equipped with a drive mechanism for accessing the drive device to each storage section.

【0006】[0006]

【実施例】以下、本発明の一実施例について、図1を参
照しながら説明する。本発明に係るオ−トチェンジャ−
の構造は、デ−タ−カ−トリッジ1の各収納部2A、2
B・・・を円軌跡上に配列した全体としてド−ナツ型の
カ−トリッジ収納棚2を備え、所要の収納部を選択して
、上記カ−トリッジ1のためのドライブ装置3にアクセ
スできるように構成したものである。そして、上記ドラ
イブ装置3は、上記カ−トリッジ収容棚2で囲まれた内
部空間、即ち、円軌跡の内側に配置され、上記カ−トリ
ッジ収納棚2の所要の収納部にアクセスするように、上
記円軌跡と同心状に回転移動できるように、適当な駆動
機構4で駆動される。そして、適当なアクチュエ−タ(
図示せず)を介して、上記ドライブ装置3と上記収納部
との間で、カ−トリッジ1の受渡しを行えるようになっ
ている。なお、この実施例では、上記駆動機構4は、ホ
ストコンピュ−タ5とのインタ−フェイスを制御し、オ
−トチェンジャ−を総括的に制御するコントロ−ラの一
部である。
Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. Autochanger according to the present invention
The structure of each storage section 2A, 2 of the data cartridge 1 is
It is provided with a donut-shaped cartridge storage shelf 2 in which B... are arranged on a circular locus, and a drive device 3 for the cartridges 1 can be accessed by selecting a desired storage section. It is configured as follows. The drive device 3 is disposed in an internal space surrounded by the cartridge storage shelf 2, that is, inside the circular locus, and is configured to access a desired storage section of the cartridge storage shelf 2. It is driven by a suitable drive mechanism 4 so that it can rotate and move concentrically with the circular locus. Then, use a suitable actuator (
The cartridge 1 can be transferred between the drive device 3 and the storage section via a cartridge (not shown). In this embodiment, the drive mechanism 4 is part of a controller that controls the interface with the host computer 5 and controls the autochanger overall.

【0007】しかして、例えば、ホストコンピュ−タ5
から、或る所要のカ−トリッジ1に対してデ−タ−のリ
−ド/ライト要求がなされた場合、上記駆動機構4が働
いて、当該カ−トリッジ1が収納された収納部の位置に
上記ドライブ装置3を移動する。この状態で、アクチュ
エ−タにより、上記カ−トリッジ1を収納部から取出し
て上記ドライブ装置3に装填する。上記ドライブ装置3
は、装填後、上記カ−トリッジ1内にあるデ−タ−記録
媒体に対してデ−タ−のリ−ド/ライトを行う。上記リ
−ド/ライト作業が終了すると、再び、アクチュエ−タ
の働きで、上記カ−トリッジ1を対応する収納部へ戻し
、ホストコンピュ−タ5からの次の指令を待つ。
[0007] For example, the host computer 5
When a data read/write request is made to a certain required cartridge 1, the drive mechanism 4 operates to adjust the position of the storage section in which the cartridge 1 is stored. The drive device 3 is moved to . In this state, the actuator takes out the cartridge 1 from the storage section and loads it into the drive device 3. The above drive device 3
After loading, data is read/written from/to the data recording medium in the cartridge 1. When the read/write operation is completed, the cartridge 1 is returned to the corresponding storage section by the action of the actuator and waits for the next command from the host computer 5.

【0008】[0008]

【発明の効果】本発明は以上詳述したようになり、カ−
トリッジ収納棚で囲まれた空間内にドライブ装置を配設
し、該ドライブ装置を上記カ−トリッジ収納棚の各収納
部にアクセスするための駆動機構を備えたコントロ−ラ
を有するので、上記内部空間が有効に利用され、オ−ト
チェンジャ−の小型化を達成でき、カ−トリッジの収納
容量を増した場合でも、ドライブ装置の方を移動させる
形式であるから、移動時の慣性質量が小さく、所望のカ
−トリッジに対するアクセスが迅速に達成できるという
効果を奏する。
[Effects of the Invention] The present invention has been described in detail above.
A drive device is disposed in a space surrounded by the cartridge storage shelf, and the drive device has a controller equipped with a drive mechanism for accessing each storage section of the cartridge storage shelf. Space is used effectively, the autochanger can be made smaller, and even if the cartridge storage capacity is increased, the inertial mass during movement is small because the drive device is moved. This has the effect that access to a desired cartridge can be quickly achieved.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of the drawing]

【図1】本発明の一実施例の模式的な平面図である。FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of an embodiment of the present invention.

【図2】従来例の模式的な平面図である。FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of a conventional example.

【符号の説明】[Explanation of symbols]

1      デ−タ−カ−トリッジ 2      カ−トリッジ収納棚 2A、2B      収納部 3      ドライブ装置 4      駆動機構 5      ホストコンピュ−タ 1 Data cartridge 2 Cartridge storage shelf 2A, 2B Storage section 3 Drive device 4 Drive mechanism 5 Host computer

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 【請求項1】  デ−タ−カ−トリッジの各収納部が円
軌跡上に配列された全体としてド−ナツ型のカ−トリッ
ジ収納棚を備え、所要の収納部を選択して、上記カ−ト
リッジのドライブ装置にアクセスできるように構成した
オ−トチェンジャ−において、上記カ−トリッジ収納棚
で囲まれた空間内に上記ドライブ装置を配設し、該ドラ
イブ装置を上記各収納部にアクセスするための駆動機構
を備えたコントロ−ラを有することを特徴とするオ−ト
チェンジャ−。
1. A cartridge storage shelf having a donut shape as a whole in which each data cartridge storage section is arranged on a circular locus is provided, and a desired storage section is selected and the cartridge storage shelf is arranged on a circular locus. - In an autochanger configured to allow access to a cartridge drive device, the drive device is disposed in a space surrounded by the cartridge storage shelf, and the drive device is accessed to each of the storage sections. An autochanger characterized by having a controller equipped with a drive mechanism for changing the changer.
JP3045462A 1991-02-19 1991-02-19 Auto changer Pending JPH04265560A (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP3045462A JPH04265560A (en) 1991-02-19 1991-02-19 Auto changer

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP3045462A JPH04265560A (en) 1991-02-19 1991-02-19 Auto changer

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JPH04265560A true JPH04265560A (en) 1992-09-21

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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1994008339A1 (en) * 1992-09-30 1994-04-14 Sony Corporation Disc cartridge container, and disc recorder and/or reproducer using this container

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1994008339A1 (en) * 1992-09-30 1994-04-14 Sony Corporation Disc cartridge container, and disc recorder and/or reproducer using this container

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