JPH05205382A - Media exchanging device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simply load, unload and exchange a cartridge by selecting a desired floppy disk cartridge from plural cartridges using an inserting/ejecting means and loading it on a driving means. CONSTITUTION:A media stocker 22 is moved in the arrow direction (a) so as to move a selected floppy disk cartridge 40 to a specified position. A control signal S2 is sent to a media inserting/ejecting device section 23 by a control 28 in this condition, the selected floppy disk cartridge 40 is inserted into the insertion port 2 of a floppy disk driving device 1 by the media inserting/ejecting device section 23 and this is loaded. When the floppy disk cartridge 40 is taken out, it is moved to a specified position by sending a control signal from the controller 28 to the floppy disk driving device 1. Then, it is housed in the media stocker 22 by moving an inserting/ejecting device 23 A back to the inseting/ ejecting device section 23.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

[Table of Contents] The present invention will be described in the following order. Industrial Application Conventional Technology (FIGS. 7 and 8) Problem to be Solved by the Invention (FIGS. 7 and 8) Means for Solving the Problem (FIGS. 1 and 2) Operation (FIGS. 1 and 2) ) Example (FIGS. 1-6) Effect of the invention

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a media exchanging device, and is suitable for application to, for example, a media exchanging device adapted to exchange a floppy disk drive cartridge loaded in a floppy disk drive device. is there.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 7, in a floppy disk drive device 1, a floppy disk cartridge 10 in which a disk-shaped magnetic recording medium as a recording medium is housed in a housing made of, for example, a resin molding member. Is inserted from the insertion opening 2.

That is, as shown in FIG. 8, the user inserts the floppy disk cartridge 10 into the storage port 2 of the floppy disk drive device 1 (FIG. 8 (A)) and inserts it into the storage port 2. By surely pushing it in, the floppy pie cartridge 10 is loaded into the floppy disc drive device 1 (FIG. 8).
(B)).

When the floppy disk drive cartridge 1 loaded in the floppy disk drive device 1 is taken out, the user pushes the take-out switch 3 of the floppy disk drive device 1 to push the floppy disk drive device 1. The quick-discount cartridge 10 is swept up to a predetermined position (FIG. 8 (C)), and in this state, the user pulls out the flots-day rescue cartridge 10.

As described above, the user manually loads or removes the floppy disk cartridge 10 into or from the floppy disk drive device 1 as needed, so that the floppy disk cartridge 10 can be replaced. Has been done.

[0007]

However, in the case of manually replacing the flotspy disk cartridge 10 in this way, the user's labor is complicated and a plurality of necessary flotspy disk cartridges 10 are required. The user must choose from.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to propose a media exchanging device which can more easily exchange a desired floppy disk cartridge 10.

[0009]

In order to solve such a problem, in the present invention, the cartridge 40 is loaded by inserting the cartridge 40, which is a housing containing a recording medium, from the insertion slot 2. At the same time, a cartridge 40 is provided to the drive unit 1 of the recording medium that sweeps from the loading position to a predetermined sweep position based on a predetermined input command S4.
In the media exchanging device 20 for loading and unloading the cartridges, the storing means 22 storing the plurality of cartridges 40, the selecting means 28, 29 for selecting a predetermined cartridge from the plurality of cartridges 40 of the storing means 22, and the selected cartridge 40 are selected. A loading / unloading means 23 for loading and unloading the driving means 1 is provided.

[0010]

Operation: A desired cartridge ridge is selected from the plurality of cartridge ridges 40 stored in the storage means 22 by means 28,2.
9, and the selected cartridge cartridge 40 is loaded into or removed from the drive means 1 by the insertion / removal device 23, so that the cartridge cartridge 40 can be automatically replaced. Therefore, the usability for the user can be further improved.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1 in which parts corresponding to those in FIG. 7 are designated by the same reference numerals, numeral 20 indicates a media exchange device as a whole, and the media storage device 22 is moved by moving the media storage device 22 in the direction of arrow a. The desired flotspy disk cartridge 40 is selected from among the flotspy disk cartridges 40 stored in the plurality of storage sections 25, and the media insertion / removal device 23 is used to select the desired flots disk drive device 1. It is designed to be inserted and loaded into the insertion port 2 (FIG. 7). The floppy disk cartridge 40 is a disk-shaped magnetic recording medium as a recording medium, which is housed in a housing made of, for example, a resin molding member.

That is, as shown in FIG. 2, in the media exchanging device 20, the exchange command of the floppy disk cartridge 40 is input to the control device 28 by the input signal S1 from the input device 27.

The control device 28 sends a control signal S3 to the stocker driving device 29 based on the replacement command, so that the selected floppy disk cartridge 40 is moved to a predetermined position (that is, the floppy disk drive device). 1
Drive the media attenuator 22 in the direction of arrow a in order to move it to the position (opposite the insertion opening 2).

In this state, the control device 28 sends the control signal S2 to the media insertion / removal device section 23,
The selected floppy disk cartridge 40 is inserted into the insertion port 2 of the floppy disk drive device 1 by the media insertion / removal device portion 23 and loaded.

Here, the media insertion / removal device section 23 is provided with a pair of media insertion / removal devices 23A as shown in FIG. That is, the media insertion / removal device 23A has a plate-shaped engaging member 3 having elastic force at the tip of the support member 31.
2 and 33 are supported so as to face each other,
A cam 36 having an elliptical cross section fixed to the rotating shaft 34 is provided between the engaging members 32 and 33, and has circumferential side surfaces 36A and 36B.
Are provided so as to contact the engaging members 32 and 33, respectively.

The engaging members 32 and 33 have a tip portion 32A of the engaging member 32 bent in an L-shape and an engaging member 33 in a state where the peripheral side surface 36A of the cam 36 provided between the engaging members 32 and 33 is in contact with each other. The distal end portions 33A are each in a closed (contact) state.

The rotary shaft 34 is pivotally supported by a bearing hole 31A formed through the support member 31, and is connected to the output shaft of a stepping motor 35 that shifts by 90 °. Accordingly, by driving the stepping motor 35, the rotary shaft 34 is rotated by 90 ° in the direction indicated by the arrow d, and the cam 36 is similarly rotated accordingly.

Accordingly, the engaging members 32 and 33, which are in sliding contact with the peripheral side surface 36A of the cam 36, are expanded in the directions of the arrows b and c by the peripheral side surface 36B on the long diameter side thereof in accordance with the rotational movement of the cam 36. Along with the peripheral side surface 36A on the short diameter side, the engaging member 3 is moved in the direction opposite to the arrows b and c.
It is designed to be closed by the elastic forces of 2 and 33.

A flat plate gear (hereinafter referred to as a rack) 31B is formed on the side surface of the support member 31,
The torque of the motor 38 is transmitted to the rack 31B via the reduction gears 39A and 39B. Therefore, when the motor 38 is rotationally driven, the supporting member 31
Can be driven in the direction of arrow e.

The media insertion / removal device section 23 is provided with a pair of the media insertion / removal devices 23A having such a structure, and the engagement / removal device provided on the side end portion of the floppy disk cartridge 40 as shown in FIG. The tip ends 32A of the engaging members 32 of the pair of media insertion / removal devices 23A are engaged with the recesses 41A and 41B.

That is, the stepping motor 35 of the insertion / removal device 23A is driven to expand the engaging members 32 and 33, and in this state, the media device 23A is driven in the direction indicated by the arrow f, and the leading end 32A of the engaging member 32 and Between the tip portion 33A of the engaging member 33, the floppy disc cartridge 40
Insert. Further, by driving the stepping motor 35 to close the engaging members 32 and 33, the engaging member 3 is attached to the lower side surface 41C of the floppy disk cartridge 40.
3, the side surface of the tip portion 33A of 3 is abutted and the engaging member 32
32A of the tip of the
Are inserted into the engaging recesses 41A and 41B, respectively.

Further, by driving the insertion / removal device 23A in the direction opposite to the direction indicated by the arrow f, the Frotspy disk cartridge 40 engaged with the insertion / removal device 23A can be pulled out together with it.

Also, the Flotpis Day Cartridge 40
Is pushed in the direction indicated by the arrow f, the stepping motor 35 is driven to close the engaging members 32 and 33, and in this state, the insertion / removal device 23A is driven in the direction indicated by the arrow f. The tip portion 32A of 32 abuts on the end surface portion 42 of the Frotpie disk cartridge 40,
In this state, by further driving the insertion / removal device 23A in the direction shown by the arrow f, the floppy disk cartridge 40 can be moved in this direction.

In FIG. 2, the floppy disk drive device 1 drives an internal loading device based on a control signal S4 from the control device 28 to move the loaded floppy disk cartridge 40 to a predetermined position. It is designed to automatically sweep up to.

FIG. 5 shows the operation of inserting and removing the Frotpie disk cartridge 40 in the above-described structure.
In other words, by moving the media storage device 22 up and down, a desired floppy disk basket cartridge is selected from the plurality of floppy disk basket cartridges 40 stored in the media container 22 and is selected. The disk drive device 1 is stopped at a position facing the insertion slot 2 (FIG. 5 (A)).

In this state, the insertion / removal device 23A is driven to press the flotspy disk cartridge 40, thereby inserting the flotspy disk cartridge 40 into the insertion port 2 of the floppy disk drive device 1. It is loaded (FIG. 5 (B)).

When the floppy disk drive cartridge 1 loaded in the floppy disk drive device 1 is taken out, the control signal S4 is sent from the control device 28 (FIG. 2) to the floppy disk drive device 1. By sending out, the floppy disc cartridge 40 is swept up to a predetermined position as shown in FIG. 5 (C). In this state, the engagement members 32 and 33 of the insertion / removal device 23A are expanded, and the insertion / removal device 23A is moved to a position where the Flotpie disk cartridge 40 is inserted between the engagement members 32 and 33.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5D, the insertion / removal device 2
By closing the engaging members 32 and 33 of 3A, the front end portion 32A of the engaging member 32 is inserted into the engaging recess 41B (and 41A) of the Frotpie disk cartridge 40.

In this state, as shown in FIG. 5 (E), by moving the insertion / removal device 23A, the floppy disk drive cartridge 40 is pulled out from the floppy disk drive device 1, and further the engaging members 32 and 33 are attached. Expand (FIG. 5 (F)), and insert / remove the insertion / removal device 23A.
By retracting to the position 3 of FIG. 3, the storage of the floppy disk deck cartridge 40 in the media storage device 22 (FIG. 2) is completed (FIG. 5 (G)).

As described above, in the media exchanging device 20, the floppy disk cartridge 40 can be exchanged based on the control signal from the control device 28, and the user can manually operate the floppy disk cartridge 40. By replacing with, it is possible to avoid troublesome work.

Further, by predetermining the storage position of each of the plurality of floppy disk cartridges 40 stored in the media storage device 22, the input device 27 can be used.
The required floppy disk drive cartridge 40 can be selected and loaded into the floppy disk drive device 1 by a simple method of inputting (FIG. 2).

Therefore, even when information is processed using a plurality of floppy disk cartridges 40, the storage positions of the respective floppy disk cartridges 40 are stored in advance in the internal memory of the controller 28, for example. In other words, according to the information processing procedure being executed based on the exchange command input from the input device 27, the floppy disk drive cartridge 4 loaded in the floppy disk drive device 1 is loaded.
0 can be exchanged.

In this way, the media striker 22
Can be used as a large-capacity information storage device including a plurality of floppy disk cartridges 40.

According to the above construction, the desired flotspy disk cartridge 40 is selected from the plurality of flotspy disk cartridges 40 by using the insertion / removal device section 23 and the media storage device 22. By loading and unloading the floppy disk drive device 1 and the floppy disk cartridge 40 loaded in the floppy disk drive device 1, the user's troublesome work can be avoided and the operation can be further simplified. The Floppy Disk Cartridge 40 can be loaded, unloaded, and replaced.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the media striker 22 which moves vertically is used, but the present invention is not limited to this, and is the same as, for example, a portion corresponding to FIG. As shown in FIG. 6 indicated by reference numerals, the Frotpieidsk cartridge 40 is housed in an annular medium stout 52, and the desired streak 52 is rotated in a direction indicated by an arrow h to obtain a desired position. The floppy disk cartridge 40 may be selected.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the insertion / removal device 2
Although the case where the engagement member 32 of 3A is engaged with the engagement recesses 41A and 41B of the Flotspy disk cartridge 40 has been described, the present invention is not limited to this, and the positioning provided in the Flotpies disk cartridge 40, for example. Hole 43
A, 43B (FIG. 4) or hole 45 provided for writing prevention
For example, other holes may be used.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the Frotpie disk cartridge 4 is provided by using the two inserting / removing devices 23A.
Although the case where 0 is inserted or taken out has been described, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, the central portion of the Frotpie disk cartridge 40 (that is, the engaging recess 41A in FIG. 4).
And an intermediate portion of 41B), a flotspy disk cartridge 40 is attached to the floppy disk drive device 1 by using one insertion / removal device adapted to engage with the perforation hole. It may be inserted or removed.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the front end portion 32A of one of the two engaging members 32 and 33 is bent to bend the Frotpie disk cartridge 4.
However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the tip portion 33A of the engaging member 33 may be bent in the same manner so as to engage with the Frotpie disk cartridge 40. ..

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the media exchanging device for exchanging the Flotpie disk cartridge 40 for accommodating the disk-shaped magnetic recording medium has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and can be widely applied to, for example, a cartridge storage device that stores a disk-shaped recording medium of an optical recording system, or another media replacement device that is configured to replace a cartridge storage device that stores a tape-shaped recording medium.

[0041]

As described above, according to the present invention, a plurality of cartridges are accommodated by using the accommodating means for accommodating a plurality of cartridges and the inserting / removing means for loading / unloading the cartridges of the accommodating means with respect to the driving means. By selecting a desired floppy disk cartridge and loading it into the drive means, and by taking out and replacing the cartridge loaded in the drive means, it is possible to avoid the troublesome work of the user and more easily install the cartridge. It is possible to realize a media exchanging device that can be loaded, unloaded, and exchanged.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a media exchanging device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of a media exchanging device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a configuration of an inserting / removing device of the media exchanging device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view for explaining an engaging operation of the cartridge and the inserting / removing device.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram for explaining the loading and unloading operations of the cartridge.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing another embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a conventional drive device.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram for explaining a loading and unloading operation of a conventional cartridge.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Frotpie disk drive device, 2 ... insertion port, 20 ... media exchange device, 22 ... media astocker, 23 ... insertion / removal device section, 23A ... insertion / removal device, 28
... control device, 29 ... stocker drive device, 31 ... fixing member, 32, 33 ... engaging member, 36 ... cam, 40
...... Flotspy disc cartridge, 41A, 41B
...... Hook recess.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A cartridge is loaded by inserting a cartridge containing a recording medium in a specified housing through an insertion opening, and is swept from the loading position based on a specified input command. In the media exchanging device for loading and unloading the cartridge with respect to the driving means for the recording medium to be swept up to a position, a storing means storing a plurality of the cartridges, and a predetermined cartridge from the plurality of the cartridges of the storing means. A media exchanging device comprising selection means for selecting and insertion / removal means for loading and unloading the selected cartridge with respect to the driving means.